Slow Twistin'
"Slow Twistin'" | ||||
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Single by Chubby Checker with Dee Dee Sharp | ||||
from the album For 'Teen Twisters Only | ||||
B-side | "La Paloma Twist" | |||
Released | February 1962 | |||
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Length | 2:31 | |||
Label | Parkway | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jon Sheldon | |||
Chubby Checker with Dee Dee Sharp singles chronology | ||||
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"Slow Twistin'" is a song written by Jon Sheldon, and recorded by American rock and roll musicians Chubby Checker and Dee Dee Sharp (the latter being uncredited on the single and early albums). Released as a single in 1962, it peaked at number 3 on both the Billboard Hot 100[1] and the R&B singles chart. In Canada it reached number 18.[2]
The song was covered by The Marvelettes (as "Slow Twist") on their 1962 album The Marvelettes Sing (aka Smash Hits of '62).
A different version of Slow Twistin’, with lead vocals by Dee Dee Sharp and featuring Chubby Checker, and with different lyrics, appeared on Dee Dee Sharp’s 1962 LP It’s Mashed Potato Time.
References
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- "The Class"
- "The Twist"
- "The Hucklebuck"
- "Pony Time"
- "Let's Twist Again"
- "The Fly"
- "Jingle Bell Rock" (with Bobby Rydell)
- "Slow Twistin'" (with Dee Dee Sharp)
- "Dancin' Party"
- "Limbo Rock"/"Popeye the Hitchhiker"
- "Let's Limbo Some More"/"Twenty Miles"
- "Birdland"
- "Loddy Lo"/"Hooka Tooka"
- "Let's Do the Freddie"
- "Back in the U.S.S.R."
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