Chubby Checker

Chubby Checker, born Ernest Evans in 1941 in Spring Gulley, South Carolina, is a rock and roll singer who became one of the defining figures of early 1960s dance music. He is best remembered for popularizing the Twist, a dance craze that swept the United States and beyond. Over his career he placed 32 songs on the charts, mixing dance novelties with straightforward rock and roll.