Autographs of Chubby Checker
Ernest Evans (born October 3, 1941), known professionally as Chubby Checker, is an American rock 'n' roll singer and dancer. He is known for popularizing many dance styles, including the Twist, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters' R&B song "The Twist", and the Pony, with his 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", a previous-year instrumental hit by the Champs to which he added lyrics and its trademark Limbo dance. He also introduced 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 in an August 2013 update of the list. In 2014, Checker was inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, and he was selected for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2025.
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, Anthony Tambone, 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. After hearing Chubby's Fats Domino impression, Clark's wife Barbara suggested that Chubby be called "Chubby Checker" in homage to him.
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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 |
 | SIGNED CD-40th Anniv. Chubby Checker's Greatest Hits-Dancing Apart to the Beat | £30.96 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Chubby Checker
The most expensive item with a signature of Chubby Checker (Chubby Checker ‘lets Twist Again’ Hand Signed Sheet Music) was sold in November 2025 for £263.06 while the cheapest item (Chubby Checker hand signed vintage sheet music ‘Let’s Twist Again’) found a new owner for £0.99 in July 2024. The month with the most items sold (6) was February 2026 with an average selling price of £75.78 for an autographed item of Chubby Checker. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2025 with £101.69 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was July 2014. In average, an autographed item from Chubby Checker is worth £17.51.
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