- Title: AFPP-106
- Summary: ART FEIN POKER PARTY - EPISODE 166: EPISODE 166 - JUNE 28, 1988 BRENDAN, HANK BALLARD
- Description:01:01:18 - ART FEIN INTRODUCES HIS GUEST HANK BALLARD OF HANK BALLARD & THE MOONLIGHTERS - LEGENDARY R&B PERFORMER AND COMPOSER WROTE " THE TWIST " 01:02:39 - ART FEIN INTRODUCES LEGENDARY R&B PERFORMER HANK BALLARD - TALK ABOUT HIS EARLY RECORDINGS, AND HIS CAREER " EVERYBODY WANTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT AT THAT TIME ' SUGGESTIVE RISQUE SEXY RECORDS 01:03:54 - HANK BALLARD TALKS ABOUT GETTING SIGNED TO KING RECORDS IN DETROIT - JOHNNY OTIS GOT HIM ON THE LABEL - " WORK WITH ME ANNIE " 01:05:58 - HANK BALLARD LISTENS TO HIS ORIGINAL RECORDING OF " THE TWIST " - TALKS ABOUT BEING PROMOTED BY DICK CLARK WHO PLAYED HIS RECORD OF " FINGER POPPING TIME " OFTEN ADDING TO IT'S SUCCESS - BALLARD TALKS ABOUT WRITING THRILL ON THE HILL AN ANSWER TO FATS DOMINO'S BLUEBERRY HILL 01:08:43 - HANK BALLARD TALKS ABOUT HIS ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE TWIST AND HOW IT WAS TAKEN BY CHUBBY CHECKER WHO COPIED IT EXACTLY FROM THE HANK BALLARD VERSION - THE TWO VERSION ARE PLAYED FOR HANK BALLARD " WHEN I HEARD IT I THOUGHT IT WAS ME!" - HANK BALLARD TELLS THE STORY OF THE TWIST - 01:11:32 - VIDEO OF HANK BALLARD PERFORMING IN THE 1980'S " WORK WITH ME ANNIE " 01:13:58 - OLD 1960 PHOTOS OF HANK BALLARD ARE SHOWN - INTERVIEW WITH HANK BALLARD CONTINUES - TOURING THE ENTIRE WORLD "SHAGGING MUSIC " NORTH CAROLINA 01:16:45 - PHOTO OF HANK BALLARD WITH KING RECORDS OWNER SID NATHAN - TALKS ABOUT QUITTING THE BUSINESS IN 1967 - HIS DIFFERENT RECORD COMPANIES 01:17:44 - ART FEIN TALKS ABOUT HOW BALLARD'S RECORDS WERE BANNED WHICH MADE THEM MORE POPULAR - HANK BALLARD TALKS ABOUT HIS SHOW IN THE 1960S - PACKAGE SHOWS , TOURING WITH SAM COOKE THE WEEK BEFORE HE WAS SHOT DEAD 01:22:46 - TORE UP OVER YOU - WRITTEN BY HANK BALLARD IS DISCUSSED - EVERYONE COVERED IT BUT IT WASN'T A HIT WHEN HE FIRST DID IT TALK ABOUT NAPPY BROWN - 01:24:39 - HANK BALLARD TELLS THE STORY OF WHERE THE TWIST CAME FROM - THEY INVENTED IT IN 1958 BUT IT TOOK OFF IN BALTIMORE IN 1959 .. CHUBBY CHECKER HEARD THE TWIST AT A BALLARD SHOW AT THE " UPTOWN THEATER " IN PHILADELPHIA AND COPIED IT 01:26:25 - HANK BALLARD: THE TWIST (live) HANK BALLARD PERFORMS " THE TWIST " WITH HIS BAND CIRCA 1987 - CREDITS RUN OVER
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1988
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1980s
- File Name: AFPP-106