HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“The Twist” by Chubby Checker
“The Twist” by Chubby Checker is one of the few songs to make the year-end Top 100 in more than one year: No. 10 in 1960 and No. 9 in 1962. Most hits appear on just one year-end list.
Year-end peakNo. 91962
Year-end charts21960, 1962
ArtistChubby Checker5 year-end hits
Decade1960ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1962 was “Stranger On The Shore” by Mr. Acker Bilk. Chubby Checker had 5 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).
Play “The Twist”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1962 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1962 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Johnny Angel | Shelley Fabares | ▶♪ |
| 7 | The Loco-Motion | Little Eva | ▶♪ |
| 8 | Let Me In | Sensations | ▶♪ |
| 9 | The Twist | Chubby Checker | ▶♪ |
| 10 | Soldier Boy | The Shirelles | ▶♪ |
| 11 | Hey! Baby | Bruce Channel | ▶♪ |
| 12 | The Wanderer | Dion | ▶♪ |
More hits by Chubby Checker
| # | Song | Artist | Year-end | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pony Time | Chubby Checker | 1961 #7 | ▶♪ |
| 2 | Slow Twistin' | Chubby Checker | 1962 #17 | ▶♪ |
| 3 | The Fly | Chubby Checker | 1961 #70 | ▶♪ |
| 4 | Let's Twist Again | Chubby Checker | 1961 #94 | ▶♪ |
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.