Chubby Checker

American dancer and rock ‘n roll singer Ernest Evans, or professionally known as Chubby Checker, is well known for popularizing several dance styles, including the twist dance style, with his 1960 hit version of Hank Ballard and The Midnighters’ R&B hit The Twist. Checker’s version of the song, which is to his credit, is incomparably a bigger hit that reached the #1 spot in both September 1960 and January 1962. The song was at the top of Billboard’s list of most famous singles to have appeared in the Hot 100 since its debut in 1958, which was something that it maintained from September 2008 to August 2013.

Even in his 70s, Checker still has the passion in him. He even joined forces with Hard Rock Rocksino and Howard Perl Entertainment in 2015 to produce “Rock and Roll to The Rescue,” which is a show launched to adopt rescue animals in need and to raise funds.