{‘Chubby’ }Checker

{‘Chubby’ }Checker
(1941– )
a US singer who was popular in the 1960s. He is mainly remembered for The Twist (1960) which created a craze (= something that is suddenly very popular or fashionable) for the dance of that name. He was born Ernest Evans and chose his new name as a humorous variation of the name Fats Domino. (A checker and a domino are pieces used in different board games.).

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