I looked at the clock. The time was moving crazily at warp speed. In fifteen minutes, I would be dragging my little sister several city blocks to the 69th Street playground for the big event. I always had to take her everywhere. The walk was a little scary because we had to cross the railroad…
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…