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Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
Hank Ballard (18 November 1927 – 2 March 2003) was the founder and frontman of
the American soul and R&B band Hank Ballard and the Midnighters. Born in
Detroit, he moved to Bessemer, Alabama, as a child, returned to Detroit at 15,
worked for Ford, and sang in a church choir where he met future bandmates. The
group, originally The Royals, was discovered by Johnny Otis in 1952 and signed
to Federal Records; Hank Ballard joined in 1953, shifting the sound toward
harder R&B. Their first single, "Get It", entered the U.S. R&B top 10, followed
by the controversial hit "Work with Me Ann...
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Let's Go Again!
