Chubby checker birthdate

In January , it topped the chart again. Chubby Checker. Learn more about citation styles Citation styles Encyclopedia. Chubby Checker in While hits kept coming, the highlight of was Chubby's marriage to Catharina Lodders, Miss World In Checker took the unprecedented step of taking out an advertisement in the music industry weekly Billboard, arguing that his contributions to rock music merited his inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. Checker, whose nickname was "Chubby" because of his large size, was signed by Cameo-Parkway in ; and Barbara Clark, then Dick Clark 's wife, added "Checker" to his name, playing off the moniker of blues star Fats Domino.