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16 de dic. de 2018 · Hank Ballard (John Henry Kendricks) was born November 18, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan but moved within a few years to Bessemer, Alabama to live with his aunt and uncle after his father’s death. Ballard grew up singing in a gospel church, then ran away back to Detroit as a teenager. He joined the Midnighters in 1951 (who were called The Royals ...
Alonzo Tucker - guitarist and part time singer. 1960 group - consisted of Hank Ballard, Frank Stanford, Wesley Hargrove, Norman Thrasher and Henry Booth. The Midnighters began their career as the Royals. Organized in late 1950 or early '51 by Henry Booth and Charles Sutton, the original lineup is said to have also included Levi Stubbs (later of ...
4 de mar. de 2003 · Hank Ballard, the R&B; star who wrote and recorded "The Twist" with little success and watched a year later as Chubby Checker used the song to teach the world a new dance, died Sunday at his home ...
22 de jul. de 1993 · Chubby Checker got the credit for "The Twist," but the real credit goes to HANK BALLARD who wrote the song and recorded it first (with the Midnighters') in 1958. BALLARD was a notorious figure in ...
2 de oct. de 2011 · Hank Ballard & Midnighters--Work With Me Annie
About Hank Ballard & The Midnighters. A crucial link between rhythm-and-blues and early rock & roll during the 1950s, Hank Ballard and the Midnighters’ songs may have been rooted in the high-energy spirituals of gospel, but looked to far earthier inspirations for most of their subject matter. While Ballard’s lascivious lyrics and hard ...
11 de may. de 2018 · Ballard, Hank, singer-songwriter best-known for writing “The Twist”; b. Detroit, Nov. 18, 1936. Ballard was born in Detroit but raised from age seven in Besemer, Ala., by relatives after his father died. He ran away from home at age 15, returning to Detroit and finding work on an assembly line.
