He passed away of throat cancer at the age of 67.Hank Ballard wrote the the song"The Twist"and owed his comeback to James Brown.Respect....
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He passed away of throat cancer at the age of 67.Hank Ballard wrote the the song"The Twist"and owed his comeback to James Brown.Respect....
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Hank Ballard had a dope stepper's tune with produced by James Brown called "From the Love Side". Before I heard that tune I didn't really know who Ballard was. He had done a lot of doo-wop work too. He'll be missed.
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That cut jumped right into my head,when I read it in the paer today.No mention in the paper of him being down with JB.These reporters don't know shit sometimes...
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he did a cut called "Freak Your Boom Boom" with his group (forgot the group's name) around 1979 on LeJoint that has a strong blues undercurrent to it....RIP Mr. Ballard:(
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"From The Love Side" has some of the strongest horn riffs of all time. RIP Mr. Twist.
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RIP Hank Ballard.Originally posted by kelvy:
he did a cut called "Freak Your Boom Boom" with his group (forgot the group's name) around 1979 on LeJoint that has a strong blues undercurrent to it....RIP Mr. Ballard:(
hey Kelvy, the groups name was The Midnighters. great record btw.
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Hank Ballard made a song called "Hey There Sexy Lady" that i played on my first mix on this site that i have loved for years. I have it on a Disco Gold compilation but have never been able to find the album. If someone has it, please let me know
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aw man..that's sad. I remember going to Bond's International and hearing "freak your boom boom,(clap) around this room room" (clap)...dang...rip my man!
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RIP Hank Ballard.Originally posted by Cosmic_Twin:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by kelvy:
he did a cut called "Freak Your Boom Boom" with his group (forgot the group's name) around 1979 on LeJoint that has a strong blues undercurrent to it....RIP Mr. Ballard:(
hey Kelvy, the groups name was The Midnighters. great record btw.</font>[/QUOTE]Thanks Cosmic! i had it on the tip of my tongue but i was confusing it with "Nite-Liters"...yeah, definetly some uptempo blues going in that song...
speaking of the late Hank Ballard, i read that his songs were banned on certain stations during the sixties due to their suggestive content...does any one recall this incident?
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Obituary atOriginally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
That cut jumped right into my head,when I read it in the paer today.No mention in the paper of him being down with JB.These reporters don't know shit sometimes...
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RIP Hank......you meant a lot to many. Thank you for the music.....we will all twist again, one day.
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Ps Thank you for posting this Jamie.
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What Disco Gold compilation is this on Jozana? I have volumes 1 & 2 and I don't see it.Originally posted by Jozana:
Hank Ballard made a song called "Hey There Sexy Lady" that i played on my first mix on this site that i have loved for years. I have it on a Disco Gold compilation but have never been able to find the album. If someone has it, please let me know
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No problem David.Hank Ballard was a damn good musician.
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RIP Hank Ballard.Originally posted by kelvy:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Cosmic_Twin:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by kelvy:
he did a cut called "Freak Your Boom Boom" with his group (forgot the group's name) around 1979 on LeJoint that has a strong blues undercurrent to it....RIP Mr. Ballard:(
hey Kelvy, the groups name was The Midnighters. great record btw.</font>[/QUOTE]Thanks Cosmic! i had it on the tip of my tongue but i was confusing it with "Nite-Liters"...yeah, definetly some uptempo blues going in that song...
speaking of the late Hank Ballard, i read that his songs were banned on certain stations during the sixties due to their suggestive content...does any one recall this incident?</font>[/QUOTE][img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]
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LOS ANGELES (March 3) - Hank Ballard, the singer and songwriter whose hit ``The Twist'' ushered a nationwide dance craze in the 1960s, has died.
Ballard, who was suffering from throat cancer, died Sunday at his home, friends said. Friend and caretaker Anna Ayala said Ballard's birth records indicate he was born in 1927, but biographical information lists his birthdate as 1936.
``He was just a very good man and loved by so many people,'' Ayala said.
In 1958, Ballard wrote and recorded ``The Twist,'' but it was only released on the ``B'' side of a record.
One year later, Chubby Checker debuted his own version of ``The Twist'' on Dick Clark's Philadelphia television show.
It soon topped the charts and launched a dance craze that prompted the creation of other Twist songs, including ``Twist and Shout'' by the Isley Brothers and ``Twistin' the Night Away'' by Sam Cooke.
Ballard was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
In a 1996 interview, he described music as his medicine.
``If you're looking for youth, you're looking for longevity, just take a dose of rock 'n' roll,'' Ballard said. ``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.''
Ballard was discovered in the early 1950s by writer-producer Johnny Otis. He was lead singer for the Royals, which changed its name to the Midnighters.
Ballard's songs were sometimes banned from 1950s radio for their sexually suggestive lyrics.
By the early 1960s, he had charted 22 singles on the rhythm and blues charts, including ``Work with Me Annie'' - the biggest R&B hit of 1954, selling more than 1 million copies. The song was part of a well-known trilogy of risque R&B numbers that included ``Annie Had a Baby'' and ``Annie's Aunt Fannie.''
Ballard and the Midnighters didn't suffer from Checker's version of ``The Twist.'' By the mid 1960s, the group had three simultaneous hits in the pop top 40: ``Finger Poppin' Time,'' ``Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go,'' and their original version of ``The Twist.''
``He was an all-around entertainer. He was dynamite on stage,'' said friend and business associate Chuck Rubin.
Ballard said his first inspiration to be a singer was Gene Autry.
``He had a beautiful voice,'' Ballard said. ``I used to try to emulate him, you know. I had my little toy guns. He was not my favorite fighter, though. He was my favorite singer. He was too handsome to be a fighter.''
Ballard, who was born John H. Kendricks in Detroit, grew up singing in church in Bessemer, Ala. At 15, he moved back to Detroit and set out to form a doo wop group while working on the Ford Motor Co. assembly line.
03/03/03 06:26 EST
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