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  • Come on, baby! Checker marks 50 years of the Twist

    07/09/2010 7:33:25 PM PDT · by Chi-townChief · 30 replies
    Yahoo News ^ | Fri Jul 9, 4:09 pm ET | JOANN LOVIGLIO, Associated Press Writer Joann Loviglio, Associated Press Writer
    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 —...