an icon, chubby checker. dick clark once said the three most important things that ever happened in the music industry are elvis pressley, the beetles and chubby checker. i have him here right here with me. what an honor and delight to have you. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> thank you. nice being in washington. >> isn't it? and you're celebrating 50 years in the music industry. >> 52 years. >> i shorted you. >> 52 years. this is the year of the only song to be number one twice since we came on the planet, "the twist." that's to zsa zsa gabor. >> is that so? >> she went into the peppermint lounge and did "the twist" there. yesterday was her birthday, by the way, she's 94. i went to see her about three months ago, she did "the twist" and i had another career because of her. >> "the twist" just took off, didn't it? >> amazing. >> it became the best record, billboard from 1958 to 2008, best song in the world, that's incredible. >> i think it's because when "the twist" came out, you had a chance to see the

. >> it is twist time, there he is, 50 years ago, chubby checker is in the house with his hit song the twist, topped the billboard twice he will perform in our area we will chat with him live a little later. >> first time that ever happened right? that record still stand? >> first time that one song had two separate runs, at number one and wound up at number one there are some songs i believe were number one slipped for a week and went back but the twist was number one in 1960 and two years later. >> wow that is a powerful song. >>> tucker barnes is in the weather center it is hard not to move when you hear that song. >> i was moving down here you should have seen it. >> maybe not. >> tony, i can do the twist. >> you can do the twist. >> everybody can do the twist. >> true. >> i do forecasts too, temperatures right back in the 50s we should be in for fteron conditions no complaining about today's forecast, 44 washington let's see frederiksburg, good morning, 34 degrees, ocean city 41 generally warmer than we were 24 hours ago and that is setting the stage for a day that has temperature

including chubby checker. she said let's get up,late dance. you know what? she couldn't do the twist. >> thank you for all that you've done for us. when i think of you, i think of one of these city -- one of the city's greatest treasures. it's hard to believe that you've been on the air for 40 years and you are still sly and workin' it everyday. so keep on doing your thing. love you much. muah. >> muah back to you. my goodness. >> our queen, our leader. >> oh, that brought back memories. my gracious. >> first things first. you look great. >> oh, thank you. muah. i won't call you a cub reporter anymore. you are a seasoned reporter now. >> i'm still a cub. i'm the rookie on the set here. >> talk to us. after 40 years, how do you feel when you reflect back? is there something that just jumps out at you? >> oh, gosh, yes, there are some things that jump out at me. speaking of jumping out at you, remember nellon man dell la? -- nelson mandela, the interview i had with him, i followed him when he came to the united

chubby checker: hi, i'm chubby checker. twist in the law makes it easier than ever to save on your medicare prescription drug plan costs. so what are you waiting for? go to www.socialsecurity.gov and apply for extra help. it's easier than learning the twist. . >>> welcome back to the morning news, a live look at the dow jones industrial average, down 24 points, s&p 500 retail sales not as good as expected. >>> this afternoon, bart unsales a new policing structure defined by five police zones. the new structure will help officers identify zones better and provide a more targeted response. >>> utility gave us this video arcing after a balloon floated up into the lines. the balloons caused 300 outages in california alone. it can cause serious injuries to utility workers and anybody else nearby. >>> police are trying to find a man who lost his camera in the super bowl and they believe he lives here in this area. the camera includes a photo of the woman who took of the man and his friend at the super bowl in indianapolis. she te

chubby checker will be here in studio.dy is excited about it. >> can't wait to see that. >> in just a few hours, giants fans will welcome home the super bowl champs. thousands of people are expected to participate in a full-blown victory parade honoring the team following the parade, mayor michael bloomberg will showed a ceremony at city hall presenting the giants with the keys to the city. the celebration begins today at 11:00 in the morningen should be -- at 11:00 in the morning. should be a good time. >> i've never done a new york parade. i've always wanted to. >> we can't make it to that one clearly. >> maybe we can do the macy's christmas day parade. >> yeah. >> it's too cold. >> except for this year. in europe, it is cold but not here in the united states. let me do the forecast real quick because i have something i have to mention about weather guys. >> all right. >> bus stop forecast. there you go. temperatures in the upper 20s and upper 30s. i don't know what your temperature is because it is all over the place. h

so here you have chubby checker who is doing the twist. he was popularizer of the dance craze the twist, ray charles and the supremes, and, you know, i just want to mention briefly that media was much more decentralized. media was much more independent. you can black-owned radio stations. you had independent radio stations. you had an alternative press, and so media was not as sort of corporate controlled as it is today. so this allowed for more perspectives on civil rights, more independent perspectives, both black and white, progressive, to get out there. just some quick looks at racial stereotypes, if you had grown up in the several rights movement this stuff would have been very common and even in the cartoons they don't show these anymore. these were some warner brothers and cartoons and others. racism was just part of the culture, children's literature. you remember james baldwin saying growing up it comes as a rude shock to be rooting against gary cooper against the indians and then you realize the indians are you. you understand ho

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chubby checkers. two words. three words. first word, twist -- twisting the night away.. >> jimmy: how many twisting songs are there? this is for all the marbles. >> all right. >> jimmy: whoever wins this, wins the whole deal. >> steve: "benjamin button." >> jimmy: don't guess already. go for it. >> ah. >> jimmy: we both have to give these clues at the same time. you guess, and you guess. [ audience ohs ] oh, we're going to take that one? [ laughter ] >> all right. >> jimmy: okay. you can do this. >> okay. >> jimmy: all right? okay, ready? so you and dolly and me and higgs. ready dude? we can do this. >> steve: tv show. two words. first word. >> jimmy: salute. >> dolly: heart. >> steve: wait, flag, flag. >> dolly: my heart. >> steve: america -- "america's got talent." america -- >> dolly: you, me -- >> jimmy: america song. america singing. [ laughter ] >> dolly: "american idol"? ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you won. come from behind win. [ cheers and applause ] queen latifah and dolly parton! "joyful noise" is in theaters right now! miranda cosgrove joins us next.