Full Name: Ernest Evans
Profession: Singer and Dancer
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Why Famous: Chubby Checker will forever be remembered for kicking off a dance craze that took hold of the early countercultural generation in the 1960s. In 1960 he released “The Twist”, a cover of a song by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters.
Checker’s song topped the Billboard Hot 100 twice, and kicked off the Twist dance craze, which spread around the world. He would repeat the success – though not on the same level – with the song “Pony Time” in 1961.
“The Twist” was voted the most popular song in the history of the Billboard 100 in 2008, and it again had that honor in 2013.
Born: 3 October 1941
Birthplace: Spring Gully, South Carolina, USA
Age: 80 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Snake
Star Sign: Libra
02 October 1925 Josephine Baker first performs in Paris in La Revue Nègre at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Full Name: Freda Josephine McDonald Profession: Dancer, Singer, Spy and Civil Rights Activist Nationality: American Why Famous: A symbol of the Jazz Age, Josephine Baker became a star of the theater in 1920s Paris. She first danced in Paris in 1925 before becoming a sensation the next year when she performed her now famous "Danse Sauvage" […]
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