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Chubby Checker [1941-0] American
Rank: 105
Musician, Singer


Chubby Checker is an American singer. He is widely known for popularizing the twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard's R&B hit "The Twist". 

Faith, Home, Morning



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Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears all the rappers, they're doing my dances and they're making billions doing my dances. When they do that little thing they do with their hands that's The Fly and The Pony.
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God's got something for me. I have faith it'll be OK. Faith
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Homey don't quit. What else are you gonna do? It's like those guys in the cartoon they get up in the morning, check the clock and fight all day and after it's over they check the clock and go home. That's how it goes. Home, Morning
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Do you realize that I have had five albums in the Top 30. Elvis and The Beatles have never done that. I had five singles in the Top 5, I mean, no one's ever done that.
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I want my flowers while I'm alive.
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Dancing, apart to music with a beat, is my legacy.
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Before I got in this business I was in the chicken business.
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It takes a real soldier to stay in the music industry and live off the things that have been put before me and be able to survive all this time because it has not been easy.
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I compare the Twist to the electric light, The Twist is me, and I'm it. I'm the electric light.
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When I'm onstage they know I'm honest, and I try to be as humble as I can.
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Ever see a little kid walking around talking to himself? I'm the same way.
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I'm just grateful to be on this planet. I have no enemies that I know of. I'm just the guy who makes happy.
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I want people to look at a checkerboard and think of me!
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Besides, at 62 years old I look like I'm about 27.
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Everybody in the '80s, well, we hate rap. Now, the biggest rapper in the world... Eminem. Rap's a black thing.
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What turns me on is to walk into a sold-out venue. The audiences are so much the same as they were in the '60s. It's just an amazing thing. I can't explain it, but I hope it never stops.
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My outlet is my music, and it's been this way since I was 4 years old.
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