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Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again - 1961
"Let's Twist Again" is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell and released as a single by Chubby Checker . One of the biggest hit singles of 1961, it reached No.8 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart (No.3 on Cash Box ) in August of that year and No.2 in the UK in the spring of 1962. The song refers to the Twist dance craze and Checker's 1960 single " The Twist ," a two-time U.S. No.1 single (in September 1960 and again in January 1962 on re-release).
The song received the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Rock & Roll Recording . Checker also recorded the song in German as "Der Twist Beginnt" and in Italian as "Balliamo il Twist." A sample of "Der Twist Beginnt" would later be used by The Residents to begin their 1976 album The Third Reich 'n Roll . The song appears on the soundtrack of the 2011 film The Help . - source
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"Let's Twist Again" is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell and released as a single by Chubby Checker . One of the biggest hit singles of 1961, it reached No.8 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart (No.3 on Cash Box ) in August of that year and No.2 in the UK in the spring of 1962. The song refers to the Twist dance craze and Checker's 1960 single " The Twist ," a two-time U.S. No.1 single (in September 1960 and again in January 1962 on re-release).
The song received the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Rock & Roll Recording . Checker also recorded the song in German as "Der Twist Beginnt" and in Italian as "Balliamo il Twist." A sample of "Der Twist Beginnt" would later be used by The Residents to begin their 1976 album The Third Reich 'n Roll . The song appears on the soundtrack of the 2011 film The Help . - source
#music #charttoppers #tangled
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