Chubby Checker can still twist like a champ! The '60s music icon, born Ernest Evans, is known best for classic dance hits like “The Twist,” “The Fly,” and “The Hucklebuck.” But decades after those ...

On August 6, 1960, Chubby Checker performed his rendition of “The Twist” on American Bandstand. His appearance on the popular television program set off a wave of wiggling hips across the country.

Chubby Checker is heading to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but it wasn’t always this way. More than 20 years ago, he famously protested the very museum that will now celebrate him. “Back in the day,” ...

At an appearance in July, Checker explained in front of an audience that his priorities had changed over the years.

“The Twist” by Chubby Checker was the first song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on two different occasions. And, for many years, it was the biggest-selling single in U.S. recording history.