For an hour Tuesday afternoon at the 2013 New York State Fair, Chubby Checker proved he can still twist at 71 years young. Just in case there was any doubt. Checker jumped on the Chevy Court stage at ...

(CBS News) And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: January 13th, 1962, 51 years ago today, the day "Hit Parade" lightning struck twice. For that was the day Chubby Checker's version of "The ...

Quick, who is the only recording artist to have five albums in the Top 12 all at once? It’s Chubby Checker. And that’s a surprise twist, because when you think Chubby Checker, most just think of one ...

Quick, who is the only recording artist to have five albums in the Top 12 all at once? It’s Chubby Checker. And that’s kind of a surprise because when you think Chubby Checker, most just think of one ...

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 12: Chubby Checker performs onstage at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 45th Annual Induction and Awards at Marriott Marquis Theater on June 12, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Theo ...

Fifty years ago, a Philadelphia-based singer named Ernest Evans covered Hank Ballard & the Midnighters' "The Twist." Released under his stage name, Chubby Checker, it changed not only his life, but ...

DELAND — Thousands of enthusiastic people of all ages joined '60s rock and roll legend Chubby Checker downtown to twist the night away Thursday, setting a new Guinness World Record in the process.

Born October 3, 1941, in Spring Gully, South Carolina, and raised in Philadelphia, singer, songwriter, and dancer Ernest Evans would go on to popularize several dance styles in American culture ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- When Chubby Checker talks about the impact of his 1960 hit cover of "The Twist," it sounds like he's reading his own biography. The rock 'n' roll icon likes to refer to himself in ...