Hank Ballard - Rocks (CD)

Release Date: 06/03/22-It was Hank Ballard who, with his band, created The Twist in the late '50s, the greatest dance theme yet invented.-Bear Family Records® now dedicates a CD album to Hank Ballard & The Midnighters in the long-lasting 'ROCKS' series.-Ballard had taken the U.S. charts by the mid-'50s with numbers like Work With Me Annie and Annie Had A Baby.-Producer Nico Feuerbach and author Bill Dahl have compiled the most successful and best rocking R&B numbers as well as the stunning twist hits from the King/Federal catalog into an utterly danceable project.-Extensive, lavishly illustrated booklet with expert liner notes by Bill Dahl and carefully remastered recordings from the Gusto Records archives.Early in their long stint at Cincinnati's King/Federal Records, Hank Ballard and his high-stepping Midnighters specialized in risqué double-entendre grinders--Work With Me Annie, its inevitable sequel Annie Had A Baby, Sexy Ways--that daringly pushed the bounds of propriety