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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A F#
Are you ready, Let's do the Freddie
A F#
Are you ready, Gonna do the Freddie
B F# E F#
Oooo Oooo Oooo Ooo
(Do the Freddie)
B F# E F#
Oh Oh Oh Oh
B F# E F#
There's a dance that crossin' the nation
B F# E F#
Causin' more than a great sensation
E F# E F#
You flip your wings just like a bird
C#m
I know it sounds crazy
F# (Pause) F# F# E E
But you gotta take my word
B E
You wave your hands up to the sky
F# B
Kick your legs out to the side
A F#
Are you ready, Let's do the Freddie
A F#
Are you ready, we're gonna do the Freddie
B F# E F#
B F# E F#
Better do the dance every day or night
B F# E F#
If you wanna learn to do it right
E F# E F#
It's good til you get to the second hop around
C#m F# (pause) F# F# E E
Your heart starts poundin' like it's upside down
B E
You wave your hands up to the sky
F# B
Kick your legs out to the side
A F#
Are you ready, Let's do the Freddie
A F# (pause) B A B
Are you ready, we're gonna do the Freddie
B C#m B C#m B C#m B
Ah mums and brothers, sisters and ya daddioooo
B C#m
Soon as you learn the Freddie
E F#
Other dances gotta go oh oh
(Instrumental)
B - F# - E - F#
B - F# - E - F#
C#m - F# - C#m - F#
C#m - F# - F# - G
(Verse 3)
B F# E F#
Do it in your house and down at school
B F# E F#
Do it with the hippies and with the fools
E F# E F#
Do this dance every day and night
C#m F# F# F# E E
If you wanna learn to do it right
B E
You gotta wave your hands up to the sky
F# B
Kick your legs out to the side
A F#
Are you ready, Let's do the Freddie
A F#
Are you ready, get ready Freddie
- B - F#
E F# B
Kick your legs out to the side
- F#
E F# B
Gonna do the Freddie
- F#
E F# B
Kick your legs up high
- F#
E F# B
Gonna do the Freddie
Are you ready, Let's do the Freddie
A F#
Are you ready, Gonna do the Freddie
B F# E F#
Oooo Oooo Oooo Ooo
(Do the Freddie)
B F# E F#
Oh Oh Oh Oh
B F# E F#
There's a dance that crossin' the nation
B F# E F#
Causin' more than a great sensation
E F# E F#
You flip your wings just like a bird
C#m
I know it sounds crazy
F# (Pause) F# F# E E
But you gotta take my word
B E
You wave your hands up to the sky
F# B
Kick your legs out to the side
A F#
Are you ready, Let's do the Freddie
A F#
Are you ready, we're gonna do the Freddie
B F# E F#
B F# E F#
Better do the dance every day or night
B F# E F#
If you wanna learn to do it right
E F# E F#
It's good til you get to the second hop around
C#m F# (pause) F# F# E E
Your heart starts poundin' like it's upside down
B E
You wave your hands up to the sky
F# B
Kick your legs out to the side
A F#
Are you ready, Let's do the Freddie
A F# (pause) B A B
Are you ready, we're gonna do the Freddie
B C#m B C#m B C#m B
Ah mums and brothers, sisters and ya daddioooo
B C#m
Soon as you learn the Freddie
E F#
Other dances gotta go oh oh
(Instrumental)
B - F# - E - F#
B - F# - E - F#
C#m - F# - C#m - F#
C#m - F# - F# - G
(Verse 3)
B F# E F#
Do it in your house and down at school
B F# E F#
Do it with the hippies and with the fools
E F# E F#
Do this dance every day and night
C#m F# F# F# E E
If you wanna learn to do it right
B E
You gotta wave your hands up to the sky
F# B
Kick your legs out to the side
A F#
Are you ready, Let's do the Freddie
A F#
Are you ready, get ready Freddie
- B - F#
E F# B
Kick your legs out to the side
- F#
E F# B
Gonna do the Freddie
- F#
E F# B
Kick your legs up high
- F#
E F# B
Gonna do the Freddie
Chumbawumba
Chung Ha
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Church Hymns
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