SO MUCH FUN!!.. | FIRST TIME HEARING Chubby Checker - Twist REACTION

SO MUCH FUN!!.. | FIRST TIME HEARING Chubby Checker - Twist REACTION
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[@tmlfroggy5338]

The Twist was a huge dance craze. Everybody was doing the twist in the 60's. Yes. I was one of them too!! Chubby had a follow up called "Let's Twist Again". You should listen to that as well. I don't think anyone was immune to doing the Twist back then. Think of the impact of Michaels Moonwalk. But whereas only the gifted few can do the Moonwalk, everyone can do the Twist. It was that big!!

[@paulpeterson4216]

I love it, "something called "the Twist"" And yes ,it was that BIG!!!

[@patticriss2238]

They still play the twist in country western bars. It’s less than it used to be but I hear it from time to time

[@DJHolte]

I remember a Happy Days episode where I think it was Joanie trying to teach her mother how to do the Twist -- she said something like, "Just pretend you're drying off your bottom with a towel." 😆

[@special420player]

It's still played at every wedding reception I've worked it's timeless n fun to hear

[@user-gt2uf8cq9y]

The only song to be #1 and then come back to be #1 again one year later by the same artist. His stage name comes from Dick Clark's wife saying he looked like a smaller version Fats Domino.

[@MrDcwithrow]

In the '50s men in jackets and ties and women in dresses was considered normal attire. Jeans and t-shirts were worn by manual laborers and the 'lower classes'. Everything changed from the late '50s through the late '60s, you can see it through what bands wore during that time. Take video of The Beatles, in '64 they appeared in matching suits, like pretty much all bands of that era. As the '60s progress the suits became more flashy and 'out there' and by '69-'70 The Beatles are performing in casual street clothes. Women went from knee length dresses to pants, mini skirts and bikinis, all in the span of about 10 years. The '60s were probably the most profound decade in American history for change in social standards.

[@edprzydatek8398]

So true. Well said.

[@valyum5504]

During that era, if a man went to some event he wore a suit. Take a look at videos of baseball games from that era and you'll see the men in the stands all wore suits. Also, the players wore suits going to and coming from the games (at least the Yankees did.)

[@robertdanyus6836]

I grew up in this time. Also but also many of these black entertainers were not allowed to eat in the restaurants or use the same restroom as white people. If you have a chance watch documentary on Elvis and the rumor that will never die about his work in association with black people

[@daveowens9849]

I grew up in the poor side of town, aka Little Kentucky by the native Hoosiers from northern Indiana, and my Owens family moved from Kentucky to Indiana to work in the steel mills and foundries. We never wore a suit, even to church. Jeans and our best shirt for church, cut off blue jean shorts during the summer with no shoes, no shirt.

[@jmac3977]

… and now we have performers wearing suits with Air Jordans.

[@superrodder2002]

Its fun when they play this at a wedding reception, the old ganny's and grandpa's who can barely walk will get up on the dance floor and be getting there groove on to this song. Love it.

[@picmajik]

Yes, we do :-)

[@shemanic1]

as a 70 year old dj grand-dad who has been enjoying music & dancing since the 60's, may I say we are not all those "who can barely walk" & the music in our bones never fades

[@mindofwatercolor]

How about reacting to “Do You Love Me?” By The Contours (1962). It references the Twist and the Mashed Potato dances. Great 50s early 60s vibe!

[@mindofwatercolor]

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[@maryozee6135]

I dated a guy who couldn't sing a lick, but he memorized "Do You Love Me?" and sang it to me over and over.

[@karenpowell6063]

Great song! I second the motion

[@gregorydavid7755]

Yea, "Do You Love Me" by the Contiurs will liven you up..

[@MsAppassionata]

Love that one. I remember hearing that at parties when I was very young. People loved to jump up and dance to it.

[@thomastimlin1724]

The Twist was the biggest Dance ever!! Try Joey Dee and the Starlighters "Peppermint Twist." When I was 5 or 6, we were all doing the Twist. Even President Kennedy did the Twist, no lie. even Grandmas would due to the Twist. that's what Twist and Shout was about, not basketball. Oldest Music Video? They weren't really called videos, no story behind them, just filmed performances/promotional films. one that is considered as the first music video because created for the song with overlays of different countries involved in the lyrics, was Ricky Nelson's Travelin' Man, 1961. you have to search and find the right video of that otherwise it;s just him and band standing there playing the song. Back then no one had to show or was allowed to show T and A, use profanity and other disgusting stuff to sell a song.

[@sharonpate5481]

Tv was still fairly new, small screen, black &white, three channels (if you were lucky) ☮️

[@teresapack4788]

I did the twist.

[@betelgeuse1227]

I remember all those songs!

[@avidrdr5640]

I remember when that episode of Ozzie and Harriet aired. It was a film of Ricky singing Traveling Man superimposed on different traveling scenes. I've tried to find it, but assume streaming the old series might be the only way to find it.

[@sharonweimer696]

I did the twist, mashed potatoes and jitterbug. This clip was on American Band Stand with Dick Clark. It was the most popular show on television. Later it was followed by Soul Train. I am so glad I grew up in this era. We got the Crooners, Righteous Brothers, Everly Brothers, Carpenters , Temptations, Elvis and on and on. We had all the good music. You should download 60s music on your phone.

[@reeferman42078]

I done made some taters the other night for dinner... they wasn't mashed tho

[@CelticSpiritsCoven]

Doesn't sound like you got into the hippie crowd. Honestly we just don't care for the hippie stuff. It lacked class and refinement.

[@beverlysmith8025]

And the Pony and the Watusi and the Jerk!

[@igna83]

Yep! Got up early on Saturdays to do all my chores because if they were 100% completed, the television was MINE at noon to watch American Band Stand with Mr. Dick Clark!! I would call my friends on the party line, and we would dance in our own living rooms, do the Rate-A-Record, and talk all about it afterward...so fun!!!

[@roxyhart3247]

I grew up with it to just in the 80's thanks to my mum

[@iankinver1170]

The "twist" was a massive phenomenon at the time, important, I think, for two reasons. Firstly, it was universally easy to do. Anyone could "twist", little or much. Secondly, it was the first universal dance movement in which couples did not dance holding each other. This ultimately resulted in quite a substantial cultural shift, if you look at the evolution of popular dance culture since.

[@tonythegoodman]

im 64..i can do the twist..learned it at a early age..i remember seeing my mom and her sister doin the twist..coolest thing id seen..

[@marybarbee5562]

I'm 61 and still do it,the twist is an epic,easy, dance ANYBODY can do. Your girls could do this..it's fun ,

[@doctorj6030]

This song came out in 1960 & it was such a big dance craze, it was re released in 1962. I was around then & we did the twist, everybody did at weddings , parties

[@eclconsulting]

This is one of those songs that started a dance trend. This is live on American Bandstand hosted by Dick Clark, a show we all rushed home to see after school.

[@kateritter5765]

"Has a good beat and can dance to it."

[@eclconsulting]

@@kateritter5765 LOL

[@davidcullen6797]

It's hardly live. Yeah, Chubby was alive but the track was the studio version that he lip-synced to.

[@tonyfred123]

Believe it or not I did the twist with Johnny Cash and his wife June to this song. I was about 7 years old and they were in our town doing a cerebral palsy telethon. I was up on the stage at the jr high school where it was held. That song came on and we all 3 twisted to it. We got a big ovation.

[@spicerack4397]

Wow, what a great memory. Lucky you.

[@guygoodwin6189]

AWESOME!!

[@Country_boy-sz3bn]

Awesome memory to hold on too.

[@marxlover100]

This amazing song hit No. 1 on the pop charts in 1960. Then it was released again (same version) and went to No. 1 again in early 1962!! I'm upset because I don't believe Chubby Checker is in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, despite the fact that he dominated the pop charts with wonderful twist songs in the 1960s AND he was "king of the dance crazes" with such songs as the Twist, the Pony, the Fly, the Mashed Potatoes, the Limbo, the Hucklebuck, the Birdland, the Mess Around, the Freddie, the Fish, the Popeye, the Jet, the Chicken and many other dance songs on his albums. This man kept the world completely rocking in the '60s. But not worthy of the Rock Hall of Fame. Incredible.

[@wildbill7081]

soooo right and the RnR HALL of Shame keeps disappoints me till this day

[@user-yp1mm7ne2n]

I’m a ‘twister”!!🙋🏾‍♀️☮️

[@kellylaflash1016]

Chubby's reply when asked how to do The Twist: It's like drying off your backside with a towel, while smashing out a cigarette with your foot.. It was so popular that it hit #1 - and then a year later it climbed back up the charts and hit #1 again. I still have the original 45. One of my favorites.

[@TheScavenger71]

Just this evening I was watching a video of the old game show "To Tell The Truth" and in the first round they had Hank Ballard who wrote The Twist and I believe he also had a hit with it two years before Chubby. You may remember Hank Ballard who with his group the Midnighters had a smash hit called "Finger Popping Time." What I didn't know was something another commenter pointed out, and that was Ballard plagarized the melody for Twist from a song by the Drifters called "Whatcha Gonna Do." I found it on KZbin and the commenter was right on the money as The Twist is almost a note for note copy with just a slightly different beat to it but there is no mistaking that Ballard lifted the tune from the Drifters.

[@robynmatheson7687]

The name ‘Chubby Checker’ was a play on the name of singer ‘Fats Domino’. You may have reacted to him…”I Found My Thrill On Blueberry Hill” is one of his songs.

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

Wow!! I had no idea!!! Very cool..

[@rs-ye7kw]

Sorry Robyn, I just posted the same thing about an hour after you and hadn't seen your comment. ( I think you said it better than I did.)

[@cherylwaite3255]

yes please blueberry hill for sure love the 50's my parents music 🎶

[@dennishogenmiller4456]

This song charted #1 twice on the Billboard in 1960 and again in 1962.

[@johnmcbarron7282]

The twist was a real cultural touch point. It was the first dance where people didn’t touch each other. It was also the first dance that had different races dancing together in public. It was a silly, fun little song that had serious cultural implications.

[@pauld6967]

Not only did this spawn a dance, it also had a sequel: _Let's Twist Again_ Kind of like how _Up on the Roof_ and _Under the Boardwalk_ go together, and _It's My Party_ goes with _Now It's Judy's Turn to Cry_

[@bigjay123]

And the Peppermint Twist

[@werewolvesofsanger4649]

Let Twist Again is the ring tone on my phone.

[@mentholpedro]

And my guy and my girl

[@uncabuzz118]

Chubby Checker's name was given to him by Dick Clark's wife. She took Fats Domino and just adjusted it to for Chubby (Fats) Checker (Domino).

[@neekerbreeker]

I never knew that! Thanks for sharing :-)

[@nelsonx5326]

His real name was Elvis Ringworm.

[@tyayasgur]

@@nelsonx5326 Chubby Checkers birth name was Ernest Evans.

[@CJBW]

Fats Domino Blueberry Hill. Rock from the 50’s. That show was Dick Clark’s Bandstand. On everyday after school and he introduced so many artists. Was still doing it MANY years later. First time I heard Madonna was on Bandstand. Half hour show and we’d watch the kids dance and heard great music. Way before music videos.

[@skipfrontzjr.8540]

Yes, but have you heard (not joking) Tubby Chess? 😆

[@SavedChampion]

You can’t imagine how big this song was. It took the nation by storm. EVERYONE was learning how to do the twist. They were showing people on tv how twist. We all dressed up and women only wore dresses. They were all mystical ladies. Special.

[@juangalt3496]

The Twist ushered in the age of dancing without touching your partner. I vividly remember when it first came out - it was everywhere.

[@cstarv]

twist was an easy dance, guys could do it. A lot easier than the earlier jive and swing dances between partners harder to learn. With the twist you just swished your hips and legs. This was form American Bandstand. Side note the moon walk can be seen in dancers back in the 30s, Michael Jackson didn't invent it.

[@donaldschank2302]

The moon walk goes back even before the 1930s.

[@mnconservative4616]

I heard there were hieroglyphics in Egypt showing how to do the moonwalk

[@Xcris_crosX]

Everybody and their mother in the entire world did the Twist. It's the most recognized dance in history. Chubby is The Man that introduced the Twist in 1960 and launched it's popularity. He took his name from his idol Fats (Chubby) Domino (Checker)

[@Wellch]

Its popularity

[@carawak1]

This song and Chubby Checker was also popular in the Caribbean!

[@MsAppassionata]

Hank Ballard and The Midnighters did the original version though.

[@Xcris_crosX]

@@MsAppassionata But Chubby Checker had the “It Factor” and made it popular worldwide

[@frankparrish7887]

When Amber was rocking out, it made it look like Dolly Parton was singing! I needed a good laugh today! Thanks Amber :-) Love the channel guys!

[@kimwilkins1500]

I still do the “Twist” whenever it comes on, in the car, in my chair or on the dance floor!! Everyone should! American Bandstand was our “videos” of the time. Thanks for the reaction! Stay Blessed! Love you guys!! ❤️

[@yesterdayproductions1019]

Chubby had a very deceivingly HIGH voice. He was definitely a rock n roll tenor & had great tone & phrasing. The music behind him is fantastic, especially the drums.

[@keithdittmar1701]

Part of the job of being a parent is to sometimes embarrass their children. Don't worry because your grandchildren will love doing the twist with you.

[@60sbaby456]

Best era fantastic music ❤

[@mypl510]

This came out in 1960, and the crazy part is that in 1961, he brought back the Twist again, with "Let's Twist Again!" The man had two hits dealing with the same dance craze!

[@Mycroftsbrother]

Don't forget the "Peppermint Twist".

[@ErikSeanScheffer]

His voice is comforting and inviting♥️♥️♥️

[@Festvangelist]

Born in 50. This was 1960’s and I was 10. Every wedding worth a dime plays this song early because all the old folks still get up and dance to this one. Still got the moves too ! Cmon everybody let’s do the twist

[@nancgallardo4711]

This song transcended all ages. I was just a wee kid when this came out, I remember grandparents and aunties were all dancing the twist.

[@AttackChefDennis]

Please understand guys that you're talking about the beginning of a genre that's over 70 years old, there are so many different branches of music that went into the creation of what we now know as rock and roll that there is no way that you can pin it down to one single artist. Jordan you gotta understand that the word and concept of 'video' as you know it was a creation of MTV in 1980 or 81. any video or film that you see that is made from before 1979 is an actual film of a band performing live or they are pantomiming the song for an industry film. Videos refer to what we had at home for the 1st time in the late 70's, hand held bulky video cameras, by the time you were born the idea of a video was ingrained in society, that's why you ask questions like -what's the 1st video?- who is the father of Rock & Roll. They have no real answers, just opinions. Except that there was the very 1st video that was broadcast on MTV on its debut which was 'video killed the radio star' by a band called Buggles...

[@cazgerald9471]

Music videos became the norm with MTV, but promotional clips of songs have much earlier roots. J. P. Richardson (aka The Big Bopper) is often credited with coining the term "music video", and is said to have talked about creating a music television channel. "Chantilly Lace" is done in a music video style. Unfortunately the plane crash. The Beatles were under such demand after they stopped touring that they recorded film (videos) clips of their songs for international broadcast.

[@DarenDavisAK]

I’m thankful I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s. We had the best music. 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. We were blessed musically.

[@reneejoeh]

I saw Chubby Checker in concert as a kid in the late 70’s early 80’s and yes we did the twist right on the lawn there . It was an outdoor venue at Lake Lanier Islands . It was an awesome experience , they had oldies singers from the 50’s and 60’s do a concert every Friday night and my Grandma took me to every one of them . Great times and great memories

[@shirleymongold9491]

You mentioned how he was dressed and that was a given in that era. Women did not go anywhere without makeup, hose and dressed nicely. Men wore suits. My mother and grandmother would even wear white gloves !! I didn't go that far but I still dressed nicely . This premiered on American Bandstand and we watched faithfully. When this first came out I danced my heart out and lost 10 lbs in the first week ! lol

[@sjw5797]

And hats!

[@paintedjaguar]

Yes just in general, public life was more formal back then - at least until the early 70s in most places I'd say. Even kids would dress up a bit to go to a dance or on a formal date. In 1970, my girlfriend would still put on white gloves for really dressy occasions like Easter church services. Girls wore skirts most of the time (there was a dress code at school) and jeans were something one wore after school, not to class. And of course performers dressed nicely to go on stage. Just look at the early Beatles in their snazzy matching suits. Hard to imagine now, but those mod suits and the moderately shaggy haircuts really were considered pretty radical at the time (mid-60s).

[@G-grandma_Army]

I was going to mention the white gloves. My grandmothers and great grandmother even dress up to buy groceries. And my great grandmother wore white gloves the majority of the time she went out… definitely always had them on at church. Heck, I even wore the above the elbow white gloves with the pearl buttons with my formals at Jr. Cotillion dances. (Late 60s).

[@stephanim2436]

The days when you actually dressed up just to fly on an airplane.

[@martinmosteller5813]

We were all about sports coats (with ties) and slacks. At 68, I still pretty much am-except for the tie.

[@Keedeeg]

My sister taught me how to do The Twist when I was three years old back in '67. It was the first dance I recall her teaching me. We lost her earlier this year and this gave me a pleasant memory. Thank you!

[@teresafontenette325]

I'm 73 and danced the twist when I was younger, so much a fun dance....loved it. That' s so much for doing reactions to many generations!

[@Navygrl58]

I’m sitting here with a big smile on my face listening the two of you analyze Chubby Checker and the song the Twist because I’m a senior citizen and I remember when this song came out and it was the biggest fad and dance craze going! Nothing beats the songs from the 50s 60s and the 70s! What a great time to be growing up with that kind of music, I’m so glad that I was part of it and I hope that you can enjoy it too! Keep up the great work I’m having a blast!! P.S. Everyone was pretty fit in those days too because we danced all the time to these songs…lol!!

[@robinmills8675]

Oh, yes, everybody was twisting. The song came out in 1960. I was six years old when this came out. I remember my parents had a Twist party and several days later we got a new carpet. My memory has always been that the dance wore out the carpet, but it could have been they were going to replace anyways. I heard the way to learn the dance was to pretend you were drying your back off with a towel and grinding out a cigarette at the same time.

[@edprzydatek8398]

Yeah. I was going to say that about drying your back with a towel. Glad somebody said it.

[@G-grandma_Army]

We grew up at the same time. You are one year ahead if me. :)

[@michaelmacdermott6340]

Yep we had "Sock Hops" (50's style reenactment dances greased back hair and all) in school in the 70's. It was a blast. Your school should hold one. You just teach a little history of the 50's music and styles prior.

[@eddiezambrano1502]

in 1962, I was the twist champion on Kenedy elementary 2nd grade. this song came out in 62. In 1983, I even got on stage with him at a live performance in Amarillo, Tex.

[@Festvangelist]

Born in 50…ah yes of course everyone did the twist early 60’s , and every good wedding thereafter. Really a fun song and fun dance.

[@joiedevivre2005]

I think y'all would like Fats Domino too. I'd suggest "Ain't That a Shame", "Walkin' to New Orleans", "Blueberry Hill" & "Blue Monday"

[@tasblade1]

Yes

[@laurab391]

Yes!

[@charlestillie243]

Chubby checker he was 19 years old when he did this from Philadelphia 19:58 on 59

[@RobertSmith-iw2kb]

Let's not forget the chubster so fast. Everyone was doing the faddish twist,even my grandma n mrs.manicotti😅

[@amicouvillionwilson1824]

This is iconic ! Fun fact: my parents won a TWIST dance contest at their high school when they were 16 and 18 !!!!

[@katfinn9352]

Hi! I certainly did the twist, along with everyone else. But it's impossible to do this without getting a wicked side ache. This was so popular that Chubby Checker came out with Let's Twist Again some time later. By the way we also played with hula hoops. And I hardly saw my father without a suit nor my mother without a skirt or dress. Did she ever wear slacks? NO JEANS. And even the Beatles wore suits.

[@kimgrattage2395]

Believe me, THAT is his voice. Everyone got up to this at our family weddings, from the very, very young to the very, very old.

[@wallacewhipps1206]

Chubby had the #1 song and the #1 dance craze "The Twist" when this came out. Yes, I did the twist.

[@belindarichey892]

Love how when Amber is dancing Dolly looks like she's singing!

[@christinec1928]

I saw him perform here in '89 at Lulu's Roadhouse and he still had it. I don't think a soul left the dance floor for the entire set. Everyone's gotta do the Twist!

[@lino9222]

I saw him at Lulus as well in around 1984.

[@davidscholtz3088]

Seen him in concert more times than I could count he's a great singer

[@jemmajames6719]

After this he brought out let’s twist again, My great Aunt and Uncle had New Years parties at their house that lasted until 6 in the morning, myself and my great cousin were small children and sent to bed, we used to sneak down to peep at the drunk adults partying.and when I heard let’s twist again I use to run downstairs and was allowed to do the twist.We used to watch them do the conga down the garden.The twist always brings great memories, my other favourites as a small child was Handyman and Good timing by Jimmy Jones.

[@sjw5797]

When people knew how to have real fun.

[@donstallings4276]

If you like the 50’s the movie and soundtrack of American Graffiti is a great start. Lots of A listers in that movie.

[@Sportsref13]

plus you can not overlook "Wolfman Jack"

[@Mark-iv7np]

Good point! Great songs. Was the pilot for Happy Days. Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, catapulted Rich Dreyfuss into a great acting career. Wolfman Jack was the DJ.

[@G-grandma_Army]

Or the TV spinoff show, Happy Days

[@mrviking2931]

To answer your question about the first video, I believe the first videos were by the Beatles. They were in such demand that they made promotion videos, such as "Help", "Ticket To Ride", "I Feel Fine" "Day Tripper" (the one where Ringo plays a tambourine and later saws the prop up). And when they stopped touring, they made videos for tv programs instead of playing live. Their favorite show to give videos to, was the Smother Brothers Shows, "Strawberry Fields", "Penny Lane", "Hey Jude", "Revolution", Paperback Writer", Etc. the videos of other artist before the Beatles, came from movie clips, TV Appearances, or concert footage.

[@kcw]

This is a wedding song staple...... Because even the old folks can remember the twist from their younger days. This song makes everyone want to dance.

[@kathypowell5956]

Buddy Holly was one of the 1st modern rockers around 1957. (Peggy Sue, True Love Ways) He was killed in a plane crash along with the Big Bopper (Chantilly Lace) and Richie Valens (La Bomba) in 1959 on their way to the next stop on their tour. That was the "Day the Music Died."

[@spicerack4397]

Chubby Checker was the greatest. He was my very first song to dance with the opposite sex, when I went to a church dance, when I was 13, in Coomera, Australia. We all thought we were so cool...and, we were. Such joy. Everyone wanted to get in on it...including the old people like 40 or so. Heh.

[@daveowens9849]

This song debuted in 1960 when I was three years old. Mother had a small record player and she'd play her 45's. She taught me how to Twist and she would have me "perform" that dance for years...I remember doing it in kindergarten. Every time I hear that song...I remember those dances.

[@beckygrant2258]

Chubby Checker created The Twist….dance….!!! We still twist to rock and roll to this day! Yes, in the 50’s, male singers wore suits! Through the early to mid 60’s. Boys in school wore trousers and button down shirts. No jeans or tshirts back then. White tshirts were worn under button down shirts. Late 50’s, the “greaser” type guys wore white tshirts and pants. Jeans were often called dungarees.

[@johncarroll9489]

Even the Beatles started out wearing suits and ties. People dressed up all the time...even to go on a trip by plane.

[@avidrdr5640]

If you want to know who the earliest Black Super Star in Rock and Roll and one of the biggest influences in the genre was, no one was bigger than Little Richard. His first hit was "Tutti Frutti", in 1956. He played the piano and is one you must see live. The best version of Tutti Frutti, imo, is his screen test on KZbin. And "Lucille", 1957 is an absolute must!

[@MsAppassionata]

What about Chuck Berry?

[@avidrdr5640]

@@MsAppassionata Berry was a great rock and roll musician and their rock and roll careers started about the same time, but I think Little Richard brought so much flash and his own style from being a professional performer since the late 40's. Tutti Frutti was his first R&R solo and the one that made him famous, but he left home before the 10th grade in '47, joined traveling minstrel/medicine/circus shows, moved up to vaudeville and various bands, sometimes in drag, and by the early 50's he was pursuing rhythm and blues. As good as Chuck Berry was, I prefer Little Richard. Maybe because I was 9 years old when Tutti Frutti came out and I remember exactly where I was and how I reacted to it the first time I heard it on the radio. He was just so damn unique.

[@Billy1981VW]

I'm 70 years old I danced to it, sang it and I was at a party with Chubby in the 80's

[@davidpost428]

This song by Chubby Checker started the dance craze and we all did it. We wore suits to church, to go downtown and to restaurants and to ballgames. Great songs: Chubby Checker's "Let's Twist Again" and "Slow Twistin'" kept the craze going. The great voice of Sam Cooke singing "Twistin' the Night Away"'; also "Dear Lady Twist" by Gary U.S. Bonds; "The Peppermint Twist" by Joey Dee & The Starlighters; "Twist and Shout" by the Isley Brothers that became a hit again when the Beatles did it. Try these songs out !

[@michaelevans1193]

This song gets me dancing so easily. I saw a demo where the dance is basically the same as drying your backside with a towel after a shower. Even my 50+ old behind can handle that!

[@KimSimful]

My grandpa demonstrated that when I was a kid! 😂

[@rossmacintosh5652]

In the 1970's I met Chubby Checker and his band when they were on tour in Canada. We were all passengers on a ferry boat. We hung out in the ferry's lounge talking for a couple hours. He and his band were very friendly and we all shared some laughs. Thanks for reminding me!

[@cyu5251]

Saw him live in the mid 80's/early 90's, he sounded just as good and could still out twist those of us in the audience ❤❤❤

[@deb_is_here1425]

I not only danced to it, I saw Chubby when he was a bit older in PERSON and danced to it then too!!! Such a nice guy!!!

[@bradsullivan2495]

You should have another "Kids Day" and have your daughters react to these three songs: "The Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley; "Jungle" by Electric Light Orchestra and "Mickey" by Toni Basil. All fun songs that will probably have them dancing.

[@NiaMeg]

The Name Game

[@karenmiddleton995]

The monster mash.

[@nemeceka]

Alvin and the chipmunks "Christmas time is here"

[@atomicalcohol]

Definitely need to have the kids react to this.

[@atomicalcohol]

I was born in the 60's and still did the twist, the stroll and the mashed potato

[@dlcalbaugh]

This was popular during my Mom's teen years. She played it for us in the 70's and I thought it was so old timey but I just love hearing it now. I lost my Mom to covid last year and this really made me have the feels all over and think about the good times we had when I was a kid and she tried to teach us to twist. Thank you both for bringing back memories for all of us by listening to and discussing these older tunes.

[@summersands8105]

@ Dianna C my condolences on your loss. Your memory is a great one.

[@jscho8674]

I am so sorry you lost your Mom!!! Sending you hugs and love.

[@dlcalbaugh]

@@jscho8674 Thank you for your kind words.

[@dlcalbaugh]

@@summersands8105 Thank you for your kindness.

[@summersands8105]

@@dlcalbaugh You are so very welcome Dianna. I still have my mother and I hate the thought of losing her. I can only imagine your pain as you sound like your were close to your Mom as I am with mine. When she's gone one of my favorite memories (it is even now) will be around the song "Shake Your Booty." My mother is notorious for butchering the lyrics of songs and she would walk around the house singing this one and instead of "booty", it was "shake, shake, shake...shake, shake shake...shake your poopy, shake your poopy!" How my brother and I laughed when we first heard her.

[@michaelirvin2079]

Chubby Checker was known for creating a dance for his songs. Example, The twist , lets twist again , limbo rock , the pony. All songs were hits for him . Went to a wedding and the DJ did a segment with those songs. And trust me the younger kids were looking at us strangely, we didn't mind we had a great time going down memory lane.

[@martinmosteller5813]

Saw The Drifters a couple of years ago, and giving props to Chubby Checker, they sang The Twist. During an instrumental, they went out in the audience and brought several older women up on stage to do the twist. Some of them were pretty good too!😂

[@SPTO]

I LOVE this song! This was Chubby Checker's biggest hit and he did various versions of it including one in the '80s with The Fat Boys which I like a lot. You should check out "Limbo Rock" his voice is excellent in that. As for the music video thing, I don't know the first music video but you got to go back to the Monkees at the very least as their songs on their sitcom back in the '60s were done in music video style.

[@AndrewwarrenAndrew]

didn't the fat boys do a remix with the beach boys too?

[@SPTO]

@@AndrewwarrenAndrew Yep, they did "Wipeout"

[@wickamo]

The word for his tone is actually "Nasally". His unique voice sounds like he's singing through his nose. This was not only a very popular song, but this was a very popular dance in the late 50s and all the kids were doing it as they say. It was also very controversial and risque at the time because parents referred to this as the first gyrating dance and was considered sexual. FYI...the Father of Rock and Roll was Chuck Berry. Do one of his songs...probably his most famous "Johnny B. Goode" would be the one you would like the most.

[@kdm71291]

I consider his voice to be much more “throaty”….you can hear how his voice is being squeezed though his throat to make that tone.

[@jeroenheijmans1445]

His voice is like kermit the frog

[@anxofernandez3344]

I'm pretty sure they have already reacted to that. I think the paternity of Rock is not so clear though. Chuck Berry is one of the "founding fathers" but not the only one. Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino...they all have a claim too

[@ALong-fo5so]

@@anxofernandez3344 the godfather or rather godmother of rock and roll is Rosetta Tharp way back in the 40s. She was the first to introduce gospel into popular music and the first to play an electric guitar with distortion. The likes of Chuck Berry, Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones would all pay homage to this grand lady.

[@anxofernandez3344]

@@ALong-fo5so I agree. Muddy Waters was already doing something a little different with Blues. Rosetta Tharpe took it even further speeding up the tempo. Fats Domino did kind of the same a few years later. Bill Haley took another route, departing kinda from jazz rather than from blues, to get to another early form of rock & roll and what would be Doo Wap. Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard were somewhere in between both. Johnny Cash was innovating county and Carl Perkins was one of the originators of rockabilly. Then Elvis came along, sampled everything, added real mainstream popularity and became the first actual Rockstar, the final and most polished product. Chubby Checker continued in the early 60s the same trends of the mid to late 50s while Buddy Holly tried to innovate but died too young, the Beach Boys created that "California beach" sound and bands like the Beatles or the Rolling Stones kinda expanded the gente and created new subgenres of Rock music.

[@delisamarchetti5926]

Oh my goodness I grew up twisting! I would dance with my mom in the kitchen back in the 1960's . it was a hoot! So happy to see you discovering all this good music before it disappears, boy did we have fun back in the day.

[@thomaswinrow7656]

Chubby had another one called "Let's Twist Again" which was fun. I'm glad that I grew up in that era as we had the greatest artists ever!

[@bobmathis-friedman6742]

I grew up in the 60's, and the twist was a HUGE deal during the earlier parts of it; EVERYONE was twisting!

[@jangle4246]

In my hometown there were Friday night dances for teens, and when this song came out, everybody started doing the twist, though there were other dances, too, like the stroll, the hully gully, the cha-cha-cha, and the mashed potatoes. Other twist songs came out: Chubby Checker “Let’s Twist Again,” The Marvelettes “Twistin’ Postman,” Joey Dee & the Starliters “Peppermint Twist,” The Ventures “Twisted,” Gary U.S. Bonds “Dear Lady Twist,” The Chipmunks “The Alvin Twist,” Chubby Checker & Dee Dee Sharp “Slow Twisting.” You guys might react to The Bill Black Combo’s “Twist Her,” which has strong sax and piano throughout.

[@Zane1962]

Every single wedding played the Twist up to and including early 90's. It was a wedding standard. So fun.

[@Awaywrdson]

I was a kid when this came out, too young to really enjoy it till older . And I'm with Amber about Karen Carpenter, she is my favorite singer, I absolutely love her voice !! 👍👍

[@dustinoneil7874]

His voice to me is just “Honey”!!!! And I’m a child of 1980 and we twisted even then!!!!

[@AJ-sx3ic]

You’re right about this being a timeless song. I did the twist growing up in the 80’s.

[@bosgaurus1]

'60s.

[@bettysword4864]

I'm in my 70's and YES! Plus there were a whole lot of spin-off twist songs.

[@cwoyciesjes]

Watching this 2 years later! I was a kid when this came out about 1959/60. In Hawaii there were twist contests hosted by DJ's at fairs and parks. It was huge and everyone, old and young, learned to twist! We have old home movies of us kids twisting at our birthday parties. I think the oldest videos were of course early clips from shows, like American bandstand...mid 50s. I loved Sam Cooke's "Twistin' the Night Away", another great twist song!

[@paulasmith3179]

I won a twist contest with my brother at a club. It was such a fun dance and very big for Chubby. thanks

[@gkiferonhs]

One of the few songs to reach #1 on Billboard's Top 100 two different times about two or three years apart.

[@michaelmorgan3910]

The three songs done today including this one maybe the best three song day in the history of the Rob squad, an absolute legendary selection of songs.

[@duainedicken66]

About 1979 My father took me to a Chubby Checker concert at a Hotel Ball room. Chubby seen me dancing doing the twist and called me on stage to do the twist with him. It's one of my favorite memories from my childhood. I was 13 at the time. You should check out the Peppermint twist .

[@corvus1374]

Chubby Checker took his name as a takeoff on earlier singer Fats Domino. Dick Clark's wife named him that. At the age of 18, a worker on American Bandstand found him and brought him to Dick Clark, who produced this song (and introduced him in this clip). The song came out in 1960.

[@G-grandma_Army]

I didn’t know that. Love this story

[@renovandermade2051]

YES! This is such a banger!! Everyone knows this song!! Absolutely love this song!! Love that you guys go so far back with the songs. I am born in 1985, so I kinda grew up on the 90s/early 2000s music, but I absolutely love the 80s, 70s, 60s and 50s music!! So much better than music today imo

[@timpreston459]

NOT the 50s. Early 60s just before Beatlemania. I checked wiki Chubby is still very much with us just about to have his 80th birthday in October. The Twist was big in the states But what really made the Twist dance the sensation of the early 60s around the world was his monster hit “Let’s twist again”. (Like we did last summer). 1962. Pretty much all modern dancing is a variant on the Twist. Surely everybody knows Lets twist again! After further research the Twist was written and released as a B side by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters in 1959. His voice was very similar to Chubby’s and the record too. When Chubby had the hit with the song Hank was delighted because he had the sole publishing rights and made a fortune. He and Chubby became friends.

[@hollypinkley7936]

at evry dance !!! that was in the 60's - When I worked at a Country Dance Hall in the 80-90's when the put The Twist on - all the old folks would get up!!!!! It will never die!!!!

[@jimearnest4342]

I remember doing the twist with my mom and two sisters when I was a little kid, we would play "limbo rock" also by chubby checker,we would get the broom and limbo and dance. Joyful times indeed.

[@DavidKing-ut9wr]

Everyone did the twist, every single person..yes. If you want to go back in time look up The Glen Miller Orchestra “In The Mood.”

[@maytedrew8638]

I love Chubby Checker. My Mom had his album and the twist was a giant dance of the 60s. He was the master of the Twist.

[@julescantii7236]

I used to do the twist. Now the body won't let me. It's a great workout dance.

[@sometimesboy]

Same. I used to twist. Now I just shout.

[@justinmccain2333]

I've always heard one of the first Rock and Roll songs was Fats Domino's "The Fat Man". He recorded it in 1949. He said in an interview, that he didn't know it was Rock and Roll. He was from New Orleans. He said he had heard music like that all of his life. Fats was a legend, with a very distinctive sound. Y'all should check him out.

[@MichaelSekich]

Chubby Checker had his own show . This was the man!

[@trishgatley6542]

💕👍great guys so many musicians,intertainers from past includes ELVIS bring peace,joy,fun to our hearts,minds lives,,,,

[@jameslee512]

You need to go back a bit further to the 40s and do a Glenn miller song I think start with in the mood

[@delicatefleur]

Or Sing, Sing, Sing with that amazing, iconic drum solo.

[@RDRussell2]

"The very first music video" is an interesting question and doesn't have a true answer everyone could agree on. It's been a long evolution. I think you have to drill down and ask, "what is the purpose of this video? To sell more records? To carry the story along in a movie? To be presented on a variety show like "The Ed Sullivan Show?" I think it's hard for "kids today" (oy, I've become old) to imagine that once upon a time, there wasn't such a thing as television. Certainly no internet. Nowadays, if you want to hear a song, you just go find it on KZbin or Spotify, etc. We're spoiled! Way, way back there was radio for home entertainment, and then there were movies. And as soon as movies started having sound, you started having music in the movies. (Someone elsewhere commented Al Jolsen's singing in the first "talkie" called "The Jazz Singer" from 1927.) You could argue "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from "Wizard of Oz" is a music video, and it's a joy to watch. Indeed, MGM made masterful movie musicals for decades. And each of those movies had a string of a half dozen or so songs-all could be called a music video. But seriously: imagine yourself in the early 1940s, being a big fan of the young Frank Sinatra. You'd see him in magazines, sure, but to see him performing? Aside from seeing him on stage, your only other recourse was to see him in a movie musical. And yet, taking an excerpt from a movie isn't really what we mean today when we say "a music video." By the time the rock era came along in the 1950s, yes, you did have such a thing as television, but nothing like we could imagine a TV today. They were tiny little things-or at least the screens were. (The sets were huge pieces of furniture, with a teeny weeny fishbowl screen.) There wasn't much of a thing called stereo sound yet, but the earliest TVs did not have great sound whatsoever-very tinny. So the movie musical continued; it was a better way to experience Elvis Presley than on a tiny, tinny TV. Elvis made tons of (mostly awful) movies that were just an excuse to present music "videos," one after the other. The Beatles "A Hard Day's Night" injected fresh ideas in what a music video could be-they could be nonsensical, madcap, just for fun. Suddenly, a video didn't have to be an extension of the story, but could just be its own thing. The video became a way to express a certain mood that supported the tone of the song. A perfect example: watch the video of "Can't Buy Me Love" and try not to smile! Or also "Ticket to Ride" from their movie, "Help." Those videos have nothing to do with the plot but serve as perfect vehicles for capturing the spirit of the music-and importantly, also the personalities of the four Beatles. (The TV show "The Monkees" was an attempt to replicate that visual and musical style of The Beatles on a weekly basis, right in your own home.) Another Beatles note: they were in demand around the world. Every country wanted them to show up on their national television shows. And by early 1966 they exhausted with it. And so they made what I would call the first music videos as we understand them today. The videos could be sent around the world without The Beatles having to actually tour. These two videos were filmed and released at the same time: "Paperback Writer" and "Rain." The Beatles never did stop experimenting with the video form. As I say, I think it might be helpful to consider "this video was made for..." whatever purpose. It expands but also hones what we mean by a "music video."

[@odiebryer2144]

Very good lesson in music history! I was around for most of this stuff (born in 1950) but even I didn't know some of these facts. Except I'd like to point out, since you brought it up, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from "The Wizard of Oz" was released in 1939 -- not exactly a time when anyone would have heard of a music video. Two monster films were released that year -- "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone With the Wind." Both films were way ahead of their time as far as technology was concerned. "Gone With the Wind" won the Oscars in just about every category. But both films had all kinds of advancements in color, editing and other technical categories. I saw a documentary about the making of "Gone With the Wind" years ago but I have no recollection of the name of it or how to find it. (Sorry.) But if was extremely interesting. I don't remember if they used a green screen or not, but it was the same concept where the characters of Scarlet & Rhett were standing in front of the mansion that he had just bought her upon their return from their honeymoon and the documentary showed how the actors didn't see anything like that. Then the images of the mansion and surrounds were painted in later. They did that in several places. This was either the first time this had been done in a movie or at least it was really new. ² Anyhow, like you said, they didn't do "music videos" until probably the 80's closer to when MTV started. Maybe some were done in the very late 60's and into the 70's but (like you pointed out) they probably would have had a specific purpose for one in order to garner the cost of doing it. Even in the 80's, we couldn't just go and watch anything specific that we wanted to see. Cable TV was new and not that many people had it yet. Even if you had MTV when it came out, it was like the radio in that you had to listen/watch to the videos in the order they were presented. There were TV guides, of course, but specific videos were not listed in order. You just had to sit there and watch what came up. Really popular ones might have been played once an hour or you might have to wait days or weeks before you saw something you wanted to see multiple times. And we didn't think anything of it -- it was new and the ones who liked that sort of thing -- like teenagers -- would sit and watch for hours at a time! But it was an advance in technology even if not many looked at it like that. People in this era, the 21st century, either don't know (not old enough) or don't remember even back in the 80's when technology was nothing like it is now. If you had an album, a cassette or a VCR tape, and the equipment you play them on, you could listen to something specific that you wanted to hear. But if you didn't, there was no internet, no KZbin, no tablets (except the paper kind), no personal hand-held phone with a screen on it. Ha ha ha! 😂 Etc, Etc, Etc! So, kids, if you're going to play songs from the mid-60's and further back, just count yourselves lucky if there is a video of any kind! That's why American Bandstand was so important and some other shows like that because there are preserved videos of the artists singing or playing their latest numbers that they are advertising to their target audiences. Even they didn't know then that people would be watching something like Chubby Checke singing The Twist from 1960 on their computers (believe me, we didn't know what thats was then!) or on their phones (back in 1960, that would have been seen about as likely as traveling in outer space!) Anyway, you get that we didn't exactly have things as music videos in 1960 and earlier? Hope you like the little lessons in history! You guys still have sooooooo far to go. You just have no idea how much music is out there! But you just keep on keeping on! You will have a blast along the way!

[@denatokaya5510]

Back in 1962, I was in the hospital with asthma for a week. I was 1-1/2 years old and after I was out in a big room with the other children, Chubby Checker was on the television singing and dancing to this song. My mom had come in to visit me or take me home and I was twisting right along with him.

[@voiceoveraudiojanet2540]

Omygosh this song started a whole new dance for us to learn. It was awesome! I’m almost 60 years old and you guys missed out on the best times of life! Music wise and life in general. New sub and have spent two days now bingeing my favorites!

[@davidzimmerli489]

The "Twist" became THE dance to do, when I was a boy in elementary school. I actually had a twist party in the basement of our family home. But the highlight of that party was NOT the Twist. It was playing 'spin the bottle', where I got to lock lips with my favorite "bad girl" in my class, Donna. Oh, BABY! LOL!