The clip kicks off with Dick Clark introducing Chubby Checker in front of a crane‑mounted RCA TK‑10 at The Little Theater, home of his New York Saturday Night Beechnut Show for three solid years. Then you get a great moment: Conway Twitty, Chubby, and Clark all twisting during rehearsal. And yes—this is 1960, back when Conway was still a pop guy, long before he crossed into country.

The Origin of “Chubby Checker”

Ernest Evans once nailed a Fats Domino impression so perfectly that Clark’s wife joked, “He’s Chubby Checker!” When Dick later pitched Evans to re‑cut Hank Ballard’s “The Twist” with a Black lead vocalist, the name stuck—and a cultural phenomenon was born.

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