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Though his career began in Philadelphia, with the help of "American Bandstand" and Dick Clark, Chubby Checker -- of "The Twist" fame -- says he's always felt Cleveland was the right home for the Rock ...
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has revealed ... and early rock trailblazer Chubby Checker. Salt-N-Pepa will receive the Rock Hall’s prestigious Musical Influence Award, a fitting tribute to ...
but being “Chubby Checker” —that’s my Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That’s it. What they’re giving me is what I get every time that I go on stage. Now, there was that controversy back in ...
Give the man some credit!” How on Earth was Chubby Checker not already in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame? Should he have gone in, like, the inaugural class, whenever that was? https://t.co ...
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has ... One takeaway here is that lobbying works. Chubby Checker has been agitating for a spot in the Hall Of Fame pretty much since the institution first came ...
Cyndi Lauper, Joe Cocker, Chubby Checker and 1970s “quintessential supergroup” Bad Company are among this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, the institution announced Sunday.
A music legend says he’s honored to finally be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but wants more. Chubby Checker famously complained in 2002 about not being included in the Rock Hall ...
The Rock and Roll Hall of ... selected by the hall’s board for induction. The total of 13 inductees represents a gamut that runs from early-’60s star Chubby Checker to turn-of-the-millennium ...
Chubby Checker has finally been elected to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but the pioneering musician still isn’t content. In a recent interview with Variety, Checker – who has been Hall ...
It took 17 years and three ballots, but the MTV icon is finally assuming her rightful place alongside her heroes in the Hall ...
Checker's recording of The Twist and Let's Twist Again are considered among the most popular songs in the history of rock 'n' roll. The 83-year-old has expressed ... Lauper rose to fame in the 1980s ...