Saw him last night at a private show. He’s 82 and still twisting. It was incredible seeing him still doing his thing and getting audiences to lose themselves in the fun of his music.
The oldies are la creme de la creme for out souls ... they bring us sooo much joy ! I appreciate them so much and I am greatful to those who composed their music, to the ones who wrote their lyrics and to the ones who performed them ! God bless them all wherever they are! And I am one who didn't live in those times to have a chance to go out there on a dance floor/ring and Dance on these "oldies but goldies" ... what a pitty!
Love it... I was feeling really low and saw the Jukebox Classic album advertised... Couldn't help but fel lifted. I grew up on this music 3+ decades older than me.. and it's still going strong.... Going back to my musical roots with this music❤😊
I just saw Chubby Checker in concert yesterday. He is an entertainer to the max. Including his audience in singing, dancing and walking through the audience, and what turned out to be the blast of my summer...dancing with him on stage doing the twist! 💃
This song came out over 60 years ago!! I'm surprised Chubby is even still alive all these years later--much less that he's still performing in concerts(?!). Well, good for him! 😀
Well, if he was/is "chubby" that doesn't bode well for a long life (i.e., over the life expectancy), as I see it...just common sense.@@ShaneCarroll-y8o
My grandpa just told me about the twist tonight. He was born in the late 40s and hearing him talk about the past and how far we’ve come, just brings a tear to my eye sometimes.
I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early 2000s. He sounded just like his albums, didn't need anything to make him sound good. Sang a verse of a song to me. A totally awesome concert!!!
The way music is delivered today is the reason for this small area change.The rest of the world is because of communications exploding. We have defeated the purpose of The Tower of Babel,but will it work out in the end-if there is one?
When I was a young teen me and my best friend went to see Chubby. It was so crowded so we were up by the stage. When he came out we could hardly breathe, he was so tall and handsome!! One of my best memories ❤❤
I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early 2000s. He sounded just like his albums, didn't need anything to make him sound good. Sang a verse of a song to me. A totally awesome concert!!!
My grandmother played this for me while I was 6 she had it on a cassette tape it's something I'll always remember, I'm 18 now and I still love this song my grandmother passed away in 2017 overnight in a hospital after being airlifted it broke my heart so much knowing that I'll never be able to dance with her to this song again... I'll forever miss her.
My tater tot brought me here. She's discovered a new dance. Instead of just her jiggle, she's doing the twist now. But her version of the twist. Her twist is very serious & she's gotta assault a couple of things while she's doing it. Then claps
Released in June 1960. The song got to #1 on the charts on September 19, 1960...and #1 again on January 13, 1962.The song became a MASSIVE hit across the country!!!
The fact this man held number 1 spot for decades and has only been finally passed up by the Weeknd I'm just proud to be black, we have revolutionized music and we keep going.
This record wasnt number 1 for decades, but it was a HUGE hit. Just like the other number ones. I saw him in Vegas once and Little Richard in Nashville at the Peabody.
I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early 2000s. He sounded just like his albums, didn't need anything to make him sound good. Sang a verse of a song to me. A totally awesome concert!!!
How do you make a super classic song even better? Whip up a delightful new music video that respects the original song! Love all that archival footage!
I remember when my oldest sister went to see Chubby Checker in Atlantic City, New Jersey. So exciting! Back in those days, it was all about the dances and people had real fun. Everyone was working and nobody was rich, but most people had what they needed.
I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early 2000s. He sounded just like his albums, didn't need anything to make him sound good. Sang a verse of a song to me. A totally awesome concert!!!
Whats great about the twist is that its a pretty straightforward and easy dance to pull off. Meaning everyone on the dance floor can pick it up in minutes and even put their own little spin on it if desired. Fun song and dance which is now pretty much iconic. The scene in Madmen with Peggy twisting toward Pete was televised perfection.
God bless this man. At 81 years of age, this living legend is STILL giving audiences the thrill of a lifetime!! "The Twist" has the sole recognition of being the ONLY RECORD EVER TO REACH #1 TWICE on the Billboard Hot 100 charts - both in 1960 AND 1962!!!! In 2008, Chubby's "Twist" was named "THE BIGGEST CHART HIT OF ALL TIME" by Billboard Magazine. To his own dismay, Ernest Evans (real name) was never elected into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, reducing that institution to little more than a meaningless farce. #rockandrollhalloffame
No music written today will be remembered by 14 year olds 63 years from now when they are 77. There are no golden oldies being sung today like Chubby Checker's twist was in 1960. I was 10 years old in 1960 and loved that song then and still do at 73.
I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early 2000s. He sounded just like his albums, didn't need anything to make him sound good. Sang a verse of a song to me. A totally awesome concert!!!
I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early 2000s. He sounded just like his albums, didn't need anything to make him sound good. Sang a verse of a song to me. A totally awesome concert!!!
Chubby is an ICON in the annals of music dance/performance and music history and I am very grateful that these wonderful clips exist on YT and are available to hundreds of generations to come (barring any silly nuclear events of course ;).
I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early 2000s. He sounded just like his albums, didn't need anything to make him sound good. Sang a verse of a song to me. A totally awesome concert!!! S Add a reply...
Hank Ballard wrote it and recorded it first. Chubby Checker turned it into a monster classic for Parkway. And ironically, it's only a tiny fraction of his vast and most impressive recorded legacy. Kudos to ABKCO Records for FINALLY getting the ball rolling (twisting?) on putting the vaunted Cameo/Parkway label catalog back in print.
@@daryleballard4912 ALWAYS a pleasure, good sir. As you are probably aware, I interviewed your father at great length in Blitz Magazine in the 1980s. An extraordinarily brilliant man. Spending an afternoon with him was like taking a graduate level crash course in the industry. He is greatly missed.
@@MikeBlitzMag Thank you sir for your kind words. Their not taken for granted. Dad loved & adored his fans & im trying my best to keep that love alive. He was just as kind, cool and great to be around at home also. I never even received a yelling or a spanking from him. 😊 Thank you for intervening him also. Much love to you & yours. My email godsabusedsheepmin@gmail.com
Life WAS GREAT back then. Cruising in the way back of your parents station wagon with AM radio playing and you sitting backwards looking at oncoming cars.
As a big 7-3 still walking, talking, styling and profiling, I will say in many respects, this song set the stage for the 60's. Some trivia: President Kennedy did twist with Jackie for the cameras. I remember the fun of the 60's while twisting the night away~~~Rock on Brothers and Sisters
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Saw him last night at a private show. He’s 82 and still twisting. It was incredible seeing him still doing his thing and getting audiences to lose themselves in the fun of his music.
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Are you serious?
@@curtisbutlerlivinglife6941 yes!
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OMG, how can you listen to this song and sit still!?!? It was an instant global phenomenon ever since! Let's Twist!!!
I'm sitting RN sooooo........
I'm sitting.and tired
Wtf
Let's do it!! Twist away!!!
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I was 12 when this tune came out. Now I 73 still listening and enjoying it
first time i searched for it just started singing it and thought what am i singing lol
What exact year was when this song hit the dance floor first time ?
I love doing the twist, by the great Chubby Checker. Started at age 7yr. and still going strong at 70yrs.
Awesome Ronald! If you don’t love the twist, I think something may be wrong with your brain!
Hi I am 71 and dancing now and than with the BABY BOOMERS here in Portland, Or
Now 81
Same I'm 68, peace bro
kepp going our era was worth living for such good music and a peaceful world@@Alan-71351
I enjoyed this song when it came out in 1959! I was 5? Now I'm 70 and still enjoy it! Thank you bro; RIP l. Jim
I was 12 still love it
I was 8.5! Loved it then and enjoyed now. I am 73!
I was 13
It came out in 1960, not 1959! 🙄🤦😖
Yes, Chubby's came out in 60 but Hank Ballard's was before. GBY. Jim
The oldies are the best of the best ❤
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The oldies are la creme de la creme for out souls ... they bring us sooo much joy ! I appreciate them so much and I am greatful to those who composed their music, to the ones who wrote their lyrics and to the ones who performed them ! God bless them all wherever they are! And I am one who didn't live in those times to have a chance to go out there on a dance floor/ring and Dance on these "oldies but goldies" ... what a pitty!
Whose twisting in 2024 with me!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!
This song carried me to the new year!😍
Spiderman 3 vibes
Viva México
Me
I am! 🎉😊
My mom loved Motown and I grew up listening to it. I was born in 77 and still love it over today’s music. 😊
spit out in 63 cool on
I am going to see Chubby Checkers March 8th in Belleville Ont. Can't wait, was born in the 60's and can't believe I have this opportunity 🥰
Love it... I was feeling really low and saw the Jukebox Classic album advertised... Couldn't help but fel lifted. I grew up on this music 3+ decades older than me.. and it's still going strong.... Going back to my musical roots with this music❤😊
Chubby Checker had such a great voice. We loved it. We twisted to this song for several years when I was a kid.
Me too. Us too.
He was ahead of his time. Long live the early 60's.
Not so popular the song or the reincarnation
This is Hank Ballard's song.
I am 80 yrs. Old and I love this Music! 💕🎼🎵🎶💕. One Cool Grandmother! ! 😎
I'm almost 70, and love dancing to this!
I am jealous of you granny,you lived in the golden age of music 🥺🥺🥺 I'm only 28 and I can only relate to 60s-90s music
I just saw Chubby Checker in concert yesterday. He is an entertainer to the max. Including his audience in singing, dancing and walking through the audience, and what turned out to be the blast of my summer...dancing with him on stage doing the twist! 💃
No wayyyy🎉🎉🎉🎉
This song came out over 60 years ago!! I'm surprised Chubby is even still alive all these years later--much less that he's still performing in concerts(?!). Well, good for him! 😀
@@not-so-smartaleck8987 He is 82, only a few years over the life expectancy.
Well, if he was/is "chubby" that doesn't bode well for a long life (i.e., over the life expectancy), as I see it...just common sense.@@ShaneCarroll-y8o
He is still alive??? Geez, he has got to be old, because I am!
Chubby Checker! Happy 83rd birthday! I hope you have a wonderful and healthy year!
I remember the very first time I heard this song. It was on Spider-Man 3. What a memories. What a movie.
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I remember dancing to this song with my mom and sister, we had so much fun, miss those days
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Saw him around 1980 at the Warren county Fair in Pennsylvania. He is truly a great preformer and music legend.
My grandpa just told me about the twist tonight. He was born in the late 40s and hearing him talk about the past and how far we’ve come, just brings a tear to my eye sometimes.
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The Twist ,one of Rock 'n' Roll's immortal hits. Forever remembered.
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This era will never be replicated....®®®
I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early 2000s. He sounded just like his albums, didn't need anything to make him sound good. Sang a verse of a song to me. A totally awesome concert!!!
The way music is delivered today is the reason for this small area change.The rest of the world is because of communications exploding.
We have defeated the purpose of The Tower of Babel,but will it work out in the end-if there is one?
That's the truth your speaking...
@@ShirleyLyle-jy6pe can I have your contact
Chubby Checker,a great singer was back in 1960,six years before I was born 💙
Hello my name is Peter Rapheal
When I was a young teen me and my best friend went to see Chubby. It was so crowded so we were up by the stage. When he came out we could hardly breathe, he was so tall and handsome!! One of my best memories ❤❤
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I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early 2000s. He sounded just like his albums, didn't need anything to make him sound good. Sang a verse of a song to me. A totally awesome concert!!!
My grandmother played this for me while I was 6 she had it on a cassette tape it's something I'll always remember, I'm 18 now and I still love this song my grandmother passed away in 2017 overnight in a hospital after being airlifted it broke my heart so much knowing that I'll never be able to dance with her to this song again... I'll forever miss her.
My tater tot brought me here. She's discovered a new dance. Instead of just her jiggle, she's doing the twist now. But her version of the twist. Her twist is very serious & she's gotta assault a couple of things while she's doing it. Then claps
Everytime you listen to this AND TWIST, she is doing the twist with you❤
Released in June 1960. The song got to #1 on the charts on September 19, 1960...and #1 again on January 13, 1962.The song became a MASSIVE hit across the country!!!
notice how much fun these people are having !!
Absolutely awesome song!!! 🐬❤️🌹
Chubby Checkers Is One Of The Best Singers Of All Time
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As someone who comes from the days of synthpop in the 1990s, I acknowledge older masterpieces like this.
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I love playing this song a little loud. My baby aint walking yet, she'll dance before that.❤
My baby's getting down too 😊
The fact this man held number 1 spot for decades and has only been finally passed up by the Weeknd I'm just proud to be black, we have revolutionized music and we keep going.
That’s really cool. Had no idea.
Every word you Said 👍👍👍
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Yeah sure....
This record wasnt number 1 for decades, but it was a HUGE hit. Just like the other number ones.
I saw him in Vegas once and Little Richard in Nashville at the Peabody.
so so so great....the first and ultimate song of the "twist craze." Look how adorable Chubby Checker was!!
I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early 2000s. He sounded just like his albums, didn't need anything to make him sound good. Sang a verse of a song to me. A totally awesome concert!!!
How do you make a super classic song even better? Whip up a delightful new music video that respects the original song! Love all that archival footage!
Me too! And back then I could actually twist 😊😂
The Original Recording of this is the absolute best the background singing keeps the groove of this song immortal .
Ok now off spring I get it dad lol ahhh
A track that revolutionised the dance floor.
Brilliant.
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I can't believe he was 19 years old in this!!!
This song has been stuck in my head all weekend lol
Love this song from my high school days❤
They will still be playing this song and dancing the twist in 2300 and beyond.
If we can defeat communism-starting on Nov.5,2024.
Timeless!.. great song 👍🎶
Sooooooooooooo True. 👍
My mother who is 88years old with dementia listen now and said I must send a message to say thank you for this video
The official lyrics say, "Come on little miss, let's do the twist," but it surely sounds like something else to me.
Love it! I interviewed Chubby Checker one time, and enjoyed every second in his presence. Great guy, unforgettable music.
Sweet
Excuse me WHAT
Was the interview recorded or at least written into a transcript? I would love to see it! I'm sure a lot of other people here would as well.
what you think of spider-man 3 Tom?
I remember when my oldest sister went to see Chubby Checker in Atlantic City, New Jersey. So exciting! Back in those days, it was all about the dances and people had real fun. Everyone was working and nobody was rich, but most people had what they needed.
Pure magic. He was so handsome in that period.
I can remember doing the twist just like this video. So Great.. brings back so many memories.. Never forget.. how great it was.
What great song all these years later, this is a fix any problem you have song. 😊😁
Love Chubby and the twist. I've seen him perform 3 times. Always great
I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early 2000s. He sounded just like his albums, didn't need anything to make him sound good. Sang a verse of a song to me. A totally awesome concert!!!
CheckerMan has moves! I want to move like him, dances like these never get old in my eyes along with the Great songs and singers to go with them!
Had a blast at Newberry Opera House Nov 15th, 2024 Thanks Chubby! Loved dancing on stage!
Whats great about the twist is that its a pretty straightforward and easy dance to pull off. Meaning everyone on the dance floor can pick it up in minutes and even put their own little spin on it if desired. Fun song and dance which is now pretty much iconic. The scene in Madmen with Peggy twisting toward Pete was televised perfection.
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Love this
I've said it before and i'll say it again; The older generations had the best music compared to music now
REAL
True
To prawda, najpiękniejsza muzyka lata 50 i 60❤
That is an absolute fact
Absolutely 🎉
I am! still twisting!! 2024
This right here is how you become immortal!
Chubby Checker ❤
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Just saw him at the Kirby center like a month or 2 ago and have been listening to this banger since
Oh how I remember, that was some fun times, born in the forties ❤😂
God bless this man. At 81 years of age, this living legend is STILL giving audiences the thrill of a lifetime!! "The Twist" has the sole recognition of being the ONLY RECORD EVER TO REACH #1 TWICE on the Billboard Hot 100 charts - both in 1960 AND 1962!!!! In 2008, Chubby's "Twist" was named "THE BIGGEST CHART HIT OF ALL TIME" by Billboard Magazine. To his own dismay, Ernest Evans (real name) was never elected into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, reducing that institution to little more than a meaningless farce. #rockandrollhalloffame
mariah carey’s reached #1 four different times with all i want for christmas is you
Amen! Let's teach our kids how fun this can be in 2023!
Well, I mean, it IS a cover song though, so it's tricky from the HoF point of view.
@@ThatBonsaipanda Chubby Checker had many hits, not just "The Twist."
The HoF is a scam from the industry.
This song, is positive and shows,the good in,ALL of us. Detroit Loves this song and wishes,Chubby Checker,A Happy Birthday!! G
I was born in the 60's great tunes.i remember my parents would party with friend's they would all be dancing to this. Great memories. 2024
Great songs like this will stand the test of time and will last forever and still play my 45 of this classic in 2021
No music written today will be remembered by 14 year olds 63 years from now when they are 77. There are no golden oldies being sung today like Chubby Checker's twist was in 1960. I was 10 years old in 1960 and loved that song then and still do at 73.
@MrSuzuki1187 guess you and I are a like, not only the same age but like the same classic songs that we love.
I recall those good times, and I thank to still be apart of it.
What language is that?
@@Sundae_Times it was my keyboard it has a mind of its own lol
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Don't you just wanna get up & start dancing when you hear this music?~~~~ Dance with Joy! & Freedom ☆☆☆☆☆♡
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This will never get old. When the archaeologists dig this up in 1000 years.......they'll start dancing!!
The music 🎶 of the 1960s was just great I hope it comes back again 🎵🇺🇸💯👍
It never left❤
Now in my 60s I need to watch my hips!!!!❤😂
Can't get enough of your music
Hello my dear friend
11 years old, in my bedroom, with this on my record player…repeatedly. My fave song of all.
i remember my mom wining a twisting contest back in the 60's. she was a wild one. sure do miss her.
This is the original 1960 recording from the Twist with Chubby checker album. The other versions you hear on TH-cam is a re-recording from late 70s.
LOVE YOU CHUBBY CHECKER! THE KING!
I won a twist contest at the Sock Hop when I was younger. I am 70. Still twisting Yes Sir
I love this song.
I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early 2000s. He sounded just like his albums, didn't need anything to make him sound good. Sang a verse of a song to me. A totally awesome concert!!!
I am twisting in 2024
Me too! (In the kitchen when no one's watching😂)
Same
Me and I'm at work doing it
right with ya
Yip me tooooo 😂
This is the original version
No more words needed
Just masterpiece...
It's not bro. Hank ballard wrote it
@@davejohn2158 There are lots of re-recorded version of "The Twist" by Chubby. This is the very first one.
@@hjmoon8207 ok I get what your saying
@@hjmoon8207 & the best
The 1st time Hank heard chubby checker singing the twist he thought it was his version
THE BEST VERSION!!!
I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early 2000s. He sounded just like his albums, didn't need anything to make him sound good. Sang a verse of a song to me. A totally awesome concert!!!
This song reminds me of being at a prom, high school graduation, or any other formal event!
Chubby Checker the man that made the twist, the dance you had to do in the 60,s and to this day.
Never gets old AND a GREAT workout SONG.
Great driving song!!!
Cant help singing this while I bag the cinnamon twist at work. Lol. 😅 love this song so much.
ha ha!
This man performed in my hometown of less than 500 back in the 90s once.
Chubby is an ICON in the annals of music dance/performance and music history and I am very grateful that these wonderful clips exist on YT and are available to hundreds of generations to come (barring any silly nuclear events of course ;).
...or Communist dictators deciding what we can or can't have access to.
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Thank you for using the original 1960 recording! Most of the videos on here use the ‘70s re-recording.
Oh the good old days. Where everybody was more civilized than today.
You said it! I’d go back in a second!
I'd GO back now !!!
Yes I agree 💯 1960,six years before I was born 💙
We weren’t civilized then either. SMH.
It's like you forgot about segregation lol
Woow nice song & dance
Saw this man this week at a casino this man's a legend.
I was so fortunate to get to see him second row in concert in the early 2000s. He sounded just like his albums, didn't need anything to make him sound good. Sang a verse of a song to me. A totally awesome concert!!!
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Dramatic Tenor things twist! Fantastically!!!
Who's still listening to this song ❤ 2024
Me! 😁
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This still ROCKS!!!
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Hank Ballard wrote it and recorded it first. Chubby Checker turned it into a monster classic for Parkway. And ironically, it's only a tiny fraction of his vast and most impressive recorded legacy. Kudos to ABKCO Records for FINALLY getting the ball rolling (twisting?) on putting the vaunted Cameo/Parkway label catalog back in print.
Dick Clark, politics & the TELL-LIE-VISION, not Chubby, turned it to a monster. But thank you for paying dad some homepage. #7God🕵
@@daryleballard4912 ALWAYS a pleasure, good sir. As you are probably aware, I interviewed your father at great length in Blitz Magazine in the 1980s. An extraordinarily brilliant man. Spending an afternoon with him was like taking a graduate level crash course in the industry. He is greatly missed.
@@MikeBlitzMag Thank you sir for your kind words. Their not taken for granted. Dad loved & adored his fans & im trying my best to keep that love alive. He was just as kind, cool and great to be around at home also. I never even received a yelling or a spanking from him. 😊 Thank you for intervening him also. Much love to you & yours. My email
godsabusedsheepmin@gmail.com
Come on baby! Let’s do it, just like this ❤🤗
I did the twist on stage with chubby checker in 1991.
That’s wonderful. I am sure you enjoyed the experience then, and cherish the memory even more now!
@@Betty-wu6hf Was it American Bandstand?
Twisting for exercise and fun fun fun!!
Music that is actually fun and makes you want to dance
Life WAS GREAT back then. Cruising in the way back of your parents station wagon with AM radio playing and you sitting backwards looking at oncoming cars.
God plesase give Chubby many years more to entertein us with his talent and to do more TWISTS
This music never gets old....absolutely awesome :)
Fantástica,!!😅
I find the need to return to our roots
As a big 7-3 still walking, talking, styling and profiling, I will say in many respects, this song set the stage for the 60's. Some trivia: President Kennedy did twist with Jackie for the cameras. I remember the fun of the 60's while twisting the night away~~~Rock on Brothers and Sisters