Post by jpkansas on Nov 11, 2004 1:51:44 GMT -5
November 11, 1958 - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters recorded the original version of "The Twist" at the King Records studios in Cincinnati. Hank Ballard and Sid Nathan, owner of King Records, wrote the song in a hotel room in downtown Cincinnati. Dick Clark became aware of the record when he noticed kids dancing to it at record hops in Philadelphia. It was Clark who called on a chubby kid from Philadelphia named Ernest Evans to sing "The Twist" on American Bandstand. Clark's wife came up with the name Chubby Checker and Chubby, not Hank Ballard, ended up with a #1 hit and the hottest dance craze of the 60s.
