MIDNIGHTERS - Oh So Happy (1957) Top 5 in Canada!
The Midnighters, featuring Hank Ballard, though he was not credited (i.e., Hank Ballard and the Midnighters") during the Federal years. Made the Top 5 in Canada, yet didn't chart at all, on either Pop or R&B, in the USA. Good record and should have been a U.S. hit too.
About Hank Ballard
Hank Ballard (born John Henry Kendricks; November 18, 1927 – March 2, 2003) was an American singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of the Midnighters and one of the first rock and roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s. John Henry played an integral part in the development of the genre, releasing the hit singles "Work with Me, Annie" and answer songs "Annie Had a Baby" and "Annie's Aunt Fannie" with his Midnighters. He later wrote and originally recorded (in 1959) "The Twist" which was cove...
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