{"product_id":"chubby-checker-the-twist-7-inch-vinyl","title":"Chubby Checker - The Twist (7-inch Vinyl)","description":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7-Inch 45 RPM Single in a Full-Color Picture Sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABKCO issued this 7-inch single on September 25, 2020, for the 60th anniversary of \"The Twist.\" It plays at 45 RPM and backs the hit with both of its original B-sides: \"Toot,\" the flip of the first Parkway issue in June 1960, and \"Twistin' U.S.A.,\" the flip of the November 1961 reissue. The full-color picture sleeve carries the Parkway logo and the line \"The Record That Started Everybody Twistin'.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeri Landi made the tape transfers at ABKCO Studio in New York, Joe Yannece handled mastering, and Carl Rowatti cut the lacquers at Trutone Mastering in Nanuet, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHank Ballard wrote \"The Twist,\" and Hank Ballard and the Midnighters first released it in 1959 as a B-side. Checker's cover went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 19, 1960, for one week, then returned to the top for two weeks from January 13, 1962, at the time the only song to reach No. 1 in two separate chart runs. Both \"The Twist\" and \"Twistin' U.S.A.\" also appear on his 1960 debut album, Twist with Chubby Checker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe official video, made by ABKCO for the anniversary, is built from Checker's October 21, 1961 performance of the song on The Ed Sullivan Show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Twist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwistin' U.S.A.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 018771864110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Abkco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.25.20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7\" Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ABKCO","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":67524827250846,"sku":"EVP-D3862EF6-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/3847207-2598488.jpg?v=1791420157","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/chubby-checker-the-twist-7-inch-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}