The Class (song)

"The Class"
Single by Chubby Checker
B-side"Schooldays, Oh Schooldays"
Released1959
Recorded1959
GenreNovelty[1]
LabelCameo-Parkway
Songwriter(s)Kal Mann[2]

"The Class" is 1959 novelty song by American rock and roll recording artist Chubby Checker. It peaked number thirty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and was his first entry on the chart.[3] In the song, Checker plays a music teacher who asks his class (Checker doing impressions of various musicians) for their homework, which are variations of Mary Had a Little Lamb. The musicians imitated are Fats Domino, the Coasters, Elvis Presley, Cozy Cole, and the Chipmunks[4] (who are referred to as Ricky, Frankie, and Fabian).[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2022). "Chubby Checker - "The Twist". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 16.
  2. ^ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Chubby Checker". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  4. ^ Dawson, Jim (1995). The twist : the story of the song that changed the world. Internet Archive. Boston : Faber & Faber. pp. 30-31. ISBN 978-0-571-19852-8.


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