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the twist born in tampa

Hank Ballard wrote “The Twist” in 1958 after seeing a bunch of Tampa kids doing the dance in one of the clubs on Central Av. Chubby Checker covered the song, and made it a number one hit in 1960 and again in 1962. Jack Harris wrote about the Twist in a recent column: … the origin [...]

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