Autographs of Chubby Checker

Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles, including the Twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters' R&B song "The Twist", and the pony dance style with the 1961 cover of the song "Pony Time". His biggest UK hit, "Let's Twist Again", was released one year later (in 1962); that year, he also popularized the song "Limbo Rock", originally a previous-year instrumental hit by the Champs to which he added lyrics, and its trademark Limbo dance, as well as other dance styles such as The Fly. In September 2008, "The Twist" topped Billboard's list of the most popular singles to have appeared in the Hot 100 since its debut in 1960, an honor it maintained for an August 2013 update of the list. More about Chubby Checker

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Current items with a signature of Chubby Checker

These are the most current items with a signature of Chubby Checker that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnailChubby Checker - Let's Twist Again (CD Signed 1994) Aust Press VGC - San Juan£15.53logo
thumbnailCHUBBY CHECKER - Signed 10x8 Photograph - MUSIC - THE TWIST£29.99logo
thumbnailChubby Checker Autograph Display£60.00logo
thumbnailCHUBBY CHECKER Genuine 10x8 signed photo with coa BORN 1941 THE TWIST£30.00logo
thumbnailChubby Checker HAND SIGNED 8x10 Photocard Autograph, The Twist, Limbo Rock£34.99logo
thumbnailChubby Checker music genuine authentic autograph signature and photo AFTAL COA£44.99logo
thumbnailChubby Checker Signed Autograph Promo Photo£60.00logo
Checker was born Ernest Evans in Spring Gully, South Carolina. He was raised in the projects of South Philadelphia, where he lived with his parents, Raymond and Eartle Evans, and two brothers. By age eleven, Evans formed a street-corner harmony group. By the time he entered high school, Ernest had learned to play the piano a little at Settlement Music School. He entertained his classmates by performing vocal impressions of popular entertainers of the day, such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Fats Domino. One of his classmates and friends at South Philadelphia High School was Fabian Forte, who would become a popular performer of the late 1950s and early 1960s as Fabian.

After school Evans would entertain customers at his various jobs, including Fresh Farm Poultry in the Italian Market on Ninth Street and at the Produce Market, with songs and jokes. It was his boss at the Produce Market, "Tony A.", who gave Evans the nickname "Chubby". The owner of Fresh Farm Poultry, Henry Colt, was so impressed by the boy's performances for the customers that he, along with his colleague and friend Kal Mann, who worked as a songwriter for Cameo-Parkway Records, arranged for young Chubby to do a private recording for American Bandstand host Dick Clark. At this recording session Evans got his stage name from Clark's wife, who asked Evans what his name was. "Well," he replied, "my friends call me 'Chubby'." As he had just completed a Fats Domino impression, she smiled and said, "As in Checker?" That little play on words ("chubby" relating to "Fats" just as "checkers" relates to "dominoes," a tabletop game) got an instant laugh, and stuck: from then on, Evans would use the name "Chubby Checker". Read even more about Chubby Checker at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Chubby Checker

The most expensive item with a signature of Chubby Checker (LP Chubby Checker/ Bobby Rydell - Same - US Cameo - Autographed!) was sold in February 2023 for £69.90 while the cheapest item (Chubby Checker Signed Music Paper Image 1960s) found a new owner for £0.99 in September 2018. The month with the most items sold (2) was November 2012 with an average selling price of £4.99 for an autographed item of Chubby Checker. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2023 with £69.90 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was November 2014. In average, an autographed item from Chubby Checker is worth £11.50.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Chubby Checker were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnail3x AMERICAN SINGER/SONGWRITERS Collectable SIGNED PHOTOS Inc:Chubby Checker -W35£12.50logo
thumbnailChubby Checker & Bobby Rydel ORIG OZ EP Side by side VG+ ’63 Columbia Signed£13.22logo
thumbnailCHUBBY CHECKER - Signed 10x8 Photograph - MUSIC - THE TWIST£9.99logo
thumbnailChubby Checker Autograph from 1991£2.20logo
thumbnailChubby Checker vintage signed page AFTAL#145£9.99logo
thumbnailChubby Checker vintage signed Page, The Twist AFTAL#145£10.50logo
thumbnailCHUBBY CHECKER- original autograph signed photo - Singer The Twist£6.50logo
thumbnailDAVID GEST COLLECTION SIGNED CHUBBY CHECKER NEW SOUNDS IN TWIST SONG BOOK£40.00logo
thumbnailHand Signed Chubby Checker Early Fan Club Publicity Photo American Singer£16.75logo
thumbnailLP Chubby Checker/ Bobby Rydell - Same - US Cameo - Autographed!£69.90logo