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TIL there are ten songs in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962 with the word "Twist" in the title including Chubby Checker's "The Twist," Chubby Checker's "Slow Twistin'," Sam Cooke's "Twistin' the Night Away," Joey Dee and the Starliters' "Peppermint Twist," and Gary U.S. Bonds' "Dear Lady Twist

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