Chubby Checker is the stage name of Ernest Evans (born October 3, 1941), an American Rock and Roll singer best known for popularizing the dance The Twist with his 1960 song "The Twist". He was born in Spring Gulley, South Carolina, and raised in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended South Philadelphia High School with Frankie Avalon and Fabian. Wikipedia
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His wife, Catherina, was the 1962 Miss World from Holland. His name, Chubby Checker, is a play on the name of another famous singer of his era, Fats Domino. Rumor always had it that Chubby was a Philly chicken-plucker before he made it big with The Twist. www.imdb.com/name/nm0154830/
