Chubby Checker - The Twist

After Elvis was hauled off to the Army, after Little Richard stopped performing Rock and Roll, after Jerry Lee Lewis’ career nose dived and after Chuck Berry got jailed, then came the Payola scandals that finished off most of the small independent labels and also ended the first Rock era. Many of us still believe Buddy Holly’s plane was shot down and not the victim of a snow storm. Sound like a government conspiracy? The Twist was a cultural phenomena, no less important to music history than the Beatles, Elvis and Woodstock. The Twist changed how we danced in public. It was the first of many dance fads where dance partners never touched and many blame the Twist for the much maligned Disco era. The video has more stats and details than you might want to know.