Person: Chubby Checker

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Let’s twist again like we did last summer

I’m showing my age, but does anybody remember Chubby Checker? Ah, you do. No, not the Welsh prop forward from the 1970s.

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Those were the days: Documentary looks back at happy nights at Redbarn dancehall

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Book review: The Stranger

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Singer settles over ‘Chubby Checker penis app’

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Ten new words to add to your dictionary

Twerk it out: Raunchy dance now in dictionary

Twerking, the raunchy dance performed by Miley Cyrus at the MTV Video Music Awards, is among a slew of new terms included in an update of the Oxford dictionary.

Wed, 28 Aug, 2013

Broadcaster Dick Clark dies

Broadcaster Dick Clark has died.

Wed, 18 Apr, 2012

'Godfather' singer Martino dies

US singer Al Martino who had Britain’s first number one single in 1952 has died aged 82.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2009

George Harrison enters Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Ex-Beatle George Harrison was honoured posthumously for his solo career last night when he entered the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Tue, 16 Mar, 2004

Creator of 'The Twist' dies in US

Hank Ballard, the singer and songwriter whose hit The Twist ushered a dance craze in the 1960s, has died.

Mon, 03 Mar, 2003

Town will twist with Checker and Diddley

DONEGAL will be playing host to the King of the Twist and the Heavyweight Champion of Rock this summer.

Wed, 26 Feb, 2003