*shudder*

Oh wait! This would be good for my grandmother for her birthday. Old people listen to the darnedest things.

C'mon now baby!

A one-hit wonder? His Wikipedia entry must be only around 7,000 words long then....

Hey, he did have other hits. Don't forget "Let's Twist Again."

He had multiple #1 hits. And, of course, there's this.

the biggest one hit wonder ever is carnie wilson

Let's not forget the standard of roller skating rinks everywhere, "Limbo Rock!"

I wonder of Shatner ever covered "The Twist"?

Are you saying that we should twist again?

You know, like we did last summer?

The Mess Around...

this sounds vaguely familiar to me. I think it might have been in a movie I've seen. Not sure.

JerseyTim: He had multiple #1 hits. And, of course, there's this.

You win. I came to make sure this was here.

lacydog: The Mess Around...

this sounds vaguely familiar to me. I think it might have been in a movie I've seen. Not sure.

Picture John Candy behind the wheel with Steve Martin asleep in the passenger's seat.

Speaking of one-hit wonders, I always enjoyed the Don McLean 'best of' TV ad that showed American Pie about 10 or 15 times.

I also believe the Blow Monkeys have released several greatest hits albums. I'm sure there's a definitive list somewhere of one-hit wonders with 'best of' albums.

Didn't Mr. Checker try at one point in time to get himself awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his 15 minutes of fame? Seriously, I think I read it on Fark ages ago where he thought "The Twist" had somehow been important for world peace.

Why was this given the green?

Roto-Rot: I'm sure there's a definitive list somewhere of one-hit wonders with 'best of' albums.

Iron Butterfly - and their Best Of album uses the short single version of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.

TheMothership: Roto-Rot: I'm sure there's a definitive list somewhere of one-hit wonders with 'best of' albums.

Iron Butterfly - and their Best Of album uses the short single version of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.

That is a good thing. 17-minute version sucks donkey balls.

Broktun

Billboard says Pitchfork/Onion AV subby kid fails badly.

1959 The Class Pop Singles 38
1960 The Hucklebuck Pop Singles 14
1960 The Twist Pop Singles 1
1961 Dance the Mess Around Pop Singles 24
1961 Let's Twist Again Pop Singles 8
1961 Pony Time Pop Singles 1
1961 Twistin' U.S.A. Pop Singles 68
1961 The Fly Pop Singles 7
1962 Dancin' Party Pop Singles 12
1962 Limbo Rock Pop Singles 2
1962 Popeye (The Hitchhiker) Pop Singles 10
1962 Slow Twistin' Pop Singles 3
1962 The Twist Pop Singles 1
1963 Birdland Pop Singles 12
1963 Let's Limbo Some More Pop Singles 20
1963 Loddy Lo Pop Singles 12
1963 Surf Party Pop Singles 55
1963 Twenty Miles Pop Singles 15
1963 Twist It Up Pop Singles 25
1964 Hey, Bobba Needle Pop Singles 23
1965 Let's Do The Freddie Pop Singles 40

That's 20 Top 40 hits with The Twist hitting #1 twice and Pony Time (I don't know it either) also hitting #1.

Actually, I can't place any of them except The Twist and Let's Twist Again.

He was on Good Morning America or one of those shows Saturday morning in silver 70's pants. Dude's old guy package was in full view.



/I didn't really enjoy my omlette anyway....

I saw Europe's Greatest Hits in a second hand store once. It was 3 CDs, so I'm assuming they just had one track on each CD.

Roto-Rot: I'm sure there's a definitive list somewhere of one-hit wonders with 'best of' albums.

While not a one-hit-wonder, Jim Croce has more Greatest Hits albums than he does studio albums.

I'm a former native of Andrews, South Carolina. Proud birthplace of Chubby Checker. And (to its white citizenry, which is greatly outnumbered) not-so-proud birthplace of Chris Rock. Every year, in the sweltering heat of August, the white people in Andrews celebrate a time when blacks had to drink from their own fountains and go to separate schools with "The Good Ol' Days Festival". And every year, the finale of the festival is a performance by Chubby Checker himself.

Why does no one remember Frog Man Henry?

The whole "2-disc set" thing just kills me. Was an entire CD filled with different versions of the same song really not enough?

Did somebody say The Twist (new window)

/not a Rick Roll

Actually, even before the remake of "The Twist" with the Fat Boys, Checker had a bit of a comeback in 1982 with an album of more straight-rock songs called A Change Has Come, in the style of what Springsteen wrote and produced for Gary U.S. Bonds around the same time. It was his 1st album of new recordings since 1971, and only his 2nd since 1965.

The only song that sniffed chart action was Running, which peaked at #91 on the Hot 100 chart, though another song, "Harder than Diamond" (sorry, don't have the sound file), is not too bad. Of course, it didn't do well enough to warrant a 2nd album like Gary Bonds' comeback did, so it was off the the Fat Boys and the oldies circuit after that, and not another new album of Checker material since then.

And here's a really good performance of his comeback "hit" "Running" from the early 1980s SNL rip-off titled Fridays.

Yeah, he did a heavy psychedlic album in the late 60's. Not sure about the whole thing but this track will have anyone who listens saying "That's Chubby Checker?"

Is among the many who frown on subby's lack of one-hit-wonder knowledge.

He certainly wasn't a one-hit wonder, my Billboard books show he hit the top 100 chart 35 times, I count 20 in the top 40 and 8 in the top 10, although the Twist is "the only record of the rock era to re-enter the charts and return to the #1 position." But he always seemed to be a bit dickish about his success. I see someone already mentioned Limbo Rock (which went to #2), more of you know it than you'd like to admit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIh1p6VkeF8

Fats Domino is the real deal. Chubby Checker is the rip-off. I'm advising a do-not-buy on all Chubby Checker issues.

shadowself: Roto-Rot: I'm sure there's a definitive list somewhere of one-hit wonders with 'best of' albums.

While not a one-hit-wonder, Jim Croce has more Greatest Hits albums than he does studio albums.

It's hard to put out a lot of studio albums if you die in a plane crash at 30 when your third solo album is awaiting release. Screw the greatest hits packages and get the "50th Anniversary Collection" - full contents of the three major releases in sequence plus extras, and the mastering (on the readily-available first pressing) is wonderful.

Did anyone else hear his albums from the last 10 or so years? One was county (really, I worked at a station that played a song off of it), one was hard rock/rapcore, one was teen pop with a "Radio Disney" remix.

It's either that or the casino/county fair circuit, I guess.

shadowself: Roto-Rot: I'm sure there's a definitive list somewhere of one-hit wonders with 'best of' albums.

While not a one-hit-wonder, Jim Croce has more Greatest Hits albums than he does studio albums.

Depeche Mode and New Order unavailable for comment.

lacydog: "The Mess Around...

this sounds vaguely familiar to me. I think it might have been in a movie I've seen. Not sure."

Did Chubby Checker do a version of that song? Ray Charles performed it (on radio) in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, but there have been various versions of that song around since the '20s.

/Ray did it best

Didn't Chubby Checker refuse to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame unless they put a statue of him out front?

Glitchwerks: Why was this given the green?

I think whoever's in charge of this section is pretty easy, maybe just because it's an easygoing, low traffic section. All I can say is that I had a submission greenlighted here, and even I didn't think it was that great. (And it included an error.)


/not saying
//don't ask

Sylvia_Bandersnatch: Glitchwerks: Why was this given the green?

I think whoever's in charge of this section is pretty easy, maybe just because it's an easygoing, low traffic section. All I can say is that I had a submission greenlighted here, and even I didn't think it was that great. (And it included an error.)


Er, I'm tired and dumb. It was in Video, not here.
Sorry.
The same probably applies, though.


/I'll show myself out.

Sylvia_Bandersnatch: Sylvia_Bandersnatch: Glitchwerks: Why was this given the green?

I think whoever's in charge of this section is pretty easy, maybe just because it's an easygoing, low traffic section. All I can say is that I had a submission greenlighted here, and even I didn't think it was that great. (And it included an error.)


Er, I'm tired and dumb. It was in Video, not here.
Sorry.
The same probably applies, though.


/I'll show myself out.

You need a taxi? Maybe you had too much to drink? (j/k)

Seriously, the music discussion on Fark is awful. I know there are some pretty cool music folks here, but it seems the only people who ever post are the ones who never seem to get tired of debating about the Sex Pistols or hate rap music!

csi_yellowknife: Did anyone else hear his albums from the last 10 or so years? One was county (really, I worked at a station that played a song off of it), one was hard rock/rapcore, one was teen pop with a "Radio Disney" remix.

It's either that or the casino/county fair circuit, I guess.

I think you have Chubby mixed up with someone else, 'cause:
(1) His own website lists his 1982 album as his last new recording, and
(2) He IS playing the casino/county fair circuit.

He was getting a little too homo-erotic with his guitar man during the guitar solos.

Looked like Chubby was getting a chubby with the dude.

galumph200 - Amazon's got "Texas Twist" from 2001 on their site. It also has "Toward The Light" from the same year, which I also remember seeing around that time -- I doubt "Twistasize" is on the Greatest Hits CDs.

Still, I see you're right about the "county fair" thing. Apparently, I just missed him at an RV Show in town a few days ago.

Evidence from the website:

Gulper Eel: Is among the many who frown on subby's lack of one-hit-wonder knowledge.

To be fair, Terence Trent D'arby was a two hit wonder.

Wishing Well
Sign Your Name

FTFA: "best rock n' role single in 1961." That's some awesome homophone checking there...

The Loaf: To be fair, Terence Trent D'arby was a two hit wonder.

Wishing Well
Sign Your Name

Damn, you're right. And they made up most of what was worth hearing on the radio in 1988.

Gulper Eel: The Loaf: To be fair, Terence Trent D'arby was a two hit wonder.

Wishing Well
Sign Your Name

Damn, you're right. And they made up most of what was worth hearing on the radio in 1988.

The gift that never quits giving.