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.

@Icequeen908

4 ай бұрын

❤😂

@curtisbutlerlivinglife6941

3 ай бұрын

Are you serious?

@JesseBrisendine

3 ай бұрын

@@curtisbutlerlivinglife6941 yes!

@erasmocochachezartica9267

18 күн бұрын

Bacán

@FrankSigala-ch6wf

3 күн бұрын

😂

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

@ronaldmathews9413

18 күн бұрын

I was 12 still love it

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.

@adrianaavila8853

2 жыл бұрын

That’s really cool. Had no idea.

@bilalnaqvi3414

2 жыл бұрын

Every word you Said 👍👍👍

@robertharrison3377

2 жыл бұрын

aaaaaaaavh

@dalemulholland2387

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah sure....

@SuperChuckRaney

Жыл бұрын

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.

OMG, how can you listen to this song and sit still!?!? It was an instant global phenomenon ever since! Let's Twist!!!

@latishaphillips3468

5 ай бұрын

I'm sitting RN sooooo........

@mostreamteam

4 ай бұрын

I'm sitting.and tired

@CJStroud1

3 ай бұрын

Wtf

@NanettPool-wd2it

3 ай бұрын

Let's do it!! Twist away!!!

The Twist ,one of Rock 'n' Roll's immortal hits. Forever remembered.

He was ahead of his time. Long live the early 60's.

@MARYJOEBETHELBALDUR

Жыл бұрын

Not so popular the song or the reincarnation

@asmrcritique6565

Жыл бұрын

This is Hank Ballard's song.

Chubby Checkers Is One Of The Best Singers Of All Time

@SundaeRoast

28 күн бұрын

*Checker

I remember the very first time I heard this song. It was on Spider-Man 3. What a memories. What a movie.

@henrycavillfriend5479

2 ай бұрын

I was looking for this comment

@iansantiagor.g2041

26 күн бұрын

​@@henrycavillfriend5479X2

@LilXancheX

24 күн бұрын

You’ll get your rent when you fix this damn door!

I love doing the twist, by the great Chubby Checker. Started at age 7yr. and still going strong at 70yrs.

@oneprimalguy

5 ай бұрын

Awesome Ronald! If you don’t love the twist, I think something may be wrong with your brain!

@user-rj3re4uu5d

5 ай бұрын

Hi I am 71 and dancing now and than with the BABY BOOMERS here in Portland, Or

@Alan-71351

3 ай бұрын

Now 81

@michaeljackson7361

2 ай бұрын

Same I'm 68, peace bro

@user-rj3re4uu5d

2 ай бұрын

kepp going our era was worth living for such good music and a peaceful world@@Alan-71351

Chubby Checker,a great singer was back in 1960,six years before I was born 💙

when music was MUSIC!!

@Creativ1

Ай бұрын

And people were way more civilized. Better times, better music! Atleast we have the sweet memories.

@lisaparsons4124

Ай бұрын

Yes I agree

@SundaeRoast

28 күн бұрын

Like it is now to anyone who isn't a rose-tinted snob.

@SundaeRoast

28 күн бұрын

@@Creativ1 "And people were way more civilized." Yeah, as demonstrated by your actions in Korea, Vietnam, Cuba...

@michaelmulholland9072

20 күн бұрын

Gifnvufntjf8t Gifts rud

I've said it before and i'll say it again; The older generations had the best music compared to music now

@aryanacharya6999

2 ай бұрын

REAL

@thedawei20

Ай бұрын

True

@halinakaczorowska4934

Ай бұрын

To prawda, najpiękniejsza muzyka lata 50 i 60❤

@LXG987

Ай бұрын

That is an absolute fact

@lindachonghing2484

28 күн бұрын

Absolutely 🎉

Oh the good old days. Where everybody was more civilized than today.

@Creativ1

Ай бұрын

You said it! I’d go back in a second!

@Richard-zi3dy

Ай бұрын

I'd GO back now !!!

@lisaparsons4124

Ай бұрын

Yes I agree 💯 1960,six years before I was born 💙

@lanalindley2345

26 күн бұрын

We weren’t civilized then either. SMH.

Whose twisting in 2024 with me!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!

@Zays_Diary

6 ай бұрын

This song carried me to the new year!😍

@random-jk4qp

6 ай бұрын

Spiderman 3 vibes

@mariocastro2970

6 ай бұрын

Viva México

@deborahkhill846

5 ай бұрын

Me

@reginaarnold

5 ай бұрын

I am! 🎉😊

The oldies are the best of the best ❤

I remember dancing to this song with my mom and sister, we had so much fun, miss those days

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! 💃

@phyllisrussell1397

10 ай бұрын

No wayyyy🎉🎉🎉🎉

@not-so-smartaleck8987

10 ай бұрын

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! 😀

@user-sj2wb1no7q

9 ай бұрын

@@not-so-smartaleck8987 He is 82, only a few years over the life expectancy.

@not-so-smartaleck8987

8 ай бұрын

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.@@user-sj2wb1no7q

@deborahkhill846

5 ай бұрын

He is still alive??? Geez, he has got to be old, because I am!

I am 80 yrs. Old and I love this Music! 💕🎼🎵🎶💕. One Cool Grandmother! ! 😎

@deborahkhill846

5 ай бұрын

I'm almost 70, and love dancing to this!

I mean everybody was doing this dance when it first came out! It made a giant hit mostly world-wide. Was fun living in the Golden Age of Rock N Roll!

Chubby Checker had such a great voice. We loved it. We twisted to this song for several years when I was a kid.

@deborahkhill846

5 ай бұрын

Me too. Us too.

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

@casmirbrown1986

Жыл бұрын

mariah carey’s reached #1 four different times with all i want for christmas is you

@joannemarquez2085

Жыл бұрын

Amen! Let's teach our kids how fun this can be in 2023!

@ThatBonsaipanda

Жыл бұрын

Well, I mean, it IS a cover song though, so it's tricky from the HoF point of view.

@neilg2640

Жыл бұрын

​@@ThatBonsaipanda Chubby Checker had many hits, not just "The Twist."

@ronbelanger4113

Жыл бұрын

The HoF is a scam from the industry.

This is the original version No more words needed Just masterpiece...

@davejohn2158

3 жыл бұрын

It's not bro. Hank ballard wrote it

@hjmoon8207

3 жыл бұрын

@@davejohn2158 There are lots of re-recorded version of "The Twist" by Chubby. This is the very first one.

@davejohn2158

3 жыл бұрын

@@hjmoon8207 ok I get what your saying

@monicabella7894

2 жыл бұрын

@@hjmoon8207 & the best

@alanamarias7060

2 жыл бұрын

The 1st time Hank heard chubby checker singing the twist he thought it was his version

As someone who comes from the days of synthpop in the 1990s, I acknowledge older masterpieces like this.

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 🥰

This right here is how you become immortal! Chubby Checker ❤

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!

Love it! I interviewed Chubby Checker one time, and enjoyed every second in his presence. Great guy, unforgettable music.

@ahmedbennefissa

3 жыл бұрын

Sweet

@ascoutly1593

3 жыл бұрын

Excuse me WHAT

@SuperSaiyen64

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@SB992REBORN

2 жыл бұрын

what you think of spider-man 3 Tom?

@abracadabradeepmindexperie5866

Жыл бұрын

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.

notice how much fun these people are having !!

I did the twist on stage with chubby checker in 1991.

@Creativ1

Ай бұрын

That’s wonderful. I am sure you enjoyed the experience then, and cherish the memory even more now!

@hsgdfgv2446

27 күн бұрын

@@Betty-wu6hf Was it American Bandstand?

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.

@ahhwe-any7434

7 ай бұрын

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

Don't you just wanna get up & start dancing when you hear this music?~~~~ Dance with Joy! & Freedom ☆☆☆☆☆♡

A track that revolutionised the dance floor. Brilliant.

@michaelmulholland9072

13 күн бұрын

Ri4qbu5i

🤼This is probably one of the greatest songs in America of all times that brought everybody together everybody loves to do the twist 🤼🤘

The Original Recording of this is the absolute best the background singing keeps the groove of this song immortal .

I love playing this song a little loud. My baby aint walking yet, she'll dance before that.❤

@ahhwe-any7434

7 ай бұрын

My baby's getting down too 😊

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!!!

They will still be playing this song and dancing the twist in 2300 and beyond.

Absolutely awesome song!!! 🐬❤️🌹

Oh how I remember, that was some fun times, born in the forties ❤😂

I am! still twisting!! 2024

THIS A MUSIC, NOT TODAYS CRAP.

Me Encanta 💯💚🇪🇦En los 60 éramos pequeños y mis ti@s y Madre lo bailaban‼️ gracias NunCA pasa de moda 🤩😍

I recall those good times, and I thank to still be apart of it.

@SundaeRoast

28 күн бұрын

What language is that?

@Eplurbisunum

28 күн бұрын

@@SundaeRoast it was my keyboard it has a mind of its own lol

@Eplurbisunum

27 күн бұрын

@@SundaeRoast lat n

The music 🎶 of the 1960s was just great I hope it comes back again 🎵🇺🇸💯👍

@cecillebarone9252

3 ай бұрын

It never left❤

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 ❤❤

My mother who is 88years old with dementia listen now and said I must send a message to say thank you for this video

My Dad taught me the Twist when I was a kid

One of the reasons that I so cherish my friendship with my NINETY-SIX (96) YEAR-OLD friend Gene, are the glimpses that he provides me into History's past. When Gene was a boy growing up in Mississippi in the early 1940's, he and his mother had to scrub their clothes on a washboard to get them clean. In the 1940's when "Chubby Checker" saw his 1st automatic washing machine, it was REVOLUTIONARY! No longer would he have to toil at the washboard, getting less than ideal results. Chubby was tickled by the "twisting" motion that the machine made as it agitated the clothes in the soapy water. He laughed, "Won't you look at that thing TWIST!" And.. the rest is "Music History!" Knowing that Paul McCartney was a huge fan of Buddy Holly specifically and American Rock & Roll, in general, I guess that Chubby Checker's hit song inspired Paul & John to write "Twist & Shout."

LOVE YOU CHUBBY CHECKER! THE KING!

Great songs like this will stand the test of time and will last forever and still play my 45 of this classic in 2021

@MrSuzuki1187

9 ай бұрын

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.

@alanoszy1159

9 ай бұрын

@MrSuzuki1187 guess you and I are a like, not only the same age but like the same classic songs that we love.

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

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.

@soniacheca6036

Жыл бұрын

Lo máximo 😂

@jeanlucprevinaire8846

11 ай бұрын

​@@soniacheca60362:27

Timeless!.. great song 👍🎶

@CatLover-23

7 ай бұрын

Sooooooooooooo True. 👍

Saw him around 1980 at the Warren county Fair in Pennsylvania. He is truly a great preformer and music legend.

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!

This music never gets old....absolutely awesome :)

@soniacheca6036

Жыл бұрын

Fantástica,!!😅

@hmackie6823

Жыл бұрын

I find the need to return to our roots

Can't get enough of your music

Wish I wasn't single 😢feel like dancing

Old is gold Allways remember in heart

Got a neighbor that just celebrated her 100th birthday, and they had a guy sing this. Especially as a young person, it's a wild thing for me to conceive that she was just 34 when this song FIRST released...

My little granddaughter is 2 yrs & 3mths old when she first heard the twist by Chubby she went ballistic with joy .Also loves Sugar Sugar by the Archies, lm 66 & danced the twist with the man himself on stage over 40 yrs ago when he toured Aust. What a great time for music stay healthy & keep on twistin Chubby.

Hallelujah amen pray to God let's do the twist

@alexfrankie5071

2 жыл бұрын

Hi dear 👋

Best twist song ever! Fun Fun memories. Happy song! Happy place

@CHUBBY CHECKER{=✓Thanks but We forget this song hit the radio in MID JULY and HIT #1 AUGUST tru SEPTEMBER 1960 but did what hardly any OTHER song did=== IT CAME BACK TO #1 during DECEMBER 1961 tru JANUARY 1962 and was STILL HEARD ON RADIO truout FEBRUARY 1962 !!!!!

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 ;).

@mastervision5902

8 ай бұрын

...or Communist dictators deciding what we can or can't have access to.

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 can remember doing the twist just like this video. So Great.. brings back so many memories.. Never forget.. how great it was.

Chubby Checker the man that made the twist, the dance you had to do in the 60,s and to this day.

I know this is old and it’s 2024 but still

This song has been stuck in my head all weekend lol

I was in middle school, when this came out. I thought it was funny. Still do❤😂😂

J'adore, merci Pierrot XXX

Never gets old AND a GREAT workout SONG.

Music that is actually fun and makes you want to dance

I’m olive skinned - a 1st Nations woman - and still love listening to music that helps me remember that there was a time when it never mattered about the origin , but about the condition of the heart .. I’m not prejudiced , but bad behaviour is unacceptable at any age now ..

Pure magic. He was so handsome in that period.

i remember my mom wining a twisting contest back in the 60's. she was a wild one. sure do miss her.

I was good for dancing this rhythm, and can still dance it at my 77 years. I rememeber it caught as a fad in 1961 and continued in 1962, but in 1963 the Bossa Nova took its place.

@alancruzdominguez5074

10 ай бұрын

The twist dance evolves in go-go around 1964

@ahhwe-any7434

7 ай бұрын

My baby said no not cool brudda. They done stole my moves

so so so great....the first and ultimate song of the "twist craze." Look how adorable Chubby Checker was!!

Saw this man this week at a casino this man's a legend.

No cap. This is better than the re-recorded version

The crazy world we are living in now brought me here for a little rest.

I had the privilege to see Chubby Checker live at Twin Towns ❤ he really engaged the audience 🎉❤

Hereafter blinding lights dethroned this song as the top Hot 100 song of all time.

I love this song , because it makes me love myself !!! Thank-you chubby

This song reminds me of being at a prom, high school graduation, or any other formal event!

I use to do the twist all the time. You bring back memories. Love it !!!❤❤❤

This still ROCKS!!! 😎👍

Love this man and all his songs too. And yes still listening also 10/23/2013 🎼👍🎼👍🎼

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

3 жыл бұрын

Dick Clark, politics & the TELL-LIE-VISION, not Chubby, turned it to a monster. But thank you for paying dad some homepage. #7God🕵

@MikeBlitzMag

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@daryleballard4912

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

I'm a 70's kid but brought up on this and I love it.

I came into this world 4 years after this song did but I still remember it very well. I revisited history today after reading online articles referencing popular fads of the last 100 years. Good stuff! Who remembers the Slinky & the Hula Hoop? 👍👍

@ericking9835

4 ай бұрын

Uhhhhhh…………. I don’t

Sensacional 🎶 sublime 👏 🙌 👏 🙌

Cant help singing this while I bag the cinnamon twist at work. Lol. 😅 love this song so much.

@annak.9272

Жыл бұрын

ha ha!

how come this great twister not in the rock and roll hall of fame?he deserves to be enshrined

I walked into the living room and found mom and dad doing the twist. I think they were practicing for a party. It was awesome as a little kid.

My favorite and at 76 I still can do the twist! That's why keeps you thin and young at heart!

@June_Bee142

Жыл бұрын

Hes My grandpa

#1 all-time chart

We actually could dance back then❤

My favorite dance of all time thanks Chubby