The Twist

The Midnighters

The Midnighters were an American R&B group from Detroit, Michigan. They were one of the most important and influential groups of the 1950s and early 1960s, with numerous ground-braking hit records that helped define the R&B music of that era, and played an important and integral part in the development of Rock and roll and Doo-wop music. They were also notable for launching the career of lead singer Hank Ballard, and the world-wide dance craze The Twist, and provided a crucial link between R&B and Rock and Roll. Between 1953 and 1962 The Midnighters scored almost two dozen hits on the National Pop & R&B Charts. Their big hits included the million-selling Billboard Top 10 pop hits "Finger Popping Time" (for which they received a 1961 Grammy… more »