Let’s Twist Again songwriter Dave Appell dead at 92

Dave Appell, the man who co-wrote Let’s Twist Again for Chubby Checker, has died, aged 92. The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania songwriter-producer, who also penned 1960s rock ’n’ roll hits Limbo Rock and Mashed Potato Time, passed away on Tuesday (18Nov14).
Appell also produced the Tony Orlando and Dawn hits Knock Three Times and Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree.
He was one third of the hitmaking team of Appell, Mann & Lowe with lyricist Kal Mann and fellow songwriter-producer Bernie Lowe.
Appell also scored hits like Mexican Hat Rock as the frontman for The Applejacks in the 1950s. The band appeared in the film Don’t Knock the Rock alongside Bill Haley & the Comets and Little Richard.