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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 932241" data-attributes="member: 38206"><p><strong>On this day 26 Jan 1962, "The Twist" ends record-setting run at #1.</strong></p><p><strong>The Twist" turned Chubby Checker into an overnight success when it shot to the top of the </strong></p><p><strong><em>Billboard </em>pop chart in September 1960. <u>As all hit records do, "The Twist" then faded away.</u> The dance </strong></p><p><strong>craze it popularized did, too, as America's teenagers moved on to things like the Mashed Potato and the Pony. </strong></p><p><strong>A full year after the initial success of "The Twist," a gossip item in the New York papers placed actress Merle Oberon </strong></p><p><strong>and the elderly exile Prince Serge Obolensky of Russia at the Peppermint Lounge, Twisting the night away. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Suddenly a fad was reborn—this time among American adults, who took to the Twist with an alacrity that </strong></p><p><strong>must have provoked uncountable cringes among their teenaged children. Soon enough, "The Twist" began </strong></p><p><strong>a remarkable second run up the charts, reclaiming the #1 spot on January 13 and finally relinquishing </strong></p><p><strong>it on this day in 1962. It was the first and only time a pop single has fallen completely out of <em>Billboard</em>'s "Hot 100" </strong></p><p><strong>only to re-attain the #1 spot in a completely separate release.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="texan, post: 932241, member: 38206"] [B]On this day 26 Jan 1962, "The Twist" ends record-setting run at #1. The Twist" turned Chubby Checker into an overnight success when it shot to the top of the [I]Billboard [/I]pop chart in September 1960. [U]As all hit records do, "The Twist" then faded away.[/U] The dance craze it popularized did, too, as America's teenagers moved on to things like the Mashed Potato and the Pony. A full year after the initial success of "The Twist," a gossip item in the New York papers placed actress Merle Oberon and the elderly exile Prince Serge Obolensky of Russia at the Peppermint Lounge, Twisting the night away. Suddenly a fad was reborn—this time among American adults, who took to the Twist with an alacrity that must have provoked uncountable cringes among their teenaged children. Soon enough, "The Twist" began a remarkable second run up the charts, reclaiming the #1 spot on January 13 and finally relinquishing it on this day in 1962. It was the first and only time a pop single has fallen completely out of [I]Billboard[/I]'s "Hot 100" only to re-attain the #1 spot in a completely separate release.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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