Ramones, Chubby Checker and Pink Floyd inducted into National Recording Registry
The Library of Congress announced the 25 recordings to be placed in the National Recording Registry for 2013.
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The Library of Congress announced the 25 recordings to be placed in the National Recording Registry for 2013.
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It became one of the most popular country songs of all time and the state song of Louisiana in 1977.
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Music icon Chubby Checker has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard over an app that estimates penis size based on shoe size.
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Chubby Checker is suing HP over a novelty app bearing his name that allows users to guess someone's penis size, NBC reports.
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Five months after hitting the top of the charts with "The Twist," Ernest Evans (a.k.a. Chubby Checker ) reached the pinnacle of the Hot 100 again with another dance tune, "Pony Time." Chubby Checker was all about the dances: the limbo, the hucklebuck, the twist and, for his second Number 1, "the pony".
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Notable for being the only single in pop history to hit Number 1 twice, Chubby Checker 's "The Twist" was written by Hank Ballard and originally appeared on the flipside of his hit, "Teardrops on Your Letter."
Read MoreOne might imagine that the passing of Allen B. Klein in 2009 has something to do with the emergence of six Cameo-Parkway CD reissues, including this one and titles from Bobby Rydell, The Orlons, Terry Knight and the Pack, a vocal groups compilation, and a novelty outing from Clint Eastwood's years on Rawhide .
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