Chubby Checker’s interracial marriage to beauty queen Catharina Lodders is still going strong after 57 years
American rock and roll singer and dancer Chubby Checker has been entertaining us for 80 years with his unique talent.
Perhaps best known for making dance styles like the Twist and the Pony popular, he is also famous for his hit songs such as “Let’s Twist Again.”
Born in 1941 in South Carolina and raised in the projects of South Philadelphia, Checker soon realized that one of his greatest gifts was his skills for imitating others. By high school, he was entertaining his classmates with impersonations of Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
In 1959, Checker signed with Cameo-Parkway Records and music bosses urged him to make his version of “The Twist,” which Hank Ballard had originally written and performed.
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