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seth928 t1_it50qqy wrote

She was also responsible for the stage name of guitarist Obese Chess. They didn't all hit it big.

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yParticle t1_it52s5r wrote

He was like the Monkee to Fats' Beatle.

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JohnDeLancieAnon t1_it53a7z wrote

Chubby Checker took the traditional standing dance and made a mockery of it with the twist.

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StupidizeMe t1_it54a3s wrote

My Mom told me she wrecked her knees dancing The Twist in the 1960s. But she showed me how to do it anyway.

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dazedan_confused t1_it551uw wrote

My nickname "Lard arse" came from the same roots, or so I choose to believe.

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Morty_Goldman t1_it5527q wrote

I legit had no clue, but that makes sense.

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BillTowne t1_it556e2 wrote

And Fats Domino was not happy.

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StupidizeMe t1_it5a9m1 wrote

Replying to Morty_Goldman (#159,761)

Thanks! It happened in about 1981, I was in to Oldies and Punk Rock, and me and my Mom were Twisting like mad all over the hardwood floor because it was the perfect slipperiness! :)

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terminalblue t1_it5aj1r wrote

Thats so simple i feel stupid i never thought about.

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Tbplayer59 t1_it5apc3 wrote

Well known story. Fats Domino was a legendary New Orleans musician. Chubby Checker was more of a gimmick tied to a dance craze. Many songs in the early 60's were about specific dances.

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RetroMetroShow t1_it5com8 wrote

Saw him walking out of an elevator I was walking into, had to be sure so I said ‘excuse me are you Chubby Checker?’

He flashed a huge smile and said ‘sometimes’

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Atheist_Simon_Haddad t1_it5dkh0 wrote

>…got his stage name from Dick Clark's wife as play on the name of another popular musician at the time Fats Domino…

♪ I found my hound
on Mulberry Mound ♪

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Tim_Out_Of_Mind t1_it5m0kd wrote

Years ago, I sat next to Chubby Checker on a shitty little American Eagle flight from Nashville to my small city. He made damn sure that everybody knew he was the FAMOUS PERSON THAT SANG THE TWIST. I had to sit and listen to him ramble on about being the famous person that sang the Twist for almost an hour. Exhausting...

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Hydqjuliilq27 t1_it5o4eq wrote

And Fats Domino’s real name was Farts Dildo Dominus

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HUP t1_it5q0s2 wrote

Williamsburg SC represent.

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oldmaninmy30s t1_it7dd1u wrote

Anything else interesting in this guy's history?

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nikosey t1_it7idq4 wrote

im annoyed at my brain. it had both names stored for years but never saw the connection.

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Serious_Scheme_7990 t1_it7ipjo wrote

That Era of music is quite interesting. Many black singers and song writers had their songs stolen without any payment or future royalties. Elvis stole quite a few which I had not realized until a few months ago.

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shifty_coder t1_it7sywc wrote

I always thought it was the other way around, because “Fats Domino” sounds like the knock-off. It’s Hydrox vs Oreo all over again.

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bolanrox t1_it837zi wrote

Replying to RetroMetroShow (#160,339)

I remember hearing about someone meeting Gene Wilder on an elevator and they said something like Hey it's Willy Wonka! and Gene looks at them with this sad and depressed look and goes, I was...... once..

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IdealBlueMan t1_it8osuc wrote

Replying to oldmaninmy30s (#165,143)

There was an interview some years ago where he said that, with The Twist, he introduced the idea of dancing apart to the beat (in those words, IIRC). That has become the standard way for people to dance to live music.

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One_Pen_7776 t1_it94xnh wrote

Lesser known artist Pudgy Parcheesi takes issue with that.

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