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On Dec. 16, Chubby Checker releases a newly-remixed physical version of his iconic hit, “The Twist,” the Billboard Hot 100‘s all-time No. 1. The update had arrived for digital purchase Sept. 16, but now fans can own a hard copy of it. To celebrate the new release, theever-act...
As for Checker, he was both made and ruined by “The Twist”. He hung around the charts with a series of dance songs (“Let’s Twist Again,”“Slow Twist,”“Pony Time,”“The Hucklebuck,”“Limbo Rock”), and his fame was such that he married Catharina Lodders, a Dutch model and...