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On This Day Chubby Checker Stopped A Pecker Checker And The Pistols Got Vicious! February 15, 2024

Filed under: On This Day — justwilliam1959 @ 8:43 am
Tags: Chubby Checker, Music, Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, The Twist

On February 15th, 1977 bass player Glen Matlock was fired by the Sex Pistols to be replaced by John Beverly a.k.a. Sid Vicious.

On the same day in 2013, music legend and still going strong at 82 years old Chubby Checker took out a huge, $500,000 lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard for including an app on its phones and tablets that was not only named after the then 71-year-old musician but measured a man’s manhood based on his shoe size. Incidentally, I am a UK size 11 and probably proof that there is no link between shoe size and manhood measurement! Checker (a.k.a. Ernest Evans) settled the case the following year. HP denied liability in agreeing to settle with the singer but did agree not to make future use of his stage name, likeness, or related trademarks.

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“My daddy is sleepin’ and mama ain’t around” January 13, 2014

Filed under: Trivia — justwilliam1959 @ 11:23 pm
Tags: Billboard charts, Bohemian Rhapsody, Chubby Checker, George Harrison, Hank Ballard, Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, My Sweet Lord, Queen, Teardrops On Your Letter, The Twist, UK Singles Chart

Songs returning to the top of the UK singles charts on separate chart runs is not an uncommon occurrence. Often after a death; “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “My Sweet Lord“. However in the USA it has only happened once to my knowledge. That was a feat achieved in 1960 and 1962. The song was originally by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, although their version only made it to number 28 in the US chart in 1959 and even that was as a B-Side to “Teardrops On Your Letter”

“You should see my, my little sis” February 15, 2013

Filed under: News — justwilliam1959 @ 11:41 pm
Tags: Chubby Checker, Dee Dee Sharp, Ernest Evans, Hewlett-Packard, Human penis size, Lets Twist Again, Limbo Rock, Slow Twist, The Fly, The Twist, Twist

Apparently there is now an App you can use to measure penis size. It comes from Hewlett-Packard and it’s called Chubby Checker. Unsurprisingly the real Chubby Checker is a little upset and he is suing them for $500m for causing irreparable damage to his reputation. Click here to read the story on the BBC website. Personally I can’t see why a tape measure isn’t good enough can you?