Though his career began in Philadelphia, with the help of "American Bandstand" and Dick Clark, Chubby Checker -- of "The ...

"Back in the day," Chubby Checker tells Billboard from his home in New Jersey, "I said, ‘I don't want to be in the Rock Hall when I'm dead. I want to smell my flowers when I'm here.' And I'm smelling ...

When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced Sunday night that Chubby Checker would be inducted into its ranks later this year, many fans of early rock ‘n' roll who'd assumed that the Hall would ...

The 83-year-old singer, most famous for his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters’ R&B song “The Twist,” spoke to Billboard after word of his inclusion in the newest class of inductees this ...

Cyndi Lauper, Chubby Checker, OutKast and more have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for the class of 2025.

In 2002, he voiced his displeasure with a protest outside that year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. While ...

Chubby Checker “was not invited back” to the NYS Fair, the singer’s manager Shelly Field told NewsChannel 9 (WSYR-TV) and CNY Central on Monday.

By Ben Sisario Chubby Checker is finally joining the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 65 years after “The Twist” became a No. 1 hit and an international dance craze. Checker, 83, who has campaigned ...

12, 2021. (AP Photo) (Uncredited) NEW YORK – First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes pop ...

Original: Chubby Checker will not be at the Great New York State Fair this summer. That's according to his manager, Shelly Field, who said everyone assumed he'd be there and invited.