“The Twist” by Chubby Checker was the first song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on two different occasions. And, for many years, it was the biggest-selling single in U.S. recording history.

Recently, I had the opportunity to be a disc jockey for a record hop at The Village. We were going to bill it as a “sock hop” but realized with limited medical staff on site that would not have been ...