Chubby Checker

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Chubby Checker, wearing a suit and tie, dances energetically with one leg raised and arms bent, smiling at the camera against a plain background.

Movie poster for Twist Around the Clock featuring Chubby Checker dancing, stylized dancers, and portraits of Chubby Checker, Dion, Vicki Spencer, the Marcels, and Clay Cole.

Chubby Checker performs energetically on stage in a denim jacket and jeans, holding a microphone, with a checkered yellow and white background behind him.

Chubby Checker: Media

American singer

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Chubby Checker, wearing a suit and tie, dances energetically with one leg raised and arms bent, smiling at the camera against a plain background.

Doing the twist

In 1960 American singer Chubby Checker released the single “The Twist,” which became...

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Movie poster for Twist Around the Clock featuring Chubby Checker dancing, stylized dancers, and portraits of Chubby Checker, Dion, Vicki Spencer, the Marcels, and Clay Cole.

Twist Around the Clock

Chubby Checker starred in Twist Around the Clock (1961), one of two movies...

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Chubby Checker performs energetically on stage in a denim jacket and jeans, holding a microphone, with a checkered yellow and white background behind him.

Chubby Checker

Singer Chubby Checker performing during the prerace of the 50th Daytona 500 at Daytona...

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