“That’s like when The Diamonds did ‘Little Darlin’,’ I felt wonderful. “He should’ve felt good because he got the royalties,” Williams, who will perform at the Newberry Opera House today, said. Ballard, who died in 2003, was said to have been bitter about “The Twist.” He benefited from Checker’s success, according to singer South Carolina native Maurice Williams, who is credited as a songwriter on the hit “Stay,” a song that reached No.1 the same year as “The Twist.” It was common back then for performers to cover each other’s songs. In August, Checker performed it for a nationwide audience on “The Dick Clark Show.” The song hit No. He was just a teenager.”Ĭlark was determined to get “The Twist” on TV so he had Checker record it. “He didn’t want to use the Hank Ballard record because he didn’t have control of it,” Dawson said of Clark. Dick Clark, host of “American Bandstand,” wanted “The Twist” performed on “The Dick Clark Show,” his Saturday-night program. In 1959 Ballard and The Midnighters, known for the mid-’50s hit “Work with Me, Annie,” released “The Twist,” which peaked at No.
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