The Class

"The Class" is 1959 novelty song by American rock and roll recording artist Chubby Checker. It peaked number thirty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and was his first entry on the chart. In the song, Checker plays a music teacher who asks his class (Checker doing impressions of various musicians) for their homework, which are variations of Mary Had a Little Lamb. The musicians imitated are Fats Domino, the Coasters, Elvis Presley, Cozy Cole, and the Chipmunks (who are referred to as Ricky, Frankie, and Fabian). References 1959 debut singles 1959 songs Chubby Checker songs Cameo-Parkway Records singles Songs with lyrics by Kal Mann