TOOT TONE

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Actually, it was written by Bo Diddley. Jr Walker did an excellent cover. 8) While we are on the subject who wrote and first recorded "The Twist" If Tom doesn't mind the Hi-jack. ;)
 

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While we are on the subject who wrote and first recorded "The Twist" If Tom doesn't mind the Hi-jack.

That was Chubby wasn't it Ray?
 
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His songs were sometimes banned on the radio, but that only made him an even bigger jukebox favorite among black audiences. Ballard's hard-driving, rhythmic style was also an underappreciated influence on the rawer side of R&B, particularly on a young James Brown; plus, his composition "The Twist" -- recorded for a hit by Chubby Checker -- became one of the biggest hits in rock & roll history.
Hank Ballard was the composer. His recording didn't sell and it was re-released about a year later by Chubby Checker and promoted by **** Clark and became a national rage.
 

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So Chubby made it a hit.... who first recorded it?... Ray
 
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crunch said:
So Chubby made it a hit.... who first recorded it?... [] Ray

Hank Ballard was the composer. His recording didn't sell and it was re-released about a year later by Chubby Checker and promoted by **** Clark and became a national rage.
Gee. where did I read that?
 

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**** Clark made alot of stars... who the **** is Hank Ballard, and what does it have to do with my cell phone ringing all of the time? :p
 

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Duh...... so what else did he do?... or was he a flash in the pan... techy, your smart mouth runs away from you sometimes... I'm trying to bury the hatchet, and not in your head. :p
 
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Tastless, brainless, crunchless wrote:
Duh...... so what else did he do?... or was he a flash in the pan...

BoatBouy Wrote:
I Googled. Looks like it was finger poppin' Hank Ballard.

Crunchlesses friend Ray Wrote:
His songs were sometimes banned on the radio, but that only made him an even bigger jukebox favorite among black audiences. Ballard's hard-driving, rhythmic style was also an underappreciated influence on the rawer side of R&B, particularly on a young James Brown; plus, his composition "The Twist" -- recorded for a hit by Chubby Checker -- became one of the biggest hits in rock & roll history.
 
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