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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Twistin' USA
Chubby Checker
INTRO: Everybody Twist!
#1.
F F7
They're Twistin' in Cleveland in Kansas City too
Bb F
They're wailin' in Warwood in Pittsburg and St Lou
C Bb F
So baby get ready yeah I'm gonna Twist with you
Yeee aahh
CHORUS:
F
Round and around and up and down we go
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Bb F
Make it with the shakin' to and fro
Yeahh Whoo ooo
C Bb F
From Boston to LA don't ya know they're Twistin' U S A
Yeah yeah
#2.
F F7
They're Twistin' in New York and old Chicago town
Bb F
In Hartford and Frisco they all go round and round
C Bb F
They're Twistin' on Bandstand so baby don't ya put me down
Yee Aaahh
CHORUS:
F
Round and around and up and down we go
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Bb F
Make it with the shakin' to and fro
Yeahh Whoo ooo
C Bb F
From Boston to LA don't ya know they're Twistin' U S A
Yeah yeah
(INTERLUDE:)
#3.
F F7
Yeah they Shimmy in Charlotte they Shake in Baltimore
Bb F
In De troit and Dallas and down Miami shore
C Bb F
So baby oh baby oh what are what we waitin' for
Yee aahh
CHORUS:
F
Round and around and up and down we go
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Bb F
Make it with the shakin' to and fro
Yeahh Whoo ooo
C Bb F
From Boston to LA don't ya know they're Twistin' U S A
One more Twist
OUTRO:
F
Round and around and up and down we go
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Bb F
Make it with the shakin' to and fro
They're Twistin' in Washington in Cincinatti
England Europe
C Bb F
From Boston to LA don't ya know they're Twistin' U S A
They're Twistin' in Asia Africa and Australia Fade
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Chung Ha
Chunk! No, Capta (...)
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