Talk:Hank Ballard

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Fair use rationale for Image:Ballard - One and Only LP.jpg
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Ballard's Age
When Ballard was born in 1936 he could not die aged 75 in 2003. 87.162.35.58 09:09, 6 November 2007 (UTC) Franco, Deutschland

I agree, if, as the AMG (allmusic.com) biography states "...Smith entered the U.S. Army in 1953, with his place in the group taken by Hank Ballard, then only 16 years old," then Ballard's year of birth would be 1937, not 1927. I'm going to change it. If anyone objects, please change it back. Bri4daz (talk) 03:17, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

The Midnighters lineup
The article's discussion of The Midnighters lineup is very confused. My source says that the members (other than Ballard) were Lawson Smith (baritone); Norman Thrasher (bass) - replaced by Charles Sutton; Billy Davis (guitar) - replaced by Arthur Porter; Henry Booth (tenor) - replaced by Sonny Woods.

Someone with more knowledge may be able to straighten it out. Thanks. Zariane (talk) 20:13, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

To clarify things, the members of The Midnighters who were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as shown at were Henry Booth (vocals; born March 7, 1934, died 1978), Billy Davis (guitar), Cal Green (guitar; born June 22, 1935, died July 4, 2004), Arthur Porter (guitar), Lawson Smith (vocals), Charles Sutton (vocals), Norman Thrasher (vocals), Sonny Woods (vocals; born March 6, 1935, died 1984) Steelbeard1 (talk) 12:13, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Inventor of the Twist
The article says that Hank Ballard invented the Twist. I remember him being interviewed on KLON in Long Beach in the 1980's or 1990's and he reported that he first heard about the dance from a friend who had called him. The friend said he saw kids doing a new dance where they weren't even touching each other. (I think he said this was in South Carolina.) So while he did not invent the dance, he did help to make it more widely known. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.170.224.10 (talk) 16:50, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

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