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ART FEIN INTRODUCES HIS GUEST HANK BALLARD OF HANK BALLARD & THE MOONLIGHTERS - LEGENDARY R&B PERFORMER AND COMPOSER WROTE " THE TWIST "
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ART FEIN INTRODUCES LEGENDARY R&B PERFORMER HANK BALLARD - TALK ABOUT HIS EARLY RECORDINGS, AND HIS CAREER " EVERYBODY WANTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT AT THAT TIME ' SUGGESTIVE RISQUE SEXY RECORDS
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HANK BALLARD TALKS ABOUT GETTING SIGNED TO KING RECORDS IN DETROIT - JOHNNY OTIS GOT HIM ON THE LABEL - " WORK WITH ME ANNIE "
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HANK BALLARD LISTENS TO HIS ORIGINAL RECORDING OF " THE TWIST " - TALKS ABOUT BEING PROMOTED BY DICK CLARK WHO PLAYED HIS RECORD OF " FINGER POPPING TIME " OFTEN ADDING TO IT'S SUCCESS - BALLARD TALKS ABOUT WRITING THRILL ON THE HILL AN ANSWER TO FATS DOMINO'S BLUEBERRY HILL
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HANK BALLARD TALKS ABOUT HIS ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE TWIST AND HOW IT WAS TAKEN BY CHUBBY CHECKER WHO COPIED IT EXACTLY FROM THE HANK BALLARD VERSION - THE TWO VERSION ARE PLAYED FOR HANK BALLARD " WHEN I HEARD IT I THOUGHT IT WAS ME!" - HANK BALLARD TELLS THE STORY OF THE TWIST -
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VIDEO OF HANK BALLARD PERFORMING IN THE 1980'S " WORK WITH ME ANNIE "
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OLD 1960 PHOTOS OF HANK BALLARD ARE SHOWN - INTERVIEW WITH HANK BALLARD CONTINUES - TOURING THE ENTIRE WORLD
"SHAGGING MUSIC " NORTH CAROLINA |
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PHOTO OF HANK BALLARD WITH KING RECORDS OWNER SID NATHAN - TALKS ABOUT QUITTING THE BUSINESS IN 1967 - HIS DIFFERENT RECORD COMPANIES
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ART FEIN TALKS ABOUT HOW BALLARD'S RECORDS WERE BANNED WHICH MADE THEM MORE POPULAR - HANK BALLARD TALKS ABOUT HIS SHOW IN THE 1960S - PACKAGE SHOWS , TOURING WITH SAM COOKE THE WEEK BEFORE HE WAS SHOT DEAD
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TORE UP OVER YOU - WRITTEN BY HANK BALLARD IS DISCUSSED - EVERYONE COVERED IT BUT IT WASN'T A HIT WHEN HE FIRST DID IT TALK ABOUT NAPPY BROWN -
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HANK BALLARD TELLS THE STORY OF WHERE THE TWIST CAME FROM - THEY INVENTED IT IN 1958 BUT IT TOOK OFF IN BALTIMORE IN 1959 .. CHUBBY CHECKER HEARD THE TWIST AT A BALLARD SHOW AT THE " UPTOWN THEATER " IN PHILADELPHIA AND COPIED IT
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HANK BALLARD
THE TWIST
(live)
HANK BALLARD PERFORMS " THE TWIST " WITH HIS BAND CIRCA 1987 - CREDITS RUN OVER
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211 Third St, Greenport NY, 11944
[email protected]
631-477-9700
1-800-249-1940
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