« On this day in 1962 — 59 years ago — comedian Ernie Kovacs died at the age of 42 after crashing his Chevrolet Corvair into a telephone pole in Los Angeles while driving in a rainstorm | Main | Sophie Tucker, the Last of the Red Hot Mamas, was born 134 years ago today »

January 13, 2021

In 1962, Chubby Checker went back to #1 on the U.S. singles chart with “The Twist”

Twist-Small

In 1962, Chubby Checker went back to #1 on the U.S. singles chart with “The Twist.”

The song first went to #11 in Sept, 1960 and became the only record in American chart history to top the charts on two separate occasions.

In the photo, Chubby Checker does The Twist in 2011 with Hallie Sabb, left, and Carrie McGill-Tisdaleon on family property he played on as a child in Spring Gully, South Carolina.

Photo by Tracy Glantz



Posted by on January 13, 2021 at 06:26 AM in Music |

Tags: Chubby Checker , The Twist

| | | |

Comments

Charlie's Place: Photo Essay

  • The "Shag" Lives On Today
    The true story of the Ku Klux Klan’s violent attempt in South Carolina in the post World War II years to stop dirty dancing and kill the emerging black music behind it—rhythm & blues. E-book in all platforms.

Mill Town Murder: Photo Essay

  • Mack Duncan, Chiquola Mill Survivor
    On the morning of Sept. 6, 1934, in the tiny town of Honea Path, S.C., friends and neighbors came to blows in a labor dispute. When it was over, seven people were dead and 30 others wounded. The bloody riot at the town’s cotton mill shaped the lives of two generations to follow—not because of the shock of what was known, but by what was unknown. E-book available on all platforms.

Categories

Other Accounts

Archives