Changes: Chubby Checker-Style

A New Surprise Twist

Driving home from work the other night, just mellowing out and listening to the radio, I heard Chubby Checker's new recording entitled “Changes.” 

The song was really quite different from anything I’d ever heard this man sing, and I thought maybe it’s some other guy with the same name singing this song.

 When I arrived home, I did what I always do nowadays, in this new era of technology, I Googled the song and sure enough, it was being performed by the same man who created a dance craze back in the summer of 1960 with his hit song, “The Twist.” I couldn't believe this beautiful ballad came from the same man who, back in the day, had us all twisting the night away.

 Born in 1941, this American singer-songwriter is nothing short of a living legend. He’s concrete proof that we’re never too old to re-invent ourselves.
After hearing this song, most people seem to say, "It's not what I would have expected from him." And, yet, they are pleasantly surprised by the depth and maturity of the lyrics, and totally blown away by the sultry, I've been around the block a few times tone, in his still youthful sounding voice.

Chubby Checker knows, “the times they are a-changin,’” and we, too, must change along with them, or become in this digital age, a dinosaur sure to fall into extinction.

 We can learn a lot from his lyrics, particularly from the chorus:
 “There’ll be some changes
 They’re long overdue
 They’ll be some changes Of what I need to do
 They’ll be some changes, some changes…in my life…”

 Summer 2013 is fast approaching. Please take a few minutes to listen to Chubby Checker’s new song, sure to be another big hit.

 In the winter of his life, “Changes” comes as a surprise twist for all of us to enjoy. Isn't it great to know, you're never too old to wow them?