On 2 March 2003: #HankBallard [John Henry Kendricks], American rocker (The Midnighters - "The Twist" - pre-Chubber Checker), died at 75.
#RIP 🕊️🪦🎚️🕯️

#OnThisDay in 1927, #HankBallard [John Henry Kendricks], American rocker (The Midnighters - "The Twist" - pre-Chubber Checker), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2003).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 💔🕊️

"Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go" (also known as "There's a Thrill on The Hill") is a 1960 pop and #RAndB single written by #HankBallard and performed by Hank Ballard and #TheMidnighters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU8IZB5rKWU

With all due respect to Stevie Ray Vaughan, one of my favorite musicians, this original rocks and rolls just as hard as Stevie's cover #music #HankBallard #StevieRayVaughan #SRV https://youtu.be/7d7Yn2pe1HE

Come on, baby
Let's do the twist
Come on, baby
Let's do the twist
Take me by my little hand
And go like this
E-yah, twist
Baby, baby, twist
Ooh yeah, just like this
Come on, little miss
And do the twist
My daddy is sleepin'
And mama ain't around
Yeah, daddy's just sleepin'
And mama ain't around
We're gonna a-twist, a-twist, a-twistin'
'Til we tear the house down
#HankBallard
#ChubbyChecker
charted 27 June 1960
(took a while to percolate)
#popmusic #1960s

I said a-shake baby shake baby
Shake till the 🍖 rolls off your 🦴🦴
Till your mama & your papa come home
Shake baby shake
I just love your sexy ways
Well upside down & all around
Baby don't be late, let's bop the town
Shake baby shake
I just love your sexy ways
Well grandpa, he's too old to go
He gotta shake it just a little
to the rock 'n roll
So shake baby shake
I just love your sexy ways
#HankBallard
#TheMidnighters
#underrated
#popmusic #1950s
https://youtu.be/JO-0T7cPd1A