Twist with Chubby Checker
1960 studio album by Chubby Checker
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Twist with Chubby Checker is the debut studio album by Chubby Checker and was released in 1960 by Parkway Records.[2]
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| Released | October 1960 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 30:27 | |||
| Label | Parkway | |||
| Producer | Kal Mann | |||
| Chubby Checker chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Twist with Chubby Checker | ||||
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Track listing
Side A
- "Twistin' U.S.A." (Kal Mann)
- "The "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Shimmy" (Jessie Hill)
- "The "C. C. Rider" Stroll" (Chuck Willis)
- "The Strand" (Kal Mann)
- "The Chicken" (Rosco Gordon)
- "The Hucklebuck" (Andy Gibson, Roy Alfred)
Side B
- "The Twist" (Hank Ballard)
- "The Madison" (Al Brown)
- ""Love Is Strange" Chalypso" (Ethel Smith)
- "The "Mexican Hat" Twist" (Dave Appell, Kal Mann)
- "The Slop" (Cliff Goldsmith, Fred Sledge Smith)
- "The Pony" (Dave Appell, Kal Mann)
Chart positions
| Chart (1960) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Best-Selling Mono Action Albums[3] | 3 |
| US UK Albums Chart | 13 |
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
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| 1960 | "The Twist" | U.S. Pop | 1 |
| U.S. R&B | 2 | ||
| UK Singles Chart | 44 | ||
| "The Hucklebuck" | U.S. Pop | 14 | |
| U.S. R&B | 15 | ||
| 1962 | "The Twist" | U.S. Pop | 1 |
| U.S. R&B | 4 | ||
| UK Singles Chart | 14 | ||
| "Twistin' U.S.A" | U.S. Pop | 68 | |
