Grace Bubulka recalls the day Chubby Checker brought the Twist to her Philadelphia playground, turning fear and awe into joy as she danced alongside the legend in a moment etched forever in childhood memory.
August 6, 1960, was a pivotal day in the history of American pop culture. That Saturday, Chubby Checker took the stage on American Bandstand, the influential television program hosted by Dick Clark, and performed โThe Twist.โ This performance would not only launch Checker into stardom but also ignite a dance craze that would define a…