Behind the Scenes with Chubby Checker on New Day Cleveland | FOX 8 | January 7, 2015

Three days before one of the greatest charity concerts in Northeast Ohio history — Chubby Checker stops by New Day Cleveland on FOX 8 to talk about Rock & Roll to the Rescue, The Barkley Pet Hotel, Rescue Village, and the animals who needed Cleveland to show up on January 10, 2015. This is New Day Cleveland — FOX 8's beloved morning lifestyle show — welcoming the greatest chart artist of all time for one of the most genuine and most warmly entertaining pre-concert television appearances in the Rock & Roll to the Rescue media campaign. Three days before the show. The buzz was building. And Chubby Checker was making sure all of Northeast Ohio knew exactly why January 10th was going to be a night worth remembering — for the music, for the community, and for the animals. About New Day Cleveland — FOX 8: 📺 One of Cleveland's most beloved and most watched morning lifestyle programs — New Day Cleveland brings warmth, entertainment, and genuine community connection to Northeast Ohio viewers every morning 📺 FOX 8 Cleveland — WJW — one of Cleveland's most trusted and most watched local television stations — whose community coverage and genuine connection to Northeast Ohio audiences made it the perfect platform for spreading the word about Rock & Roll to the Rescue 📺 The perfect morning television setting for Chubby Checker — warm, inviting, and genuinely Cleveland About Rock & Roll to the Rescue — January 10, 2015: 🎸 Produced by Howard Perl Productions at the Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park 🎸 Sold-out crowd of 1,800 Northeast Ohio community members 🎸 100% of ALL proceeds went directly to saving dogs, cats, horses & other animals at Geauga Humane Society's Rescue Village 🎸 Chubby Checker headlining as the founding artist of the Rock & Roll to the Rescue series 🎸 Multiple exciting opening acts and many surprise celebrity appearances 🎸 Also featured: D**k Goddard, Nina Blackwood, Norm N. Nite, Robert T "The Real Soul Pleaser," and magician Jason Allen About The Barkley Pet Hotel & Day Spa: 🐾 Founded in 2001 by Howard Perl — the nation's first true luxury pet hotel and day spa 🐾 Named for Howard's beloved dog Barkley 🐾 Sold to National Veterinary Associates in 2019 About Geauga Humane Society's Rescue Village: 🐕 One of Northeast Ohio's most beloved animal rescue organizations 🐕 Rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming dogs, cats, horses & other animals in need 🐕 100% of every dollar raised at Rock & Roll to the Rescue went directly here — to the animals About Chubby Checker: 🎵 "The Twist" — #1 Billboard Hot 100 in 1960 AND 1962 — named by Billboard as the greatest chart hit of all time 🎵 Grammy Award winner — "Let's Twist Again," Best Rock and Roll Recording, 1962 🎵 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee — Class of 2025 🎵 The founding headline artist of Rock & Roll to the Rescue About Howard Perl: 🎸 Cleveland & Beverly Hills music executive, broadcaster, concert producer & "The DOGfather" 🎸 Founder of Howard Perl Management — personal manager to Chubby Checker, Eddie Money, José Feliciano, Alexander O'Neal & more 🎸 Grammy-voting member of the Recording Academy 🎸 Founder of The Barkley Pet Hotel & Day Spa Three days before the show. New Day Cleveland. The animals of Rescue Village were counting on it. 🐾 👍 Like, subscribe & drop a comment — did you watch New Day Cleveland on January 7, 2015? Drop a 💃 for Chubby and a 🐾 for the animals! #ChubbyChecker #NewDayCleveland #Fox8Cleveland #WJW #RockAndRollToTheRescue #HowardPerlProductions #GeaugaHumaneSociety #RescueVillage #TheTwist #TheDOGfather

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