He went to study at a local school and found out his interest as well as talent in music since then. He was known to perform voice acting of some famous persons like Fats Domino and Elvis Presley as would constantly entertain his fans. An American by nationality, he belongs to black ethnicity. Chubby, as his name suggests is a chubby person, with pulped cheeks and large arms as well as legs. He has a height of about cm, which is 5 feet and 11 inches, not a very good height for an individual.
Ernest Evans grew up in South Philadelphia and had formed a harmony group by the age of 8 years old. His boss at the Fresh Farm Poultry Market where he worked after school gave him the nickname Chubby, and the store owner arranged for Chubby to do a recording for Dick Clark American Bandstand. Dick Clark's wife asked if his name was Chubby as in Checker, and from that point on Ernest Evans used Chubby Checker as his professional name his legal name is still Ernest Evans. Chubby Checker's recording of The Class where he impersonates several different artists for Dick Clark, resulted in a recording contract for Checker. The Class was year-old Chubby Checker's first single and made it to 38 in The Twist was originally written, recorded and released in by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters.
In September , "The Twist" topped Billboard ' s list of the most popular singles to have appeared in the Hot since its debut in , an honor it maintained for an August update of the list. He entertained his classmates by performing vocal impressions of popular entertainers of the day, such as Jerry Lee Lewis , Elvis Presley and Fats Domino. It was his boss at the Produce Market, "Tony A. The owner of Fresh Farm Poultry, Henry Colt, was so impressed by the boy's performances for the customers that he, along with his colleague and friend Kal Mann, who worked as a songwriter for Cameo-Parkway Records , [6] arranged for young Chubby to do a private recording for American Bandstand host Dick Clark. At this recording session Evans got his stage name from Clark's wife, who asked Evans what his name was.
Bass gave birth to her son Braven in June and will be doing The Twist - the dance move made famous by her father - if she can help the Capitals back to title contention. And according to reports , she's just about the best person in the world at the dance - right behind her dad. I am excited to play for the Capitals this season and help the team be as successful as possible. I absolutely love being a mother though, it has given me a new outlook on life and a fresh perspective on how to approach basketball. She brings the veteran status with her but obviously her some of her character traits are what we need