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Chubby Checker is the stage name of Ernest Evans (born October 3, 1941), an American Rock and Roll singer-songwriter best known for popularizing the dance The Twist with his 1960 song "The Twist".

He was born in Spring Gulley, South Carolina, and raised in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended south Philadelphia High School with Frankie Avalon and Fabian. Popular lore has it that the wife of American Bandstand's host Dick Clark suggested the name "Chubby Checker" to Evans as a take-off on then-popular singer Fats Domino. In fact, the wife of Bandstand's original producer, Tony Mammarella, suggested the name to Checker. In 1964, he married the Dutch Catharina Lodders, who was Miss World in 1962. He "performed" "The Twist" at the 2008 Daytona 500. On July 17th 2008, Chubby Checker performed "The Twist" live on the Opie and Anthony Show backed up by Black Sabbath cover band Sabbra Cadabra.