'Let's twist again'

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'Let's twist again'

Date3/24/1987

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Checker, Chubby, 1941- (subject)

Mahler, John (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: 'Let's twist again': Chubby Checker was smart enough to dole out the nostalgia in small doses at the Imperial Room Monday night, reviewer Craig MacInnis reports. But his hard, urgent tenor still knows how to find the salty centre of a dance Iyric.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0037485F

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