{"id":1491,"date":"2018-05-08T04:26:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T04:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2018-05-08T04:26:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T04:26:24","slug":"rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction-ceremony-the-twist-changed-everything-thank-you-chubby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/08\/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction-ceremony-the-twist-changed-everything-thank-you-chubby\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony \u201cThe Twist\u201d changed everything. Thank you, Chubby"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cleveland (Perfect Music Today) 5\/8\/18\/– At last month\u2019s annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, a new category was introduced: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Singles. Taking the stage in Cleveland, The E-Street Band\u2019s Steven Van Zandt broke the news, describing the new singles program as \u201ca kind of Rock Hall Jukebox, established in recognition of the excellence of singles that shaped rock and roll.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, included in the inaugural inductions in this new category was \u201cThe Twist\u201d by Chubby Checker.\u00a0\u00a0The record was first recorded and released in 1960 on Cameo\u2019s Parkway label. A Baltimore disc jockey took a chance on the record, the response was tremendous and it was soon climbing the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It hit the #1 position on the Hot 100 as the dance craze swept the country and the world. Chubby was in great demand for TV and personal appearances and even hosted his own episodic dance instruction program carried by hundreds of stations.<\/p>\n

The excitement the record had caused didn\u2019t abate and was such that Chubby\u2019s \u201cThe Twist\u201d went back up to the #1 position at the beginning of 1962.\u00a0\u00a0It was the first time a record had occupied the #1 slot in two different run-ups, a feat unequaled to this day.\u00a0\u00a0When Billboard compiled its list of \u201cAll-Time Hot 100 Top Songs\u201d in the first 50 years of the Hot 100 Chart, \u201cThe Twist\u201d by Chubby Checker was, yet again, #1.\u00a0 The record was added to the National Recording Registry of Library of Congress and it was inducted into The Recording Academy\u2019s Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000.<\/p>\n

That which had been wrought by \u201cThe Twist\u201d forever changed the world of dance and music. It transcended racial, cultural and economic lines and had a profound impact on both young people and adults.\u00a0 From junior high school dances to caf\u00e9 society, \u201cThe Twist\u201d created a sensation never really equaled by a single recording.\u00a0 As noted, Chubby was in great demand and followed up \u201cThe Twist\u201d with hit after dance-themed hit, all of which made the Top Ten.\u00a0 These included \u201cPony Time,\u201d\u00a0 (another #1 record) \u201cLimbo Rock,\u201d \u201cSlow Twistin\u2019,” \u201cThe Fly,\u201d \u201cLet\u2019s Twist Again\u201d and \u201cPopeye (The Hitchhiker).\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chubby\u2019s career as a premiere entertainer has never abated over the course of the ensuing fifty-eight years. \u00a0He has a raft of upcoming performance dates that will see him twisting in Texas, New Jersey and Las Vegas, among other locales.<\/p>\n

When asked about the honor that has been bestowed on the record that first brought him to international prominence, Chubby was analytical in his response. \u201c\u2019The Twist\u2019 is the style that we dance on the dance floor. \u2018The Twist is in the Rock Hall.\u2019 Isn\u2019t that great?\u201d \u00a0He further explained that by \u201cstyle,\u201d he is describing a new dance paradigm. \u201cI\u2019m looking at the girl\u2026the girl is looking at me. We\u2019re not touching, but we\u2019re dancing, exploiting our sexuality while fully dressed.\u201d He went on to discuss the fact that \u201cThe Twist,\u201d along with the Pony, Fly and the Shake foster the same approach as one would to rock, pop and hip-hop dancing. \u201cThe style is just like \u2018The Twist,\u2019\u201d he observes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese dances, in their original form, were very strenuous because of the fast beat of the music.\u00a0 Girls were sweating, ruining their hairdos, killing their make-up and so were the boys in their suits and ties. We realized that The Twist, The Pony, The Fly and The Shake were better than working out in the gym and, because of that, a new industry was born:\u00a0working out to music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Somewhere on the planet it\u2019s dark and someone is boogieing and Chubby Checker is the boogieman. Or someone is in the gym exercising to music, working up a sweat to The Twist, The Pony, The Fly and The Shake.\u00a0 \u201cBefore Chubby Checker and \u2018The Twist,\u2019 this didn\u2019t happen,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Our conclusion: \u201cThe Twist\u201d changed everything. \u00a0Thank you, Chubby<\/p>\n

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Except for the pre-rock era\u2019s \u201cWhite Christmas\u201d by Bing Crosby,\u00a0\u201cThe Twist\u201d was the only record to have achieved Billboard Hot 100 #1 status two\u00a0separate times. This unprecedented feat has never again been accomplished by any other record in the subsequent 56 years.<\/p>\n

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