The Twist

Question, what is the only song to hit the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 twice in two different years? Any guesses? It was the biggest dance craze of the early '60s.

Give up? The Twist by Chubby Checker.

It first hit number one in 1960, then was re-released and headed back up the charts to number one in early 1962.

But before all that, The Twist originally hit number 25 in 1959 by the songwriter himself, Hank Ballard, on King Records.

So come on, baby, let's do The Twist.

Come on baby.

Let's do The Twist.

Come on, baby.

All right, so-

So, uh, the first one is, uh, Chubby Checker's, uh, The Twist.

Right.

So it was Chubby Checker's birthday on Saturday.

Yep.

Game day.

And so we gave him the twist.

Here's what we gave him.