Hank Ballard and the Midnighters have a special place in music history, as they were the first to record The Twist. It got as high as #28 on the Billboard top 40 list, but really didn't become the massive hit until Chubby Checker recorded it later and it became a phenomemon. In all, Hank Ballard had 7 top 40 hits (and many more on the R&B ratings. The highest ranked of those was Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go which peaked at #6 in 1960. It was #1 on the R&B charts for three weeks. Finger Poppin' Time was another big hit, peaking at #7.

Jerry