Chubby Checker "The Twist & Let's Twist Again" on The Ed Sullivan Show

[@raymondhummel5211]

In 1965 I was with a rock and roll group called the Ju Jus. We were asked to open for Chubby Checker! It was so much fun!

[@TheLittleOsmondsFan13]

Woow 😊

[@mrob75]

teenagers had made "The Twist" a mega hit during the summer of 1960 and the summer of '61, teens were still twisting away to "Let's Twist Again"...But by the fall of 1961, as seen here, many teens had already moved on to other dances like "The Fly" and "The Pony". The resurgence of the "The Twist" in late '61 / early '62 was brought back to the #1 spot by listeners / twisters of all ages.

[@lucasneon]

Then twist and shout

[@leebowens2631]

The Twist was the biggest dance craze ever, the Charleston or the Macarena don't even compare, they were twisting behind the Iron Curtain and all over the globe .

[@Ransomhandsome]

@@leebowens2631 It wasn't complicated. Everyone could do it.

[@leebowens2631]

@@Ransomhandsome Some were better than others, watch Joey Dee and his Starliters rocking out to the Peppermint twist, not even Chubby could match those guys. But the question is...Can you Twist ?

[@Ransomhandsome]

@@leebowens2631 My comment wasn't a challenge to yours. It was a suggestion as to why The Twist was such an enormous, international dance craze

[@ellenhofmaier4589]

Das kann man in 100 Jahren noch hören, wunderbar

[@riobird1363]

My knees hurt just watching this lol wow so much talent. This is back when artist actually sang and danced at the same time, no lip singing 😂

[@martajajackson1836]

🤣🤣🤣

[@MrVariant]

Lol old guy in tales of Symphonia dies falling down the stairs and twisting his ankle so I immediately thought of this song and your comment. 2:00 nice transition between songs I admit.

[@PlagueRatt]

Didn't most of these shows require them to lip sync on air 🤔 I know many and definitely the Ed Sullivan Show because The Beatles mentioned having to do so just a year or two later. If you're gonna make a statement like that at least be right, though no denying his talent.

[@spikejonzelover420]

Dude are you living under a rock that’s not an ancient practice lmao

[@lazarobispodosanjos450]

😅👍🏿

[@frankiereinares8892]

he should be in the rock and roll hall of fame💯

[@martinp.2753]

Or at least in the Twist hall of fame

[@mildredwilliams8107]

The twist was a dance everyone could do, whether young or old. What a great time that was?😀🎶👍

[@phyllanders9503]

Happy 81st Birthday to Chubby Checker.

[@harrybalsak916]

I miss all the great shows like this that we had back in the 60's and 70's

[@bettycogswell9851]

I met Chubby in 1987. He performed at a club in my town. It was a dream come true. I had to fight the manager of the club to get a pic with him and his autograph. But I got it.

[@maytedrew8638]

The King of the Twist. I love Chubby Checker.

[@leonard2973]

Pure talent, pure skill No fc*ing autotune

[@barriegodfrey4924]

How many other people have 18 of Chubby's albums and even more singles. Guess what. I love every one. I live in the UK so haven't seen this video before but it really bought a smile to my face. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should hang their heads in shame Chubby should have been inducted years ago. He's bought nothing but joy to the world.

[@jasonmiraizome]

Everyone involved in this performance worked hard af

[@j.g.8494]

"Let's twist again like we did last summer" - INSTANT NOSTALGIA for those lucky enough to have enjoyed our precious youth during the Fabulous Fifties and the Swinging Sixties! "Let's twist again like we did last year"!

[@j.g.8494]

My first impression of Chubby Checker in this video: he's so graceful when he "twists again"!... "Let's twist again like we did last summer"!

[@sharonott7513]

Those were the days - we had fun.

[@angelabeavers1955]

I remember when my mom was living she would always listen to this song and do the twist and I learn to dance 💃 I will be 55 years old September 25

[@lumpylumpyloo]

OK grandpa time to put you in the home

[@maryomnes9445]

I learned how to twist while watching Chubby Checker on the Ed Sullivan Show great memories. I remember trying to teach my mom how to twist. R I P Mom I miss you very much 💔. I was just a teenager back then.

[@mikedenison121]

Hello, how’re you doing?

[@colleenvantrease4977]

As far as chubby checker goes he's a wonderful man 👨, singer,dancer. Igrew up in the 1960's and I back then loved the music 🎶, 💃, how he did such a fantastic,creative thing for people of all ages. I still to this day love how it was back then,how wonderful the memories are for each,every one of us. Thank you to whoever brought this to the screen,to you chubby checker. You're still wonderful as ever ! All of your fans still love,adore,think about of you . Meaning you are 1 in a million !

[@knockshinnoch1950]

The only record to reach No1 twice on the Billboard Hot 100

[@MelbaMaloyed]

What a great showman. Grew up to my uncle & aunt spinning this 45 record & teaching us kids to do the twist. First dance I ever learned. Chubby always a pleasant performer & everybody loved him!❤

[@pamelabryars1239]

He does the twist the way it should be done!❤❤❤❤❤

[@YaswantiFairbairn]

Just amazing incredible dancer & song that Chubby Checkers performed& it’s still going strong & may it continue too ❤ Yas Uk 😊

[@shawnmaginness9872]

I've never been into dancing at all. I'm a lifelong music lover, but dancing has never been my thing. However, I think the twist is the best dance of all time. So cool, so rock and roll!

[@snowrocket]

I generally have no sense of rhythm and can't dance, but I can do the Twist!

[@thomtlc2]

Must be nice to know you have the biggest hit in rock and roll history.

[@winstonsmith3070]

Hard to believe but those cute girls are all in their 70s and 80s now. Like me. It was a wonderful era.

[@mariasalas8475]

Doing the twist is good for the heart.

[@adilsoneliseudelimaeliseu7889]

The Best of music in 1960 ... now

[@jimmyfabs78]

When I was a kid my mom and her sister would dance to this song and embarrass me, or maybe I was embarrassed for them, idk. Now they're both gone and I hope they're both up in the big blue sky getting their twist on.

[@PepperWilliams_songcovers]

Boy, I just noticed that Chubby Checker sounds exactly like Jackie Wilson here. No autotune, no lip syncing (you can he's breathing a little heavy), that's a sign that it's REAL!.......just pure talent!

[@daiganmonceaux3430]

He was in fact lip syncing. Singers on the Ed Sullivan show would just lip sync over their music as they performed whatever. There are no cords for the mic to be connected to because they didn't want a mic to interfere with the performance

[@jadezee6316]

he doesnt sound ANYTHING like Jackie Wilson

[@jadezee6316]

@@daiganmonceaux3430 its not true that singers all used tape..in fact most didnot from Elvis to Tony Bennett...and this IS NOT lip-syncing....if you doubt it go play the recording while you watch this

[@eleanorferguson9857]

Yes

[@SkyKingofMaricopa]

​​@@daiganmonceaux3430 Nonsense! Ever heard of a boom mic?

[@carolinerainey8072]

Doing the twist in my apartment 💃💕

[@mikedenison121]

Hello, how’re you doing

[@cgamejewels]

I finally got to hear the original song after all this time. I've already heard "Let's twist again".

[@Selim-e3u]

This is better moment in my life❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@j.g.8494]

This was just the BEGINNING of an exciting, unforgettable decade - the Swinging Sixties: Swinging London, Beatlemania, the 1967 Summer of Love in San Francisco and carefree times, when compared to the doom-laden beginning of the 21st century!

[@raulishnikovdancer2346]

The Rolling Stones, Nureyev, the landing on the moon. I'm from the 70's but maybe 60's 70's and 80's were the best decades of the XX and XXI centuries so far.

[@j.g.8494]

@@raulishnikovdancer2346 The Fabulous Fifties & the Swinging Sixties. Those were the BEST years of the second half of the 20th century. Regarding the 50s, look at films, video footage and photos of that era & you'll see America at its best. (I'm not American.) As for the 60s, the excitement of those times - as in the global Beatlemania & the thrilling race to the moon - that decade is hard to beat. Unfortunately, those times led to excesses the consequencies of which are being witnessed in our times, such as anything goes in the way people dress.

[@B1_224]

I wish I had time traveled and seen everyone doing the twist in public because dances back then were so simple because there were still much more to discover

[@josephschauster3689]

Mr. Twist himself! Good song!

[@juliobarreto7200]

Bueno pasara el tiempo pero perdura siempre en la eternidad

[@valdirtudooliveira300]

@@juliobarreto7200 pppp

[@mariaangelicajofre4182]

@@juliobarreto7200 Enrique guzman

[@santiagobladimir5862]

@@mariaangelicajofre4182 no

[@santiagobladimir5862]

@@juliobarreto7200 si

[@albo2006]

its my understanding that The Twist was already a #1 record & had fallen off the charts but on the strength of this performance returned to the #1 position on the charts. Lets Twist Again was a massive follow up for Chubby. The Sullivan show could boost a record up the charts then. It was an American Sunday night institution!!

[@sstavsky]

Actually, what happened was, this belatedly caught on among adults, and that helped propel the record back up the charts. But this performance certainly didn't hurt.

[@hectormorales5974]

Black fellows really put dancing people of XX century around the world

[@ЖанарБашбаева]

Поет как дышит.Браво браво браво.

[@aapinor]

Big applauses for Chubby Checker ! ❤️❤️❤️❤️👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋

[@rhondaboncutter5812]

I once won a twisting contest! Wore the carpet out in my living room! So fun growing up when I did!

[@garageflowerrrr]

I started primary school in 2000 (5 years old!) and my teacher used to play Let’s Twist Again everyone morning on her cassette player so we had lots of energy. Fun memories from these songs 😊

[@FruityAlexis]

Same here! 2009 memories 😁

[@FrancesFontaine-rd1xl]

I used to love watching my parents do the twist they were really great at it

[@pamelabryars1239]

He is so so handsome!❤❤❤❤❤

[@reginaldreid2062]

All off chubby check erst songs are so energetic and great

[@Dustinlunch.]

Hello How are you doing Thanks for your support

[@FretlessMayhem]

I can’t believe the Checkered homie actually managed to make the same song a hit twice.

[@theartofflipping]

"Twist Again" is heavily used in, of all things, "A World Apart" (a biography of the relationship between Ruth First and her daughter largely from her daughter's perspective.) It's a ear worm.

[@hannahs1683]

Lol yes

[@ЮлияСмехова-ь3ф]

Никто из окружающих твист не танцевал,включая Чаби Чакера,этот танец не твист

[@S0nyToprano]

@@theartofflippingyawn. Ok.

[@DippyHippie]

Not a black face among them!👎🏿Oh,that’s right..when this song was popular blacks were still being forced to sit @ the back of the bus!

[@eileenfox3507]

OMG! He’s amazing!!! I saw a kinda “older” guy in the’80’s.... Things DO get better with age!!❤️❤️❤️

[@raymondhummel5211]

Seems like just yesterday everyone was doing Chubby Checker's twist! I suppose they still are! Great music and dancing!

[@TeddyApolloFN]

can confirm, I was twisting last night at a local bar!

[@dlday7821]

I was 6 yr old and was so happy with this song and dance!!! Great memories!!!!

[@user-fy3kd9qf2m]

I was 4 years old and I don’t remember? Now I have memory loss at 65 years old STILL??

[@N2LADIES55]

I was born in 1955 and remember the dance craze and doing the twist myself.

[@МаняМаня-в2е]

Legend!!!

[@nancywood9531]

He pulled me up on stage to twist with him in 1971 concert. Good memory this many years later. That was 50 years ago. Still a popular platter. Ha 🎶❣🎶

[@mikedenison121]

Hello, how’re you doing?

[@josephpetrizzo3524]

Chubby checker is now 79 yrs old & still touring, i REMEMBER him on the Ed Sullivan show in the 1960's twisting time is here. You Rock chubby.

[@stewartsnape2936]

Super entertainer and dancer, one of my favorite 60s songs, and there were many, many so that says something about this one

[@ЛюбовьКолганова-ф8л]

Прекрасное исполнение и песни и танца. Браво

[@lordoftheringlordofthering4077]

Totally legend for evergreen song..No lip sync and dubbing.Great performer.

[@lukehauser1182]

1961 - go Ed & Chubby!

[@evamariafloresgranados5041]

60s must have been a fun time

[@joycepino9749]

It was fabulous. I was 6 when this song came out. I used to do the twist all the time.

[@joycepino9749]

It was a fun time being a kid.

[@josemauriciolima4649]

Esta música estourou lá nós anos 60. Eu estava com 14 anos. Hoje eu voltei no tempo.

[@MartianDill]

дякую підрозділу Shadow що нагадали про цю золоту класику🌚

[@IsabelAmarillo-cj7ri]

Me recuerda cuando joven en club de mi barrio y nos acompañaba mi tía cuánta nostalgia

[@johnruszala1054]

Loved Chubby Checker and so did the shoemaker business especially

[@Nettsinthewoods]

Chubby dances better than any of the dancers around him. What a star!

[@nuttybar9]

No he doesn't.

[@Dustinlunch.]

Hello dear How are you doing Thank for your support ❤️

[@TDH24Live]

Those other dancers were pretty good

[@richardrowles1824]

Yes he does with such style

[@robertcartwright563]

Fantastic Live Presentation, rare for Sullivan🎤

[@tonyrussi7777]

Chubby is such a GREAT personality!Always puts on a GREAT show.

[@redsun4102]

Τι υπέροχος !!τι κούκλος άντρας!!!συγκλονιστικός !! Καλλιτέχνης κ χορευτής !!!εξαιρετικός!!!!

[@georgemusic4all4seasons]

Can’t wait to see this, anxiously waiting to twist like we did last summer!!!!

[@drm8102]

When we were young, we wished to grow up to discover life... When we grew up, we wished to be young again to escape from what we discovered...

[@jessamalala6203]

Wise quote.

[@RayPointerChannel]

For me, it was not so much an escape from what I discovered, but a bewilderment over why things did not seem to work out the same way for me as they did for my parents.

[@noemielisabetburian3817]

Sin ningun lugar a dudas Elvis tenía sangre negra , q genialidad 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤❤❤

[@frasercunningham4778]

1960 it's 2022 and am still doing the twist

[@catholiccowboy8545]

WOW ! I missed this one in 1961 (i was 14), 8 PM, maybe it was bed time (lol) and i missed Elvis in 56 ( i was way too young) but I didn't miss the Beatles in 1964 on the Ed S. Show. But i'm very glad to see C,Checker finally at the S. Show because i like him a lot.

[@brandonellis8111]

Awesome

[@fabinhocmf]

What a smile! What a joy!

[@Jasonstreamline]

This is officially my favorite video ever!!!!!!

[@sapron2048]

Thanks 👍😍 Unbelievable !!

[@LittleJo-]

Really great song

[@sugarjoe50]

Chubby made a career out of the twist, l believe he's still at it!!

[@Michael-xz6jg]

i was 30 years old when this song came out. I remember seeing Chucky on the news the day he invented the twist. Listening to this brings tears to my eyes. Such horrible times

[@cristianbrasca]

Why horrible times?

[@xaedeo6549]

@@cristianbrasca racist

[@cristianbrasca]

@@xaedeo6549 i dont get it

[@Michael-xz6jg]

@@xaedeo6549 it has nothing to do with race. you were not there. people twisted to death

[@Dustinlunch.]

Why tell me about your experience Anyway thanks for your support ❤❤

[@jl3322]

Love Chubby and to get the Twist Live on Sullivan when it first came out is terrific.

[@КапитоноваЛюдмила]

Как здорово вернуться в прекрасное,безоблачное прошлое.А говорят,что нам что то запрещали,нет! Свободные были,веселые не хамы и не воры.Счастливы были!

[@ginfluckyk9347]

Wahouou, i was 11 years..😢 .. THIS WAS MY EPOCA..TIME PASSES TOO SOON.

[@abbacomtek]

Beautiful!!! When my beloved US of A was really a word power house y every regard !!

[@gracatosta2842]

Antigamente os jovens tina mais energia pra dançar a gente não vê mais ninguém dançando com essa energia toda dá uns passinhos pronto cansou . Eu acho que é a alimentação de hoje tudo industrializados . Amo essas músicas e facas . Se eu pudesse e fosse empresário eu faria baile eventos concursos assim pras pessoas que ama dançar , não deixaria morrer esse rítimo .Ia tirar muita gente década só pra dançar tenho certeza.Sem PANDEMIA claro . E os jovens iam ver o que é se divertir e dançar . DEUS abençoe seu canal. 🙌🙏 Obrigada por compartilhar. Amei! ❤️❤️ Saudades.

[@jrobertodcarvalho9777]

SO NICE 🤓👍❤️

[@johannamorgan9609]

Beautiful wow

[@Johnnycdrums]

Wow, swingin' arrangement with fat horns. I love the transition too.

[@grindupBaker]

I can twist up a storm as long as I tighten my surgical brace I've had since 1961.

[@gli7utubeo]

I think I could watch this clip every day as long as long as I live.

[@kerryknauf8196]

Thanks for sharing

[@alexandraf1561]

Это просто шикарно.

[@bureksasirom7753]

Good song!Twist again.Chubie Cheker this king Twists.

[@Truthspeaker8891]

The Black Man and Woman is the original to creating all dances.

[@MarianneSmith1976]

Omg me as a kid with my grandparents jive bunny too

[@becksullivan4796]

My parents used to have twist parties. One rule, no drinking. They lasted all night. This brinks back memories!!

[@TDH24Live]

Sounds like fun!

[@snowrocket]

Maybe it's time to have another! As inspiration see the dancing Sylvester does in "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" from 1963. Also, Candy Johnson as a go-go girl in the Beach Party movies. Fun stuff!

[@taniapimenta5265]

Muito top! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@annarita5558]

Unico Chubby. !!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@margotpoulin6440]

Wow. Beautiful. So much memories... I danced the twist, that was so funny... nostalgia...

[@CegianVen]

Es un artista de verdad, esa presencia en el escenario no lo logra cualquiera.

[@laurentcresci5381]

❤❤❤👋💃🕺

[@TheSecurityCamChannel]

Inventor my eye. That honor goes to the man wrote and first recorded it, Hank Ballard.

[@sheiladavis6523]

Agreed 👍 HANK BALLARD let's give credit where credit is due .Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go was a great song from Hank Ballard 🙂6-28-2021

[@williammasi7128]

Chubby sure milked it for all it was worth.

[@Ransomhandsome]

Ballard had a minor hit with The Twist in '59, but Chubby Checker and Parkway Records milked it for all it was worth. It made CC an international star. When Hank Ballard was asked how he felt about CC's phenomenal success singing HIS record, he said something to the effect of, "Are you kidding ... I LOVE Chubby Checker - I collect royalties every time he sings my song!.

[@gyorgynebalogh-ze3sr]

❤szuper ❤

[@keithhyttinen8275]

I remember seeing this at age 5. Wow. Early clear memory watching TV with my brother and sisters.

[@mikedenison121]

Hello, how’re you doing?

[@nagaslrac]

One of my treasured things from my late father is a collection of photos from when he worked as a photographer for TV news & a news paper. There’s one of Chubby, when he came to Australia, performing on stage. Another good one is of my cousin, about 4-5yo, sitting on the knee of Lorne Greene.