“Let’s Twist Again” is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, and released as a single by Chubby Checker. One of the biggest hit singles of 1961, it reached number two in the UK and number eight on the U.S. Billboard pop chart. It refers to the Twist dance craze and his 1960 and 1961 re-released single “The Twist”, a UK and U.S. number-one single.
The song received the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Rock & Roll Recording. Checker also recorded the song in German as “Der Twist Beginnt”. The song appears on the soundtrack of 2011 film The Help.
By Chubby Checker
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