20 Worst Pre-Rock Star Jobs: No. 1
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Chubby Checker: Chicken Plucker
Before he was twisting, the rock 'n' roll legend was plucking. As a teenager, the man born Ernest Evans tore the feathers off dead chickens at the Fresh Farm Poultry Market in Philadelphia, where his boss gave him the nickname "Chubby" and occasionally let him sing to customers over the loudspeaker.
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Tomat 1-24-2008
what about kurt cobains stint as a janitor?
txdiaz759at 2-13-2008
GROW UP NO BODY'S PUTING ANYONE DOWN
THIS LIST IS PROOF THAT "IF" YOU WORK HARD IN LIFE AND ON YOUR DREAMS YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF
justinat 3-08-2008
wernt you on occ american chopper
Leahat 3-19-2008
What about Kurt Cobain? After he dropped out of high school, the only job he could get was being a janitor, but a janitor at the high school he had just dropped out of.
Leahat 3-21-2008
What about Kurt Cobain? After he dropped out of high school, the only
job he could get was being a janitor, but a janitor at the high school
he had just dropped out of.
chilly2416at 9-22-2008
they don't need to be putting things like this out here even though i like this crap well our first job could be horrible ya never know
trowskaat 11-30-2008
See nothing wrong with them showing that hard work can get you anywhere. It is a shame more people do not follow them. They are a good example. They worked, no matter what they did. I don't care what kind of work you do, as long as you are working and supporting yourself. I think this should encourage anyone that they can become someone famous.
Happy for all of them.
Jerry Feldmanat 11-30-2008
Hey I have been hawking red bull for over 7 years now. It pays the bills and puts food on my table. So whats wrong with that.
laurarvail1at 1-17-2009
That isn't how I read this article at ALL. Becasue these people HAD REAL jobs - they weren't just "discovered" and thrown into stardom, they by and large have not self-destructed... like so many of these teeny-boppers who couldn't figure out how to push a mop, much less know what one is for... they have built average lives and futures for themselves, becasue they have done these jobs, and know they don't want to go back to them. The group ASWAD, were three chums from Brixton who studied accounting, but realized they could carry a tune and make money, plus it was more fun. Mick Jagger was an economist and accountant... much prefers singing...
mybeautifulleahat 4-27-2007
at least i'm in good (?) company with my first gig: mcdonald's
Ianat 4-27-2007
Try saying "Chubby Checker Chicken Plucker" five times fast.
Kellyat 5-06-2007
They have experienced the real world. They deserve their fame and fortune... NO Doubt!!!
callyat 5-06-2007
just want to say that I've always heard that "Dick Clarks' wife was the one to give Chubby Checker that name, NOT his boss from where he worked "plucking chickens...
Heatherat 5-06-2007
Didn't Ray Liota dig graves too? I read that in Readers Digest. Man,that must have sucked
Jeffat 5-06-2007
Digging graves is not bad. Getting in the grave is the bad part.
Rissaat 5-06-2007
This is all I have to say to every bit of media out there: OMG! Get over it, who cares they had bad jobs? Wow, a bag boy, big woop. Jeez people take fame and fortune too... SERIOUSLY. What, just cuz they are celebrities they should've had some fancy job before becoming famous? I think not, they're real people, believe or not, and have to work for a life. They had bad jobs because they weren't famous yet, and probably weren't even expecting to become famous!
Fluffyat 5-06-2007
At least they were working and werent out robbing and stealing.Every one of those jobs were honest jobs,,and there is nothing wrong with that.Someone has to do those jobs.
deniweniat 5-06-2007
I agree totally w/Rissa & Fluffy & disappointed in AOL in printing something like this. These are honest jobs most of the US has & there is nothing demeaning about them. To put fame & fortune above everyone else is really low. The only real one or two that belong there & others unmentioned from their times were James Brown & Johnny Cash trying to make a buck & to survive during the depression.
But in todays society, how dare you put down the real jobs these stars had that your readers have
especially when they are capable of working.......
FAME is NOT what everyone has to look forward to, to bail them out to make them rich or as you put it...take them "From Rags to Riches" nor does it buy them happiness!
Dianeat 5-06-2007
I couldn't agree more with Rissa, Fluffy and deniweni. Very well said. Shame on AOL!!
Salvitore Maennaat 5-06-2007
A job is a job. Some one has to do them. Why not the people that they have shown on aol. We all have to do some things that we do not like to do as far as work but it keeps the everlasting dust out of your pocket. I am willing to be that these people had full stomachs at night. Mama says " a full stomach is a full stomach no matter what you eat" Do your job and quit whining.