London, Sept 12 : Chubby Checker''s song has surpassed tracks by The Beatles and Elvis Presley to be named the biggest US chart hit of the last 50 years.

Chubby Checker''s 1960s hit is followed by Santana''s ‘Smooth’ from 1999 and Bobby Darin''s ‘Mack the Knife’, which spent nine weeks at number one in 1959, reports BBC.

Checker''s famous danced-themed tune spent only three weeks at the top of the chart, but enjoyed two separate runs to the top in 1960 and 1962.

‘Hey Jude’ was the only Beatles single to make the top 10, compiled by Billboard to mark the Hot 100''s half-century.