“The Twist” by Chubby Checker was the first song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on two different occasions. And, for many years, it was the biggest-selling single in U.S. recording history.

It’s not often that we get to talk to a legend, an icon, but last week, I had that opportunity. I interviewed Ernest Evans — we all know him as Chubby Checker. Chubby was to headline Joe Nardone’s “Oh ...