Crank up the turnable, he's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

[Golddollar]

I just got the word by email. At long last, Chubby Checker was voted into the Inductees of the 2025 Class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum in Cleveland. I got to see him in concert for the third time last March and at age 83 he was still rocking the joint like I remember him when I saw him in concert in Gettysburg when the outlet center was opened almost 20 years ago. It's been a long time coming, but he finally made it into the Hall of Fame.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xncyDs1C8qY[/ame]

 

[SMSgt]

The selection criteria for the R&R HoF is questionable at best. Chubby deserves a spot.

 

[Rudi]

Sadly amazing it took that long.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Hank Ballard?

 

[kev74]

I saw him a few years ago. He put on a great show.

He stayed around after the show shaking hands and signing autographs until he met with everyone on line. Classy!

I see now that he's playing the local county fair this year. Glad to see he's still going!

 

[ladder13]

Looooooooong overdue.

 

[Retired W4]

The Twist was all the rage when I was in Jr. High and High School. Chubby Checker was the point man on the scene. American Bandstand.

 

[djohns6]

The R&R Hall Of Fame is full of people I never heard of . I've been there . Chubby Checker had to wait this long ? Crazy .

 

[mtgianni]

I saw him at a concert about 2003. He held an impromptu twist contest and told the people "All we want, is all you got".

I have since thought that is a great motto for much of our lives.

 

[glowe]

Well, I have nothing against Chubby, but . . . .

In 1959, the Midnighters, from Detroit, wrote and came out with a 45 and The Twist was on the "B" side. All Chubby did was copy the song and it became a #1 hit. He then continued to cash in on current dances like the Jerk, the Pony, the Watusi, the Mashed Potato, the Monkey, and the Funky Chicken. I really cannot think of anything other than those dance songs? All with similar music background. Not too ingenious or unique, but still entertaining.

Personally, I like Hank Ballard's version better!

 

[IAM Rand]

Not only should Mr. Checkers been in looooooong ago, but so should have Joe Cocker. It is all a sham.

 

[venomballistics]

The selection criteria for the R&R HoF is questionable at best. Chubby deserves a spot.

This dude should have had this distinction back when we were chasing ice creme trucks on bicycles

 

[Retired W4]

No only should Mr. Checkers been in looooooong ago, but so should have Joe Cocker. It is all a sham.

Joe Cocker is in. I saw him at the Fillmore (San Fran) in July, 1969 when i was on my way to Viet Nam. Went back for a second night. Country Joe and the Fish was the warm up act. "Well it's one two three what are we fightin for?". And who could forget the cheer.

Cocker was really on his game that week end.

 

[swsig]

Now that he's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Chubby Checker joins Fats Domino. If you want to get into the Hall, it looks like a good strategy would be to combine the name of a board game with an adjective of a heavy-set individual when you choose your rocker name. Thus, future Hall of Famers might include Porky Parcheesi and Rotund Risk.

 

[lihpster]

Carol Kaye, session bassist extraordinaire who played on thousands of hits, gets in in the musical excellence category. Well-deserved and long overdue. The fact that she, and Joe Cocker and Bad Company and Soundgarden had to wait until now is borderline criminal.

 

[lihpster]

Now that he's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Chubby Checker joins Fats Domino. If you want to get into the Hall, it looks like a good strategy would be to combine the name of a board game with an adjective of a heavy-set individual when you choose your rocker name. Thus, future Hall of Famers might include Porky Parcheesi and Rotund Risk.

I like Morbidly Obese Monopoly myself.

 

[IAM Rand]

Joe Cocker is in.

He should have been in when he was alive, not 2025. How and when they really choose to induct people into the Hall of Fame is a joke.

 

[Skeet 028]

Glad he fonally made it...Personally, I feel R&R is pretty much dead these days...as is real country music...even good blues....Course I remember going to Philly and listening to Doo-Wop on the streets...Saw Bill Haley more'n once. I grew op listening to 50s-60s R&R

 

[fiasconva]

I'm also wondering about that selection process. Chubby and Joe Cocker should have been selected years ago.

 

[rwsmith]

All the RORHAF is...

...is somebody's personal project. It's meaningless and irrelevent to rock and roll fans. Newer groups get inducted as soon as they elegible and many classic groups are ignored. Pardon me if I don't get excited. For me someone being nominated at this point is more of an insult.

 

[SMSgt]

This dude should have had this distinction back when we were chasing ice creme trucks on bicycles

Amen, brother! The Mister Frosty Ice Cream truck did more to keep up fit than anything!

 

[djohns6]

If you ever get the chance to go to the R&R Hall Of Fame .... skip it .

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

I was a young 'un listening to WNJR (a Newark NJ Black radio station) when Hank Ballard and the Midnighters came out with The Twist. Hank Ballard had a fair number of popular songs in the Black market, certainly including the Annie series. A few years later, I heard most of them on one of the oldies collections sold by mail through TV advertising. NOT a gyp; one of the best purchases I ever made.

If you're careful with your search of YouTube videos, you may find a video recording of a What's My Line TV show including Hank Ballard. As it happens, Chubby Checker filled in for Hank and the Midnighters on some occasion when, at the last minute, they couldn't make it. The rest is history. However, part of the history is that Hank had a competent agent. He got a royalty on every copy of The Twist that Chubby Checker sold.

 

[jeffrefrig]

Halls of Fame are usually overrated and should be called halls of pretty good. But it makes a few bucks in tourism. Also, like a plane crash, the attendees and winners are usually stoned and if you watch it you may get your eyes burnt out because of the attention-grabbers with accidental costume malfunctions.
Count me out.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I have been to the RRHOF twice. Having spent the bulk of my life in the music entertainment industry I savored each moment.

Music is exponentially better than it was in the 50's. While you won't find DooWop and Oldies on my playlist there are millions of listeners who like those genres so they are the true winners.

Younger generations have learned from past players and expanded on it and leveled up.

There is a world full of brilliant young musicians, lyricists, arrangers and engineers doing impressive works. All one has to do is crawl out of their caves and listen.