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Marvin Gaye’s cover of “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven consecutive weeks. In addition to the Hot 100, it also peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B ...
(He’d been nicknamed Chubby by an employer at a grocery market where he worked, while Clark’s wife Barbara added the Checker surname.) Checker started with “The Class,” a 1959 novelty song ...
As the leader of Sly and the Family Stone, Stone inspired generations of listeners with songs that advocated for unity, ...
Gawrsh, there’s a lot of stimulation going on at GoofyCore, the new limited-time activities area at Epcot that’s part of the ...
Manuel Betancourt is an L.A.-based film critic and culture writer. He’s the author of “Hello Stranger: Musings on Modern ...
Paoli’s Chubby Checker, best known for his monster hit from 1960, “The Twist”, has received his first nomination for induction into Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, writes Dan DeLuca ...
Outkast's Andre 3000 surprised fans with a special pop-up flute performance in a parking lot off Metropolitan Parkway in ...
Among a litany of Billboard Hot 100 milestones and achievements, the first artist to reach number one in a band and later solo may surprise you.
It’s both fascinating and a little invasive feeling to look through what’s on the auction block in “The David Lynch ...
Lenny Waronker says his that receiving the Ahmet Ertegun Award at this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony ...
Several of the first-time nominees are nostalgic favorites, including ’60s star Chubby Checker, blues rock singer Joe Cocker and the English rock supergroup Bad Company. Other first-time ...
You just hope you can live up to their expectations. It’s a pretty diverse class this year with you, Chubby Checker, Bad Company, the White Stripes, Salt-N-Pepa, Outkast, Soundgarden.