Checker, C. (English spelling) CheckerC

Japanese: Checker,C.(英語表記)CheckerC
Checker, C. (English spelling) CheckerC

...Dance music that became very popular in the United States in the early 1960s and spread to Europe, Japan, and other places. Black guitarist Hank Ballard wrote a song called "The Twist" and released a record in 1959, but it didn't catch on at the time. A year later, black new singer Chubby Checker recorded the same song, and it started to become popular after TV host Dick Clark promoted it on his show. It quickly spread to Paris, and the popularity of the song there was widely reported in the United States, sparking a full-scale twist boom in 1962. ...

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Japanese:

…1960年代初頭にアメリカで大流行し,ヨーロッパ,日本などにも波及したダンス音楽。黒人ギタリスト,ハンク・バラードが《ザ・ツイスト》という曲を作り1959年にレコードを出したが,そのときはあまり流行せず,1年あまり後に黒人の新人歌手チャビー・チェッカーChubby Checkerが同じ曲をレコードにし,テレビ司会者ディック・クラークが彼の番組で宣伝してから流行し始めた。それがすぐパリに伝わり,パリでの流行ぶりがアメリカで大きく報道されて,62年,本格的なツイスト・ブームに火がついた。…

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