American singer, performer and composer. The most popular song - "Let's Twist Again", heard by everyone, it is often used in modern cinema to recreate the atmosphere of the sixties.
Biography
Was born in 1941 in South Carolina, USA. At the age of eight he participates in a group playing musical compositions on the streets of the city. Simultaneously with school attendance, she studies music at Settlement Music School. At school, he often entertains classmates, imitating popular singers of the time, for example, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
After graduation, he worked as an animator, entertaining customers of the store. His boss, impressed by Chubby's jokes and voice, with the help of his acquaintance from the record company, gave the young singer the opportunity to record his first single. On the recording, Chubby sings the children's song "Mary Had a Little Lamb", imitating the voices of famous artists.
Career
The singer's first recording attracted the attention of studio managers, and with the singer's consent, was sent to the radio. The song was aired in a program dedicated to Christmas greetings. The listeners accepted the funny composition with delight.
In 1960, Checkker recorded the famous single "The Twist". The composition became extremely popular and had significant commercial success. Twice topped the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
In 1961 he recorded the dance song "Let's Twist Again", which became Chubby's second commercial success. With this song, Checker was nominated for a Grammy.
Composition "Limbo Rock", released in 1962, became the singer's last successful song in America in the sixties. Checker went to Europe, toured and recorded dance tunes until the early seventies, but without much success.
In 1971 he recorded an album of psychedelic music. The disc turned out to be an absolute failure, despite Checker's fame and participation in the promotion of the famous producer Ed Chaplin.
In the eighties and nineties, he continues to tour America and Europe, performing old hits and covers of popular compositions, participates in numerous television shows as a guest celebrity.
In 2008 he released the single "Knock Down the Wall", the song became a hit, took first place in the American charts. In the same year, his single "The Twist" was named by Billboard magazine as the most popular hit of the last 50 years.
Personal life
In 1962, the twenty-year-old millionaire met Katharina Lodders, a Danish model, Miss World 1962 in Manila. A year later, he proposes to her. The couple got married in 1964 in Pennsoken, New Jersey. In 1965, Checker and his wife had their first child, daughter Bianca.
In 2009 he records a public address to popularize changes in health care laws in America.
