TIL Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans), famous for the early 60's song and dance craze "The Twist", got his stage name from Dick Clark's wife as play on the name of another popular musician at the time Fats Domino. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by big_macaroons t3_y9dz3b on October 20, 2022 at 11:52 PM in todayilearned 68 comments 1,152
dazedan_confused t1_it551uw wrote on October 21, 2022 at 12:27 AM My nickname "Lard arse" came from the same roots, or so I choose to believe. Permalink 6
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