Chubby Checker - The Hucklebuck [Original Version]

[arianagrandee93]

I LOVE THIS SONG AND DANCE!

[dbeatlefreak]

NOT the original version. This is Chubby's mid 70's re-record. Very inferior to the original.

[6grad7]

Saw him this summer 2011. Still a great show!!

[chrishibbs201012]

i remember this song, it,s a pity that radio don,t play songs like this anymore.

[compukenny]

I got to see Chubby in concert about 25 years ago. He was wonderfull even at 45 years old

[gypsyboy008]

what a show

[TrueMason]

the lick his actually based off of a charlie parker sax melody, "now's the time"

[avantill]

@TrueMason who cares ??????????????

[debbiedamooseful]

@avantill Me

[redchannels]

@TrueMason Never quite got that point before. Thanks.

[peterbutz]

Hi all viewers in youtube land.....

The original recordng from the Hucklebuck was done by:

Paul Williams and his orchestra in 1948 !!!!

[dbeatlefreak]

This is not his original version. This is his 1976 re-record, his original was recorded in the early 60's.

[robertgalbreath1]

@dbeatlefreak Hey dude the original could not have been in the early 60s, because on the classic Honeymooners TV shos from the 50s, Norton teaches Ralph the Huckabuck, or his version of it, but the song he plays is a recording of a woman with a thin voice, baby sounding voice. This must pre-date the version you are referencing. Anyway, the song rocks!

[dbeatlefreak]

@robertgalbreath1 Hi Robert. Checker's original recording of the song was done in 1961 and was a #1 hit then. The version that you use here is his 1976 re-record, when he re-recorded many of his songs due to a contract dispute with Cameo-Parkway Records. All of his original recordings were out of print and unavailable at that time. The song was first recorded by Paul 'Hucklebuck' Williams in 1948 adapted from another song called 'Now's The Time' from 1945.

The Honeymooners version is good too!

[7734Duke]

his original maybe...the ORIGINAL was PAUL WILLIAMS in the 40s...

[robertgalbreath1]

@7734Duke I like the Paul Williams' version, but I really enjoy the woman singing it on the classic TV show, "The Honeymooners", when Ed teaches Ralph the dance (or at least his version of it).

[loungepianoman]

Damn  I can remember dancing to this and having nothing hurt !!! must be getting old

[nancyfloressantos]

Childhood memories-1960

[CenaTv2]

no the original version, its rerecording!

[takoma5]

@CenaTv2 yes, but its still great!

[Somfalvy]

Lányok, lányok! de szépek is voltatok!

[MrOldcars2]

Used to do The Hucklebuck at sock hops at Foust Jr. Hi in Owensboro,Ky in the early 60's.Great fun!!!!!!!!!

[Champ675]

Get down and boogie!!!

[nataliewood1231]

Hmmmmmmmmmm I love it!! Swayyyy!!!