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He entertained classmates whenever he music could. After school, Chubby would sing and crack jokes at music his various jobs including Fresh Farm Poultry on 9th Street and at the Produce music Market. It was Ernest’s boss at the Produce Market, Tony A., who gave Ernest the nickname “Chubby”. The storeowner of Fresh Farm Poultry, Henry Colt, was so impressed, he began showing off his employee to his customers through a loud speaker. Henry and his friend Kal-Mann arranged for young Chubby to do a private recording for Dick Clark. A Yuletide novelty tune called, “Jingle Bells” on which Chubby did several impressions of top recording stars, was cut. Dick Clark sent it out as a Christmas greeting to all of his friends and associates in the music business. Cameo-Parkway liked it so much that they wrote a song called “The Class” and it became Chubby’s first hit in early 1959.
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