Chubby Checker visits WHYY studios to speak with NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY) Fifty-five years after his cover of the Hank Ballard tune, “The Twist” went to number one, ...

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s top boss tells all about this year’s ceremony — and who might join in the future.

Chubby Checker and computer technology just can't seem to get along. Decades before the 'Twist' singer sued the makers of an app that used his name as a euphemism for measuring genitalia, it turns out ...

Quick, who is the only recording artist to have five albums in the Top 12 all at once? It’s Chubby Checker. And that’s kind of a surprise because when you think Chubby Checker, most just think of one ...

Quick, who is the only recording artist to have five albums in the Top 12 all at once? It’s Chubby Checker. And that’s a surprise twist, because when you think Chubby Checker, most just think of one ...

There’s a scene in the first season of Mad Men where most of the staff underlings from Sterling Cooper are out at a restaurant when somebody plays “The Twist” on a jukebox. Every woman who works in ...

Before releasing “The Twist,” Chubby Checker was worried he was a has-been. A prophecy from an angel gave him encouragement. Checker revealed why he wanted to record “The Twist.” One of the most ...

Thank Dick Clark's ex-wife. Rock-and-roll pioneer Fats Domino died of natural causes on Tuesday in a New Orleans suburb, according to reports. He was 89. And though rock and roll owes its soul to guys ...

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has long received praise for highlighting the many early rock and R&B hitmakers who have never gotten their proper due. However, Chubby Checker, singer of 'The Twist,' ...

Chubby Checker revolutionized the dance floor in the early 1960s when he popularized The Twist, and today he is not shy about discussing his accomplishments. “The Twist is still the king of the music ...

A Florida personal injury lawyer has filed a federal lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard on behalf of rock and roll icon Ernest Evans, better known as Chubby Checker, over an app developed for webOS that ...