Chubby Checker and The Platters
Schedule
Sun Feb 23 2025 at 03:00 pm to 05:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
60 W 6th St, Newton, NC, United States, North Carolina 28658 | Newton, NC
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Chubby Checker and The PlattersSunday, February 23 2025 - Two Shows 3 pm & 7 pm
Tickets: $65-$70, VIP $100
VIP Includes Front Row Seats and Dancing On Stage with Chubby Checker during 'The Twist"
Matinee Show -
Doors Open: 2:00 pm
Show Starts: 3:00 pm
Evening Show -
Doors Open: 6:00 pm
Show Starts: 7:00 pm
Two Legends On Stage, One Awesome Show!!
CHUBBY CHECKER - In June of 1959, Chubby recorded "The Twist". Bernie Lowe, president of Cameo Parkway records was not initially impressed with Chubby's recording and felt it may be a "B" side at best. However, Chubby felt "The Twist" was something special and worked hard promoting the record by undertaking non-stop rounds of TV dates, interviews and live performances. Fourteen months later, in the summer of 1960, "The Twist" was a hit.
"The Twist" was not only the #1 song but it introduced the concept of "dancing apart to the beat". Over the next few years, endless songs incorporating "The Twist" into its name sprang up such as "Peppermint Twist", "Twist and Shout" and "Twistin' the Night Away". In addition, each new song brought a new dance involving "dancing apart to the beat" such as "The Jerk", "The Hully Gully", "The Boogaloo" and "The Shake". At the forefront was Chubby with "The Fly", "The Pony" and "The Hucklebuck".
In the fall of 1961, record industry history was made when Checker's original hit record, "The Twist", re-entered the charts and by January of 1962, it was back in the #1 position. No other record before or since has accomplished that feat. Combining its 1960 run with its 1961/62 return, "The Twist" spent an amazing nine month total on the U. S. best seller charts.
What keeps this artist going? According to Chubby, "It's the fans. The energy I get from singing and dancing with all these people over the years is unlike anything else I experience. I never want it to end." Neither do we!
- Chubby Checker - the only artist to have 5 albums in the Top 12 all at once.
- Chubby Checker First Platinum - "Let's Twist Again".
- Chubby Checker - the only artist to have a song to be #1 twice - "The Twist".
- Chubby Checker - the only artist to have 9 Double-Sided Hits.
- Chubby Checker - changed the way we dance to the beat 24/7 since 1959.
THE PLATTERS - In The Platters’ uplifting performance, there's something for everyone that takes the audience back in time and into the future.
Considered the most romantic of all the early rock & roll groups, The Platters produced hit after hit. The quintet effortlessly achieved domestic and international chart success with multiple tracks, including the timeless hits The Great Pretender, My Prayer, Twilight Time, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Harbor Lights, and many more. This success established The Platters as the classiest, groundbreaking vocal group of the early rock & roll era.
Herb Reed founded and named the Rock n' Roll, Vocal, and Grammy® Halls of Fame group, The Platters®, in 1953. Today the vocal group continuously evolves, changing members to keep its rich legacy alive. Hence the moniker, Many Voice ONE Name. Reed was the only artist to be with the group from its inception until he died in 2012. Led by vocal captain and senior member Lance Bernard Bryant, multi-talented vocalists Omar Ross, Jovian K. Ford, and Brittany Michelle Wallace travel the world, carrying on Reed's legacy with his longtime Music Director Michael Larson. Later this year, The Platters will release its first EP/LP featuring new music in more than 50 years, adding to the group's revered music canon.
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Where is it happening?
60 W 6th St, Newton, NC, United States, North Carolina 28658Event Location & Nearby Stays:
