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Hank Ballard ( November 18, 1936 - March 2, 2003) was an American R&B singer and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was born in Detroit, Michigan but grew up in Bessemer, Alabama, where he sang in church. In 1951, Ballard moved back to Detroit and formed a doo wop group. He soon joined a group called The Royals , along with Henry Booth , Charles Sutton , Sonny Woods and Alonzo Tucker . The Royals had already signed to Federal Records when Ballard joined, and the group soon released "Get It" ( 1953), a major R&B hit.The Royals' first major hit was "Work With Me Annie", a R&B hit that also sold well in mainstream markets, along with the answer song "Annie had a Baby". The group changed their name to The Midnighters to avoid confusion with The Five Royales. Their next major hit was "Sexy Ways", a song which cemented the band as one of the most risque groups of the time. This was to be the last major hit for The Midnighters. Sutton was replaced by Lawson Smith , while Thrasher was replaced by Sonny Woods . Tucker was replaced first by Arthur Porter and then Cal Green .
In 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac, Ballard's " The TwistThe twist was a rock and roll dance popular in the early 1960s. It was the first major international rock and roll dance style in which the couples did not touch each other while dancing. The dance was first popularized by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters" was released as a B-side for "Teardrops on Your Letter". Chubby CheckerErnest Evans (popularly known as Chubby Checker (born October 3, 1941) is a U. singer best known for popularizing the dance The Twist with his 1960 song The Twist''. His pseudonym was given to him by the wife of Dick Clark as a play on the name of Fats Do then took "The Twist" to #1 twice. Though this brought about a The Midnighters-renaissance that lasted only a few years before the group dissolved. Ballard tried to launch a solo career, working with James BrownJames Brown (born May 3, 1933, Barnwell, South Carolina some sources list his year of birth as 1928 and his birthplace as Pulaski, Tennessee) is one of the most important figures in twentieth-century music and the prime mover in the evolution of gospel an. Though he later tried to reform The Midnighters, the new line-ups never achieved much success.
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- "If you're looking for youth, you're looking for longevity, just take a dose of rock 'n' roll. It keeps you going. Just like the caffeine in your coffee. Rock 'n' roll is good for the soul, for the well being, for the psyche, for your everything. I love it. I can't even picture being without rock 'n'roll." - Hank Ballard
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Ballard, Hank
Ballard, Hank
