Legendary bassist Carol Kaye says she wants no part of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Kaye says in an email to The Associated ...

A legendary musician is turning down her induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

“Back in the day,” Chubby Checker tells Billboard from his home in New Jersey, “I said, ‘I don’t want to be in the Rock Hall when I’m dead. I want to smell my flowers when I’m here.

You only do Chubby Checker concerts. My manager Shelly (Field) says to me, “You’re not an oldie. You’re an icon. You deserve to get paid as an icon.” We do Chubby Checker. How put out did ...

Original: Chubby Checker will not be at the Great New York State Fair this summer. That's according to his manager, Shelly Field, who said everyone assumed he'd be there and invited.

By Ben Sisario Chubby Checker is finally joining the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 65 years after “The Twist” became a No. 1 hit and an international dance craze. Checker, 83, who has campaigned ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Chubby Checker certainly has a history with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame -- even before his first nomination and induction were announced this year. The man who’s been doing ...

Carol Kaye, a prolific and revered bassist who played on thousands of songs in the 1960s including hits by the Beach Boys, ...

“Please know our only name was Studio Musicians, not the name a drummer made up for his own quest for fame," she added, ...

"Back in the day," Chubby Checker tells Billboard from his home in New Jersey, "I said, ‘I don't want to be in the Rock Hall when I'm dead. I want to smell my flowers when I'm here.' And I'm ...

You should check out the history of television, and see what happened before Chubby Checker and after Chubby Checker did his 2:52 singing “The Twist” on “American Bandstand” (on Aug. 6, 1960).