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Come on, baby! Checker marks 50 years of the Twist
Yahoo News ^ | Fri Jul 9, 4:09 pm ET | JOANN LOVIGLIO, Associated Press Writer Joann Loviglio, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 07/09/2010 7:33:25 PM PDT by Chi-townChief

PHILADELPHIA – Fifty years to the day after the release of the hip-swiveling tune "The Twist," the man who made it famous celebrated the occasion in his hometown.

Chubby Checker performed Friday at a free noontime concert at Philadelphia City Hall. About 1,000 people joined in on the gyrations, some even invited onstage by the South Philadelphia-bred singer.

"The Twist," released as a single on July 9, 1960, burst into the rock 'n' roll stratosphere after Checker performed it for Dick Clark on his Philadelphia-based "American Bandstand."

Checker's 1960 cover version of the Hank Ballard and the Midnighters song — released a year earlier to mild success — became a smash hit and turned the dance into a pop culture touchstone. It remains the only single to reach No. 1 on the U.S. charts during two separate runs, in 1960 and again in 1962.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: chubbychecker; thefabulous60s; thetwist
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To: 4Runner

great! 44 and 1/2 years old here then. what a nice time. thanks!! oh man....so long ago...


21 posted on 07/09/2010 9:41:29 PM PDT by bobby.223
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To: Chi-townChief
Here's a nice alternative version.
22 posted on 07/10/2010 12:20:13 AM PDT by Erasmus (Looks like we're between a lithic outcropping and a region of low compressibility.)
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To: Young Werther

Wow! That’s a great story. :)


23 posted on 07/10/2010 7:50:58 AM PDT by stylecouncilor (What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

I’ve always wondered how to do The Hucklebuck. ;) Guess I’ll try to google it. I love those dances!


24 posted on 07/10/2010 7:52:39 AM PDT by stylecouncilor (What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
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To: Young Werther
There was a $5.00 cover and beer was $2.50 a bottle!

$2.50? That was some VERY expensive beer! Were you wealthy?

25 posted on 07/10/2010 7:57:55 AM PDT by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: stylecouncilor
Growing up in the NY metropolitan area in the 50s and early 60s was great. I attended Rutgers and weekend trips to New York were wonderful.

At the Cafe Wha I was intoduced to Fat Albert. Bill Cosby was a regular there. As were Peter, Paul & Mary, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Joan Rivers, and Richard Pryor.

WheneverI showed my ID the locals would exclaim "Oh youse from JOISEE!" I would reply "and you're from New Amsterdam". That always got a HUH!

26 posted on 07/10/2010 8:02:31 AM PDT by Young Werther ("Quae cum ita sunt" Since these things are so!)
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To: Chi-townChief; a fool in paradise
Eh, nothing beats the latest and the greatest!
27 posted on 07/10/2010 8:02:58 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Chi-townChief
The King of Twist
28 posted on 07/10/2010 8:05:16 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Chi-townChief
Popular song! - For a rewrite from the (Dem's) ProLife TOP 40! -

This great hit from the (50's) / 60's would need some work (maybe a lot of work), to make the lyrics fit the music. But it tells the story that needs to be told:

        You're gonna' have a ba-by, that looks like THIS!
If they talk about a-bor-shun, well here's the jist!
They'll kill your little baby, and then it'll look like THIS!
But they don't want'a tell you,
'Cause you might say NO!,
All they want is your mon-ey, and that's the *TWIST* !!

29 posted on 07/10/2010 8:47:29 AM PDT by Pacific
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To: Young Werther

Yeah I definitely grew up in the wrong era-haha. When I lived in Los Angeles I would frequent Club Transistor in Chinatown, which played 60’s pop, soul & Motown, and all the “kids” dress very 60’s. The mod sub-culture is alive and well! :)


30 posted on 07/10/2010 9:10:06 AM PDT by stylecouncilor (What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
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To: cumbo78

Nor should he be.


31 posted on 07/10/2010 9:14:14 AM PDT by metesky (My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can.)
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