Biography:
Chubby Checker is the stage name of Ernest Evans (born 3 October 1941), an American singer-songwriter best known for popularizing the dance The Twist with his 1960 song "The Twist". In September 2008, "The Twist" topped Billboard's list of the most popular singles to have appeared in the Hot 100 since its debut in 1958.
He was born in Spring Gulley, SC, USA, and raised in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended South Philadelphia High School with Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
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Other songs:
- Birdland
- Dance The Mess Around
- Hey, Bobba Needle
- Hooka Tooka
- Let's Twist Again
- Limbo Rock
- Loddy Lo
- Mashed Potato
- Popeye The Hitchhike
- Reelin' And Rockin'
- The Hucklebuck
- The Twist
- Twistin' Usa
- Birdland The Dance
- Dancin Party
- Do The Freddie
- Do The Mess Around
- Good Good Lovin
- Hey Bobba Needle
- Hucklebuck
- Lazy Elsie Molly
- Lets Limbo Some More
- Lets Twist Again
- Lovely Lovely
- Mashed Potato Time
- Peppermint Twist
- Pony Time
- Popeye The Hitchhiker
- Slow Twistin
- Surf Party
- The Fly
- The Weekends Here
- Twenty Miles
- Twist
- Twist It Up
- Twistin Usa
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Birdland:Chubby Checker.
#12 in 1963.
INTRO:
G
Baby, Baby, let's Birdland, now!
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Come on!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Whoa, let's go!)
C
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Let's Birdland, now!)
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Gonna show you how!)
D G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Owwwww!)
#1.
G
My father and my mother like Birdland.
(We like Birdland!)
G7 C
Let me tell ya, now..my brother and my sister
G
like Birdland. (We like Birdland!)
D
Don't you know it..the fellas in the summer like Birdland.
G
(We like Birdland!) Whoooa! Unnnh!
#2.
G
Come on Baby we're gonna swing..yeeeaah,
shake that thing.
C G
Mama Bird is for the Bird..yeahhhh..the
latest word.
D G
It's Birdland, Birdland..everybody do the
Birdland, now.
CHORUS:
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (OK!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Awww! Come on, now!)
C
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Well, alright!)
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Birdland all night!)
D G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Woooo, oh!)
(INTERLUDE:SAX:) Unnnnhhh!
#3.
G
Come on Baby let's hit the floor..
yeah, shake some more.
C
Girl, I like the way you roll..
G
yeaaahh..you move my soul.
D G
It's Birdland, Birdland..everybody do
the Birdland, now.
CHORUS:
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (OK!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Awww! Come on, now!)
C
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Well, alright!)
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Birdland all night!)
D G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Woooo, oh!)
#4.
G
My father and my mother like Birdland.
(We like Birdland!)
C
Don't you know it, now..my brother and my sister
G
like Birdland. (We like Birdland!)
D
On South Street..the hippies and the gippies
G
like Birdland. (We like Birdland!)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#12 in 1963.
INTRO:
G
Baby, Baby, let's Birdland, now!
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Come on!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Whoa, let's go!)
C
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Let's Birdland, now!)
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Gonna show you how!)
D G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Owwwww!)
#1.
G
My father and my mother like Birdland.
(We like Birdland!)
G7 C
Let me tell ya, now..my brother and my sister
G
like Birdland. (We like Birdland!)
D
Don't you know it..the fellas in the summer like Birdland.
G
(We like Birdland!) Whoooa! Unnnh!
#2.
G
Come on Baby we're gonna swing..yeeeaah,
shake that thing.
C G
Mama Bird is for the Bird..yeahhhh..the
latest word.
D G
It's Birdland, Birdland..everybody do the
Birdland, now.
CHORUS:
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (OK!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Awww! Come on, now!)
C
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Well, alright!)
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Birdland all night!)
D G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Woooo, oh!)
(INTERLUDE:SAX:) Unnnnhhh!
#3.
G
Come on Baby let's hit the floor..
yeah, shake some more.
C
Girl, I like the way you roll..
G
yeaaahh..you move my soul.
D G
It's Birdland, Birdland..everybody do
the Birdland, now.
CHORUS:
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (OK!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Awww! Come on, now!)
C
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Well, alright!)
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Birdland all night!)
D G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Woooo, oh!)
#4.
G
My father and my mother like Birdland.
(We like Birdland!)
C
Don't you know it, now..my brother and my sister
G
like Birdland. (We like Birdland!)
D
On South Street..the hippies and the gippies
G
like Birdland. (We like Birdland!)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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