Twistin’ USA/The Ooh Poo Pah Doo Shimmy/The CC Rider Stroll/The Strand/The Chicken/The Hucklebuck/The Twist/The Madison/Love Is Strange Calypso/The Mexican Hat Twist/The Slop/The Pony
Twist With Chubby Checker is where the early 1960s dance craze The Twist started. King of this, and many other new dances, was Chubby Checker. Includes the US No. 1 hit single The Twist plus the top twenty hit The Hucklebuck. (US:3)
“The classic title song The Twist is an American institution and a flat-out rockin’ tune. Its the golden age of rock 'n' roll, and even weak records deserve some credit. But, upon repeated listens, I have concluded that, apart from the reputable title track, this album is garbage. Checker fails to come even close to holding up to contemporaries.”
“Chubby Checker's massive hit The Twist is to the 1960s what Bill Haley's Rock Around The Clock was to the previous decade; a defining moment for popular music. For Chubby there was to be some regret in later years at how big The Twist became, since it meant he had to constantly re-establish himself. There are many other dance orientated tracks on this album, including The Hucklebuck.”
“Nostalgia time. Just as the music was originally a feel good style and it remains so.”
“The Twist was probably Chubby's biggest hit ever, and he belts it out with lots of youthful enthusiasm, just what teenagers wanted back in the day. The backup vocalists add to the number and that melody is infectiously happy and catchy too.”
“Chubby Checker will never be forgotten; he was a king amongst kings and one of the best artists to consistently turn out song after song that young people, and anyone with a beating heart, could dance to.”
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