It's funny how peoples minds play tricks! Chubby Checker did indeed instigate the " dancing apart" social dancing which has dominated popular dancing since 1962(!). Before that, jiving ( in the UK, at least ) was what would be seen at rock n' roll orientated dances. Interestingly, Chubby's first UK hit was " Twist again like we did last summer", but, in the UK, we never did Twist last summer! If you get my drift!