Chubby Checker Net Worth

Chubby Checker Net Worth 2018, Biography/Wiki, Married/Wedding

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Born in Spring Gulley, South Carolina, Chubby Checker, also referred to as Ernest Evans, grew up in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His boss in the neighborhood grocery store where he worked introduced him to a songwriter who worked for Cameo-Parkway Records, and this lead into a meeting with Dick Clark of “American Bandstand” popularity. His first single was recorded for Mr. Clark and charted at #38. It was his cover of the dance track, “The Twist”, on the other hand, that would start him to continuing popularity.

Chubby Checker Net Worth $4 Million Dollars

The tune went #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Billboard went to record many other dance hits, including “The Huckleback”, “The Fly”, “Pony Time”, and “Let’s Twist Again”. The Billboard also topped the dance charts again in 2008 with the single, “Knock Down the Walls”.

Quick Facts

Birth date:	October 3, 1941
Birth place:	Spring Gulley, South Carolina, USA
Profession:	Singer, Musician, Composer, Twist Dance Style, Limbo Rock populariser
Education:	South Philadelphia High School
Nationality:	American
Spouse:	Catharina Lodders (m. 1964)
Children:	Mistie Bass, Bianca Evans, Ilka Evans, Shan Egan, The Twist, Limbo Rock, Let's Twist Again, Thackerville, OK, United States, New Braunfels, TX, United States, Longview, TX, United States
Parents:	Eartle Evans, Raymond Evans, The Twist, Limbo Rock, Let's Twist Again, Thackerville, OK, United States, New Braunfels, TX, United States, Longview, TX, United States
Siblings:	Tracy Evans
Awards:	Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award (2013 (2013), Artists Music Guild), The Honor of 2013 AMG Heritage Awards
Record labels:	Cameo-Parkway
Movies:	Don't Knock the Twist, Twist Around the Clock, Thackerville, OK, United States, New Braunfels, TX, United States, Longview, TX, United States

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Interesting Facts

#	Fact
1	In 1962 the New York City Catholic Archdiocese forbade students in its schools to dance to Checker's "The Twist", saying that it was "un-Christian".
2	On June 7th 1963. he headlined the only R n R concert given at NYCs Polo Grounds (1890-1963). The concert was followed, that evening, by a game between The New York Mets and The St. Louis Cardinals (The Mets won 3-2).
3	Attended Southern High School in Philadelphia, PA, where one of his classmates was Larry Chance, later to become lead singer of the rock group Larry Chance & The Earls.
4	Had first charted hit with "The Class" (1959). which is noted for his impersonations of Fabián Forte and Fats Domino.
5	According to his guardian, in 1962 he earned approximately $200,000.
6	His daughter, Mistie Williams, plays basketball at Duke University.
7	Rumor always had it that he was a chicken-plucker in Philadelphia before he made it big with "The Twist".
8	His name, "Chubby Checker", is a play on the name of another famous singer of his era, Fats Domino. The name was suggested by the wife of New American Bandstand 1965 (1952) host Dick Clark.
9	His wife, Catherina, was the 1962 Miss World from Holland.



Trademarks

#	Trademark
1	Popularized the Twist; a dance craze that swept the world in the early 1960s.



Quotes

#	Quote
1	[To Bill Takacs (an IMDb biography writer), who in 1979 met him on a flight to New York from Johannesburg, South Africa (he had been performing in nearby Swaziland) and who addressed him as Mr. Evans (his real name)] "Don't call me Mr. Evans; only my minister can call me that."



Filmography