http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAcr-S1LSw
“”CHUBBY CHECKER- “THE TWIST””
“Come on baby let’s do the twist
Come on baby let’s do the twist
Take me by my little hand and go like this
Ee-oh twist baby baby twist
Oooh-yeah just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist
My daddy is sleepin’ and mama ain’t around
Yeah daddy is sleepin’ and mama ain’t around
We’re gonna twisty twisty twisty
‘Til we turn the house down
Come on and twist yeah baby twist
Oooh-yeah just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist
Yeah you should see my little Sis
You should see my my little Sis
She really knows how to rock
She knows how to twist
Come on and twist yeah baby twist
Oooh-yeah just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist
Yeah rock on now
Yeah twist on now”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVQ0MXp-8ds
“”Chubby Checker: Let’s Twist Again””
“Come on everybody!
Clap your hands!
All you looking good!
I’m goona sing my song
It won’t take long!
We’re gonna do the twist
and it goes like this:
Come on let’s twist again,
like we did last summer!
Yeaaah, let’s twist again,
like we did last year!
Do you remember when,
things were really hummin’,
Yeaaaah, let’s twist again,
twistin’ time is here!
Heeee, and round and round and up and down
we go again!
Oh, baby, make me know you love me sooooo,
and then:
Twist again,
like we did last summer,
Come on, let’s twist again,
like we did last year!
TWIST! YO!
Who`s that flyin’ up there?
Is it a bird? Noooooo!
Is it a plane? Noooooooo!
Is it the twister? YEAAAAAAAHH!
Twist again, like we did last summer,
Come on, Let’s twist again,
like we did last year!!!!
Do you remember when, things were really hummin’,
Come on, let’s twist again,
twistin’ time is here
Heeee, and round and round and up and down we go again!
Oh, baby, make me know, you love me sooooo! And then:
Come on, twist again, like we did last summer,
let’s twist again, like we did last year!
Come on, let’s twist again,
twistin’ time is heeeere!”
Learned to play the drums listening him and Fats Domino.
The real kick-off to this craze was Joey Dee and the Starlighters’ recording of the “Peppermint Twist”, performed at the nightclub of the same name in New York City:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WIvZu4dPQQ
I’m always surprised when I learn these guys are still around. The next big deal, after the twist, as I recall, was the Limbo.
| You're gonna' have a ba-by, that looks like THIS! If they talk about a-bor-shun, well here's the jist! They'll kill your little baby, and then it'll look like THIS! But they don't want'a tell you, 'Cause you might say NO!, All they want is your mon-ey, and that's the *TWIST* !! |