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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Twenty Miles:Chubby Checker.
#15 in 1963.
INTRO: A D (x4)
#1.
A D A
Twenty miles from my house to your house.
A D A
Twenty miles and I walk it all the way.
A D A
Twenty miles when you’re in love is nothin’..
E A
and I got to see my baby every day.
CHORUS:
E
I walk along..(la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la)
A
I sing a song..(la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la)
D A G F# E F#
Twenty miles is a long, long way.
E A
But I got to see my baby every day.
#2.
A D A
Lots of girls are ridin’ near to my house.
(Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk.)
A D A
Pretty girls they keep passin’ by all day.
(Walk..walk..all the way.)
A D A
Lots of girls but I don’t even see them..
(Walk, walk..walk on.)
E A
cause the girl I love is twenty miles away.
(Walk.)
CHORUS:
E
I walk along..(la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la)
A
I sing a song..(la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la)
D A G F# E F#
Twenty miles is a long, long way.
E A
But I got to see my baby every day.
(INTERLUDE:)
A
(Walk, walk..walk on....walk, walk..keep a-walkin'..
F# E A
Walk, walk..walk on.......walk.)
CHORUS:
E A
I walk along..I sing a song.
D A G F# E F#
Twenty miles is a long, long way.
E A
But I got to see my baby every day.
(Keep a-walkin')
OUTRO:
D A G F# E F#
Twenty miles is a long, long way.
(Walk, walk..keep a-walkin')
E A
But I got to see my baby every day.
(Walk, walk..keep a-walkin') Hey, hey!
A
Twenty miles..
(Walk, walk..all the way.)
A
Just a walkin'..twenty miles.
(Walk, walk..keep a-walkin')
E A
But I got to see my baby every day.
(Keep a-walkin'..all the way.)
A
Twenty miles...(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#15 in 1963.
INTRO: A D (x4)
#1.
A D A
Twenty miles from my house to your house.
A D A
Twenty miles and I walk it all the way.
A D A
Twenty miles when you’re in love is nothin’..
E A
and I got to see my baby every day.
CHORUS:
E
I walk along..(la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la)
A
I sing a song..(la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la)
D A G F# E F#
Twenty miles is a long, long way.
E A
But I got to see my baby every day.
#2.
A D A
Lots of girls are ridin’ near to my house.
(Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk.)
A D A
Pretty girls they keep passin’ by all day.
(Walk..walk..all the way.)
A D A
Lots of girls but I don’t even see them..
(Walk, walk..walk on.)
E A
cause the girl I love is twenty miles away.
(Walk.)
CHORUS:
E
I walk along..(la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la)
A
I sing a song..(la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la)
D A G F# E F#
Twenty miles is a long, long way.
E A
But I got to see my baby every day.
(INTERLUDE:)
A
(Walk, walk..walk on....walk, walk..keep a-walkin'..
F# E A
Walk, walk..walk on.......walk.)
CHORUS:
E A
I walk along..I sing a song.
D A G F# E F#
Twenty miles is a long, long way.
E A
But I got to see my baby every day.
(Keep a-walkin')
OUTRO:
D A G F# E F#
Twenty miles is a long, long way.
(Walk, walk..keep a-walkin')
E A
But I got to see my baby every day.
(Walk, walk..keep a-walkin') Hey, hey!
A
Twenty miles..
(Walk, walk..all the way.)
A
Just a walkin'..twenty miles.
(Walk, walk..keep a-walkin')
E A
But I got to see my baby every day.
(Keep a-walkin'..all the way.)
A
Twenty miles...(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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