It was his boss at the Produce Market, "Tony A.", who gave Evans the nickname "Chubby". Īfter school Evans would entertain customers at his various jobs, including Fresh Farm Poultry in the Italian Market on Ninth Street and at the Produce Market, with songs and jokes. One of his classmates and friends at South Philadelphia High School was Fabiano Forte, who would become a popular performer of the late 1950s and early 1960s as Fabian. He entertained his classmates by performing vocal impressions of popular entertainers of the day, such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Fats Domino. By the time he entered high school, Ernest had learned to play the piano a little at Settlement Music School.
By age eleven, Evans formed a street-corner harmony group. He was raised in the projects of South Philadelphia, where he lived with his parents, Raymond and Eartle Evans, and two brothers.
Checker was born Ernest Evans in Spring Gully, South Carolina.
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