Lost Atari Chubby Checker song!?

[moycon]

https://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/listen--chubby-checker-s-long-lost-dig-dug-song-192445689.html;_ylt=A0LEVwyIygdUMRIANhdXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzYmwycWd1BHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMgRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1NNRTY1NV8x

 

"Originally meant to be used in a 1983 commercial (which was screened in movie theaters and, incredibly, won a Clio award), Chubby's version was shelved in favor of a rendition featuring a younger, no-name singer handling the vocals. No one, in fact, knew the Chubby Checker version of the song existed until this week"

 

"I remember my father being extra excited that Chubby was involved in the project and had great things to say about having met him," he said. "I don't recall why his song was eventually dropped in lieu of the one in the final cut of the commercial. The only thing that makes sense is that Chubby might have appealed to a much older audience and not the one that the commercial was targeted towards, so they eventually chose a younger representation for the band singing the song."

 

I thought this was very cool. Downloaded the mp3 to add to my Arcade Playlist used on video gaming nights (like the one coming up this Friday!)

 

Hope this hasn't already been posted. I did do a search before hand, but usually wind up missing the fact.

[dashv]

Epic.

[4ever2600]

Dude, THAT is the shit... Chubby Checker rules! Remember Chubby and the Fat Boys doin the twist?

[fiddlepaddle]

"You will be assimilated...resistance is futile"

 

as it becomes one more song on my hard drive...

Edited September 4, 2014 by fiddlepaddle

[Crazy Climber]

Dude, THAT is the shit... Chubby Checker rules! Remember Chubby and the Fat Boys doin the twist?

Totally remember that!

[pangasinan]

Catchy tune..

[Jinks]

Totally remember that!

Doesn't everyone?

[roadrunner]

Dead link in first post.


 

 

[MrMaddog]

Resurrection of threads & bright hip-hop fashions...

 

 

(Just kidding, I loved Fat Boys BITD....)

 

[R.Cade]

I remember seeing this at a drive-in way back then, before the movie or in-between a double feature. I remember thinking it was very strange.

 

No way I would remember which song was in it, though.

 

 

[+GoldLeader]

Here's something I just read in Wikipedia:

 

In 2013, Checker sued HP over a WebOS application using his name. The application, before being pulled in September 2012, was used to unscientifically estimate penis size from shoe size.^{[27][28][29][30]} The district court said that Checker's trademark claim survived HP's motion to dismiss, but his other claims were dismissed per Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.^[31]

 

 

[Rom Hunter]

On 8/29/2022 at 11:04 PM, roadrunner said:

Dead link in first post.