The first song to hit #1 in 1962 wasn’t a new song. It was Chubby Checker’s “The Twist,” back out of nowhere for a two-week run. Sometime between 1960, when the song came out, and 1962, when it ...

There have been twists and turns in the life of Joseph DiNicola, Jr. ever since that Sunday afternoon in October 1961 when the pint-sized kid from Passaic stepped up to the microphone in a Manhattan ...

Singer Joey Dee, a longtime resident of Tampa Bay, has written an autobiography. Contributing Writer The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is ...

The Weeknd has dethroned Chubby Checker‘s 1960 hit “The Twist” as Billboard’s No. 1 Greatest Hot 100 Song of all time with the 2019 release “Blinding Light.” The song spent 90 weeks on the Hot 100 ...

The first song to hit #1 in 1962 wasn't a new song. It was Chubby Checker's "The Twist," back out of nowhere for a two-week run. Sometime between 1960, when the song came out, and 1962, when it ...