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Ernest Evans, later known by his stage name “Chubby Checker,” was born on Oct. 3. 1941, to Raymond and Eartle (Scott) Evans in a small house at 1040 Steadfast Rd., approximately 1 mi. SW. In 1947, the family bought the nearby lot at 976 Steadfast Rd., where they likely then built the white shotgun house that still stands. They lived there until moving to Philadelphia, Pa., around 1948. A descendant of African American farmers, Evans later recalled joining his family in agricultural work while living in Spring Gully. His decades-long singing career as Chubby Checker began in the late 1950s, and his 1960 cover of “The Twist,” originally by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, became one of the best-selling singles of all time and a classic of American popular music.
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