Rock and Roll legend Chubby Checker is skipping his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in favor of playing in front of his fans after waiting over three decades to join the exclusive music ...

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Chubby Checker has finally been elected to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but the pioneering musician still isn’t content. In a recent interview with Variety, Checker – who has been Hall eligible since ...

Whether Checker should have gone in decades ago has long been a debate among the rock cognoscenti, even as it felt like the Rock Hall’s board was unlikelier than ever to even reconsider the question.

Chubby Checker will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Nov. 8, but the singer has made clear he won't be in attendance. And interestingly, the Rock Hall is on board with that. At Checker ...

Don't get it twisted – the rock pioneer is thrilled he's finally in. By Gary Graff “Back in the day,” Chubby Checker tells Billboard from his home in New Jersey, “I said, ‘I don’t want to be in the ...