- His name, "Chubby Checker", is a play on the name of another famous singer of his era, Fats Domino. The name was suggested by the wife of American Bandstand (1952) host Dick Clark.
- His daughter, Mistie Williams, plays basketball at Duke University.
- His wife, Catherina, was the 1962 Miss World from Holland.
- He was 47 when he played himself as a 17-year-old boy in Good Morning, Peoria - September 9, 1959 (1989).
- Rumor always had it that he was a chicken-plucker in Philadelphia before he made it big with "The Twist".
- In 1962, the New York City Catholic Archdiocese forbade students in its schools to dance to Checker's "The Twist", saying that it was "un-Christian".
- According to his guardian, in 1962 he earned approximately $200,000.
- Had first charted hit with "The Class" (1959). which is noted for his impersonations of Fabián Forte and Fats Domino.
- On June 7th 1963. he headlined the only R n R concert given at NYCs Polo Grounds (1890-1963). The concert was followed, that evening, by a game between The New York Mets and The St. Louis Cardinals (The Mets won 3-2).
- Attended Southern High School in Philadelphia, PA, where one of his classmates was Larry Chance, later to become lead singer of the rock group Larry Chance & The Earls.
- He is one of the four surviving people mentioned by name in the 1989 Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire". The other three are Brigitte Bardot, Bob Dylan and Bernhard Goetz.
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