The Best of Chubby Checker: Cameo Parkway 1959-1963

Performer: Chubby Checker
Engineer: Dave Appell; Joe Wissert; Emil Korsen; Joe Tarsia; Dave Appell; Joe Tarisa; Joe Wissert
Producer: Dave Appell; David White; Elliot Mazer; John Madera; Kal Mann; Bernie Lowe; Dave Appell; Kal Mann; Gregg Geller (Reissue); Jody Klein (Reissue); Teri Landi (Reissue)
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Chubby Checker (vocals); Dee Dee Sharp, Bobby Rydell (vocals); Joe Sher (guitar, drums); Joe Sgro, Joe Renzetti , Joe Renzetti (guitar); Dan Dailey, Fred Nuzzullio, Georgie Young & the Rockin 'Bocs, Georgie Young (saxophone); Fred Bender (keyboards); Joe Macho (bass instrument); Joe Sher, Ellis Tollin, Ellis Tollin (drums); Dave Appell (guitar); Buddy Savitt (saxophone); Roy Stragis (keyboards); Bobby Gregg (drums). Recording information: Bell Sound Studios, New York, NY (01/1959-11/1963); Cameo Parkway Studio, Philadelphia, PA (01/1959-11/1963); Cherry Hill, NJ (01/1959-11/1963); Reco-Art Sound Recording, Philadelphia, PA (01/1959-11/1963). Unknown Contributor Role: Kenneth Salinsky. Arrangers: Dave Appell; Dave Stephens. The Chubby Checker installment in the Cameo Parkway series, an excellent string of discs highlighting the label's artists from the late 1950s and '60s, will disappoint neither long-time fans nor those looking for a compilation of Chubby's biggest hits. Naturally, "The Twist" is here, as are all of the singer's follow-up cash-ins ("Let's Twist Again;" "Slow Twistin,'" etc.), and a host of other dance-craze songs ("The Hucklebuck;" "Limbo Rock," "The Fly"). The mood is light, buoyant, and fun throughout, as anyone familiar with any of Checker's singles would assume. Excellent sound and liner notes make this a fine choice for anyone seeking a one-stop set of Checker's best moments.

There is no other artist whose place in pop music is as inextricably linked to a dance as Chubby Checker's is to "The Twist." Although the singer also taught millions of teenagers to do "The Fly," "The Pony," "The Hucklebuck," and "The Limbo Rock," Checker is forever connected with twisting and the 1960 version (originally recorded by Hank Ballard) that started the whole craze. Checker would rework the song numerous times during his career, perhaps most humorously on his 1986 collaboration with the Fat Boys entitled "The Twist (Yo', Twist!)."

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