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Chubby Checker was a rock and soul performer. In 1960, The Twist hit number one, kicking off the most successful dance craze of the 1960s. The Twist craze was so strong that the same record hit number one again in 1961 just 15 months later. The Twist was originally written and recorded in 1959 by Hank Ballard And The Midnighters, whose version received more airplay after Chubby Checker made the song a smash. Chubby Checker went on to create a series of twisting hits, and many other songs.


Chubby Checker artist popular songs

Pop Top Songs for Chubby Checker
official pop top hits January 1960 to June 2015
blue # = weekly pop chart peak
1 The Twist 1   Dec 1961
2 The Twist 1   Aug 1960
3 Pony Time 1   Mar 1961
4 Limbo Rock 2   Dec 1962
5 Let's Twist Again 3   Aug 1961
6 Slow Twistin' 3   Apr 1962
  Chubby Checker with Dee Dee Sharp  
7 The Hucklebuck 6   Nov 1960
8 The Fly 7   Nov 1961
9 Popeye The Hitchhiker 10   Oct 1962
10 Hooka Tooka 10   Feb 1964
11 Dancin' Party 12   Jul 1962
12 Twenty Miles 15   Apr 1963
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Chubby Checker was a rock and soul performer. In 1960, The Twist hit number one, kicking off the most successful dance craze of the 1960s. The Twist craze was so strong that the same record hit number one again in 1961 just 15 months later. The Twist was originally written and recorded in 1959 by Hank Ballard And The Midnighters, whose version received more airplay after Chubby Checker made the song a smash. Chubby Checker went on to create a series of twisting hits, and many other songs.

Song List for Chubby Checker
blue # = weekly pop chart peak
1 The Class   Jun 1959
2 Samson And Delilah   Sep 1959
3 Dancing Dinosaur   Oct 1959
4 The Twist 1   Aug 1960
5 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On   Nov 1960
6 The Hucklebuck 6   Nov 1960
7 Pony Time 1   Mar 1961
8 Good, Good Lovin'   May 1961
9 Dance The Mess Around   May 1961
10 Let's Twist Again 3   Aug 1961
11 The Fly 7   Nov 1961
12 The Twist 1   Dec 1961
13 Jingle Bell Rock   Dec 1961
  Bobby Rydell Chubby Checker  
14 Twistin' U.S.A.   Dec 1961
15 La Paloma Twist   Mar 1962
16 Slow Twistin' 3   Apr 1962
  Chubby Checker with Dee Dee Sharp  
17 Teach Me To Twist   May 1962
  Bobby Rydell Chubby Checker  
18 Dancin' Party 12   Jul 1962
19 Popeye The Hitchhiker 10   Oct 1962
20 Limbo Rock 2   Dec 1962
21 Let's Limbo Some More 15   Mar 1963
22 Twenty Miles 15   Apr 1963
23 Black Cloud   Jun 1963
24 Birdland 16   Jun 1963
25 Surf Party   Jul 1963
26 Twist It Up   Aug 1963
27 What Do Ya Say!   Nov 1963
28 Loddy Lo 20   Dec 1963
29 Tzena, Tzena   Feb 1964
30 Hooka Tooka 10   Feb 1964
31 Hey, Bobba Needle   Apr 1964
32 Rosie   Jun 1964
33 Lazy Elsie Molly   Jul 1964
34 She Wants T'Swim   Sep 1964
35 Lovely, Lovely (Loverly, Loverly)   Jan 1965
36 Let's Do The Freddie   May 1965
37 Hey You! Little Boo-Ga-Loo   Jul 1966
38 Back In The U.S.S.R.   Apr 1969
39 Reggae My Way   Aug 1973
40 Running   Feb 1982
41 Harder Than Diamond   Jun 1982
42 The Twist (Yo, Twist!) 18   Aug 1988
  Fat Boys With Chubby Checker  
43 Limbo Rock   Mar 2004
  Chubby Checker & OD Featuring Inner Circle  
44 Knock Down The Walls   Sep 2007
45 Changes   May 2013
blue # = weekly pop chart peak
1 Back In The U.S.S.R.   Apr 1969
2 Birdland 16   Jun 1963
3 Black Cloud   Jun 1963
4 Changes   May 2013
5 The Class   Jun 1959
6 Dance The Mess Around   May 1961
7 Dancin' Party 12   Jul 1962
8 Dancing Dinosaur   Oct 1959
9 The Fly 7   Nov 1961
10 Good, Good Lovin'   May 1961
11 Harder Than Diamond   Jun 1982
12 Hey, Bobba Needle   Apr 1964
13 Hey You! Little Boo-Ga-Loo   Jul 1966
14 Hooka Tooka 10   Feb 1964
15 The Hucklebuck 6   Nov 1960
16 Jingle Bell Rock   Dec 1961
  Bobby Rydell Chubby Checker  
17 Knock Down The Walls   Sep 2007
18 La Paloma Twist   Mar 1962
19 Lazy Elsie Molly   Jul 1964
20 Let's Do The Freddie   May 1965
21 Let's Limbo Some More 15   Mar 1963
22 Let's Twist Again 3   Aug 1961
23 Limbo Rock 2   Dec 1962
24 Limbo Rock   Mar 2004
  Chubby Checker & OD Featuring Inner Circle  
25 Loddy Lo 20   Dec 1963
26 Lovely, Lovely (Loverly, Loverly)   Jan 1965
27 Pony Time 1   Mar 1961
28 Popeye The Hitchhiker 10   Oct 1962
29 Reggae My Way   Aug 1973
30 Rosie   Jun 1964
31 Running   Feb 1982
32 Samson And Delilah   Sep 1959
33 She Wants T'Swim   Sep 1964
34 Slow Twistin' 3   Apr 1962
  Chubby Checker with Dee Dee Sharp  
35 Surf Party   Jul 1963
36 Teach Me To Twist   May 1962
  Bobby Rydell Chubby Checker  
37 Twenty Miles 15   Apr 1963
38 The Twist 1   Aug 1960
39 The Twist 1   Dec 1961
40 The Twist (Yo, Twist!) 18   Aug 1988
  Fat Boys With Chubby Checker  
41 Twist It Up   Aug 1963
42 Twistin' U.S.A.   Dec 1961
43 Tzena, Tzena   Feb 1964
44 What Do Ya Say!   Nov 1963
45 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On   Nov 1960