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	Hank Ballard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hank Ballard (November 18, 1927 - March 2, 2003) was an American RandB singer and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
		In 1959, Ballard's "The Twist" was released as a B-side for "Teardrops on Your Letter".
		Ballard tried to launch a solo career, working with James Brown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hank_Ballard (370 words)

	CMT.com : Hank Ballard : Biography
		Ballard's music with the Midnighters couldn't have been more diametrically opposed in terms of subject matter: his lyrics were filled with raunchy double-entendres that left little to the imagination, pushing the envelope of what was considered acceptable in the '50s.
		Ballard's hard-driving, rhythmic style was also an underappreciated influence on the rawer side of R&B, particularly on a young James Brown; plus, his composition "The Twist" -- recorded for a hit by Chubby Checker -- became one of the biggest hits in rock & roll history.
		Ballard's first recording with the group was 1953's "Get It," which hit the Top Ten on the R&B charts, but it was the following year's ribald "Work With Me Annie" that really broke the group (they changed their name to the Midnighters around this time, to avoid confusion with the Five Royales).
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/ballard_hank/bio.jhtml (754 words)

	45s.com - Hank Ballard - Recording Artist Information: Hank Ballard - 45 RPM Records -- Search for records, ...
		Hank Ballard was born on November 18, 1936.
		Hank Ballard is chiefly remembered for recording a trilogy of risque RandB numbers: "Work With Me, Annie," "Annie Had a Baby" and "Annie's Aunt Fannie." Yet Ballard's contribution to rock and roll goes much deeper than that.
		Ballard wrote and recorded "The Twist" with the Midnighters in 1958, but their record label relegated it to a B side, leaving it to Chubby Checker to take "The Twist" to Number One not once but two times, in 1960 and 1962.
	www.45s.com /artists/ballard-hank.htm (392 words)

	CTV.ca - Singer Hank Ballard, who wrote The Twist, dies - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		Ballard, who was suffering from throat cancer, died Sunday at his home, friends said.
		Ballard was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
		Ballard's songs were sometimes banned from 1950s radio for their sexually suggestive lyrics.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1046692361592_170?hub=Entertainment&subhub=PrintStory (460 words)

	Hank Ballard: Wrote song that got people twisting
		Hank Ballard made R&B with a Detroit edge: rough, rhythmic and a touch risque.
		Ballard, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, often described himself as a recluse.
		Ballard was working on the Ford assembly line in 1953 when he was enlisted to join the Royals, a Detroit vocal group with a Federal Records deal.
	www.freep.com /news/obituaries/ball4_20030304.htm (496 words)

	Hank Ballard: Biography
		Though influenced by high-energy gospel vocal groups, Ballard's music with the Midnighters couldn't have been more diametrically opposed in terms of subject matter: his lyrics were filled with raunchy double-entendres that left little to the imagination, pushing the envelope of what was considered acceptable in the '50s.
		Ballard's hard-driving, rhythmic style was also an underappreciated influence on the rawer side of RandB, particularly on a young James Brown; plus, his composition "The Twist" -- recorded for a hit by Chubby Checker -- became one of the biggest hits in rock and roll history.
		Ballard's first recording with the group was 1953's "Get It," which hit the Top Ten on the RandB charts, but it was the following year's ribald "Work With Me Annie" that really broke the group (they changed their name to the Midnighters around this time, to avoid confusion with the Five Royales).
	afgen.com /hank_ballard.html (704 words)

	Hank Ballard, singer and writer of original 'The Twist,' dies
		Ballard was discovered in the early 1950s by writer-producer Johnny Otis.
		Ballard said his first inspiration to be a singer was Gene Autry.
		Ballard, who was born John H. Kendricks in Detroit, grew up singing in church in Bessemer, Ala.
	www.freep.com /news/latestnews/pm13326_20030303.htm (492 words)

	Hank Ballard
		Although Hank did sing in a church choir, his major vocal inspiration during his formative years, he confessed in an interview, was none other than the "Singing Cowboy," Gene Autry, and one song in particular, his signature, "Back In The Saddle Again," captured his fancy.
		The consensus of opinion is that Hank Ballard hitched on to the Royals not at the very beginning but near it (1953), perhaps replacing then-lead Lawson Smith, with Charles Sutton, Sonny Woods, and Henry Booth singing backup.
		By mid-decade, Hank had landed on the soul label, Stang, a division of All Platinum (which eventually bought Chess) of Englewood, NJ, run by the husband and wife team of Joe and Sylvia (of Mickey and Sylvia fame) Robinson, whose bread and butter was the soul group, the Moments.
	www.bluesworld.com /Ballard.html (1912 words)

	BALLARD, Hank : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ballard replaced Lawson Smith; others were Sonny Woods, Henry Booth, Charles Sutton; Alonzo Tucker played guitar.
		Ballard now says, 'We did ''Twist'' first, but the best thing that ever happened to me was Chubby Checker doing it...
		Ballard's career faltered despite the patronage of James Brown, whose style he had influenced and with whose band he sometimes recorded; stayed with King until '69 ('How You Gonna Get Respect' by Hank Ballard and the Dapps made no. 15 RandB chart '68), then label-hopped (e.g.
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/b/B21.HTM (364 words)

	Hank Ballard
		Hank Ballard, the singer and songwriter whose hit "The Twist" ushered in a nationwide dance craze in the 1960s, died March 4, 2003 at his home in Los Angeles.
		Ballard's birth date has been given as Nov. 18, 1936, in publicity materials over the years, but friend and caretaker Anna Ayala said his birth records indicate he was born in 1927.
		Ballard was lead singer for the Royals, which changed its name to the Midnighters.
	www.oralcancerfoundation.org /people/hank_ballard.htm (388 words)

	Chicago Sun-Times: Rhythm and blues great Hank Ballard dies
		Hank Ballard was as light in his heart as he was on his feet throughout his career as a rhythm and blues singer.
		Ballard wrote and recorded "The Twist." The song debuted as the B- side to Hank Ballard and the Midnighter's "Teardrops on Your Letter." The record went nowhere.
		Ballard's sound was stark soul mixed with rudimentary country rhythms, personified in his 1960 hit "Finger Poppin' Time" (later covered by Texas roadhouse singer Lou Ann Barton).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_200303/ai_n12492716 (653 words)

	Guardian \| Hank Ballard
		In 1958, Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, then one of the most sought-after acts on the American chitlin' circuit of fl theatres and nightclubs, recorded a blues ballad, Teardrops On Your Letter.
		Ballard, who has died aged 66 of throat cancer, had been inspired to write the song by the sight of Florida teenagers gyrating at a Tampa club.
		That title showed that Ballard had not lost his penchant for novelty songs and, in 1974, he composed Let's Go Streaking, a song he was supposed to have recorded in the nude.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4618293-103684,00.html (658 words)

	Hank Ballard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hank Ballard, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the composer of songs like The Twist”; is dead.
		Hank Ballard and The Midnighters performed before well over a million people according to those who compile such statistics and his concerts ranged from football stadiums to southern fraternity houses on college campuses.
		Hank Ballard was naughty on recordings and on the stage.
	www.docsnews.com /music_hank_b.html (412 words)

	eastbayexpress.com \| \| Planet Clair \| Twistin' in His Grave \| 2003-03-12 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ballard was discovered by Berkeley's very own Johnny Otis, the musician, writer, producer, and KPFA DJ who also blessed us with Little Willie John, Big Mama Thornton, Esther Phillips, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Jackie Wilson, and Etta James.
		Hank had a peculiar strain of a voice, sort of like a smallish elementary school janitor would sound as he sang to himself in the echoes of the boys' bathroom.
		Since Ballard was such a controversy when he emerged in the early '50s, he was often asked what he felt about hip-hop versus the music of his day.
	www.eastbayexpress.com /issues/2003-03-12/planet.html (946 words)

	[Deathwatch] Hank Ballard, singer-songwriter, TBD
		Ballard is best known to music buffs as the man who, in 1958, wrote and recorded an uptempo 12-bar blues ditty called "The Twist," which was seemingly relegated to obscurity as the B-side of a gospel-tinged ballad called "Teardrops on Your Letter" he did with the Midnighters.
		In 1991, Ballard was devastated by the death of his wife, Theresa, killed by a hit-and-run driver.
		Ballard was inducted into the Rock Hall in 1990.
	slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2003-March/000378.html (521 words)

	Hank Ballard
		It was issued, however, as the B side of the gospel-drenched Ballard ballad "Teardrops On Your Letter".
		Checker's version was so close to the original that Ballard, upon first hearing it on the radio, thought it was his own.
		In 1990, Ballard was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
	www.alamhof.org /ballardh.htm (279 words)

	CBS News \| Sunday Passage: Hank Ballard \| March 7, 2003 16:57:31
		Singer and songwriter Hank Ballard died at his Los Angeles home, and though there were questions about his age, no one doubts that he turned American music around.
		Ballard started singing in the early 1950s with a group called the Royals (soon changed to the Midnighters).
		Hank Ballard went on to have other hits, such as "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go", which he was still performing into the new millennium.
	uttm.com /stories/2003/03/07/sunday/main543210.shtml (260 words)

	Hank Ballard
		Ballard's hard-driving, rhythmic style was also an under appreciated influence on the rawer side of R&B, particularly on a young James Brown; plus, his composition "The Twist" - recorded for a hit by Chubby Checker - became one of the biggest hits in rock & roll history.
		He was born Hank Ballard was born November 18, 1927, in Detroit, but moved to Bessemer, Alabama as a young child following his father's death.
		Ballard and the Midnighters benefited from the exposure, scoring their first Top Ten pop singles in 1960 with "Finger Poppin' Time" and "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go".
	www.spectropop.com /remembers/HBobit.htm (714 words)

	AOL Music: Hank Ballard
		Hank Ballard and the Midnighters midnighters.jpg (4528 bytes).
		Hank Ballard's place in Rock and Roll history was cemented with the sexually explicated...
		The consensus of opinion is that Hank Ballard hitched on to the Royals not at the...
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	Seminal R&B Songwriter Hank Ballard Dies
		Hank Ballard, BMI songwriter and one of the originators of the fusion of rhythm and blues and rock and roll, died this week at his home in Los Angeles.
		Ballard, born John H. Kendricks in Detroit, wrote “The Twist”; in 1958 and recorded it with his group The Midnighters.
		Ballard, who credited Gene Autry as his first inspiration, was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
	www.bmi.com /news/200303/20030303b.asp (242 words)

	Falleció Hank Ballard, el creador de “El Twist”
		Ballard, quien sufría de cáncer de garganta, falleció el domingo en su hogar, dijeron sus amigos.
		Ballard fue descubierto a comienzos de la década del '50 por el compositor y productor Johnny Otis.
		Ballard, que había nacido bajo el nombre de John H. Kendricks en Detroit, creció cantando en la iglesia de Bessemer, Alabama.
	www.lt24online.com.ar /2003news/03/04b.html (392 words)

	Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Rhythm & Blues - Randy's Rodeo
		Hank Ballard and The Midnighters cut a little song called "The Twist." It met with moderate success and was on the cusp of obscurity when a cover version by an unknown singer with a stupid name shot to Number One (twice, no less) to become the biggest hit single of the pre-Whitney Houston era.
		Lucky for Hank and company, they had laurels upon which to rest, and in years to come rock critics would speak of the Midnighters in reverential tones while Chubby Checker thanklessly toured the clubs of Hoboken.
		Hank first begged "Work With Me Annie," but had to desist when "Annie Had A Baby." In between, Ballard and others cut a seemingly endless string of answer songs (a tradition that continues in RandB to the present).
	www.randysrodeo.com /rhythm/ballard.php (283 words)

	Hank Ballard epitomized King Records sound
		The world remembers Hank Ballard as the man who gave the world "The Twist" and challenged the censors of '50s radio with such risque hits as "Work With Me Annie" and "Annie Had a Baby."
		In the late '60s, when Ballard's hits were long behind him, he hired the young session band at King to back him on the road, a group that included the young Bootsy Collins.
		Ultimately, it's the music Ballard recorded at the King studios in Evanston that will be remembered.
	enquirer.com /editions/2003/03/09/tem_cammys09ballard.html (475 words)

	RollingStone.com: Hank Ballard : "Twist" Writer Ballard Dies : News
		Legendary RandB singer and songwriter Hank Ballard died Sunday at his Los Angeles home after suffering from throat cancer; according to birth records, which differ from his official biographical information, he was seventy-five.
		Ballard, born John H. Kendricks in Detroit, formed his first doo-wop group while a teenager working on the Ford assembly lines.
		He was discovered in the early Fifties by the writer and producer Johnny Otis and became frontman for the notoriously naughty Hank Ballard and the Midnighters.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/_/id/5935781 (184 words)

	Hank Ballard, singer and writer of 'The Twist,' dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ayala said Ballard's birth records indicate he was born in 1927, but biographical information on the Internet and Rock and Roll encyclopedias lists his birth date as 1936.
		In 1958, Ballard wrote and recorded "The Twist," but it was released on the "B" side of a record.
		Ballard, who was born John H. Kendricks in Detroit, Mich., grew up singing in church in Bessemer, Ala.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/855634/posts (1397 words)

	"Twist" Songwriter Ballard Dies - Mar 03, 2003 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mar 3, 2003, 2:15 PM PT Hank Ballard, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter best known for penning the dance craze-spawning/wedding reception standard "The Twist," died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles.
		All told, Ballard and the Midnighters ended up landing 22 singles on the rhythm-and-blues charts during the '50s and '60s.
		Ballard laid low during the '70s before resurfacing in the '80s with a new Midnighters lineup.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,11370,00.html (685 words)

	Hank Ballard & The Midnighters Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It changed radically when Hank Ballard, who'd grown up singing in church in Bessemer, Alabama, replaced Smith in 1953.
		Federal Records seemed to be placing its faith in a new group, James Brown and the Famous Flames, which modeled its torrid style, to a great degree, on that of the Midnighters.
		Debbed "Chubby Checker" by Clark's wife, the Philadelphia singer took "The Twist" to the top of the pop chart twice, in 1960 and again two years later.
	www.onlinetalent.com /Ballard_biography.html (482 words)

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