Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He also popularized the dance style Twist, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard's R&B hit “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 Checker privately recorded a novelty single for Clark in which the singer portrayed a school teacher with an unruly classroom of musical performers. The premise allowed Checker to
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