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Hank Ballard wrote "The Twist" after seeing teenagers in Tampa, Florida doing the titular dance. [9] [10] In a 2014 interview with Tom Meros, Midnighters member Lawson Smith claimed that The Gospel Consolaters' Nathaniel Bills wrote the song and initially asked The Spaniels to record it, and that Ballard "stole" the song, falsely claiming authorship. [11]
Several pop songs have referenced the Twist among several other songs, sometimes calling on listeners/dancers to change their dance step when the singer calls out the name of a different dance. "Do You Love Me" – The Contours (1962). Covered by The Dave Clark Five (1964) and many others. "Land of a Thousand Dances" – Chris Kenner (1963).
Here, Curtis only provided new lyrics. The sessions were arranged and conducted by Sammy Lowe and held on November 20, 1961 and on January 4, 8 and 9, 1962 in New York City. [2] [3] The album was originally released in January 1962 shortly after the last recording session under the title Do The Twist!.
The song is about "somebody wanting to be in the Twist and Shout kind of casual '60s confidence, but found that it was more like twist and crawl. Just social discomfort to the point of pitiful pain of always feeling you're in the wrong place at the wrong time and saying the wrong thing to the wrong person.
Checker’s 1961 hit “Let’s Twist Again” is included in a new PSA from the NYC Department of Transportation. Chubby Checker Wants You to Do “The New York Twist” to Avoid Dooring Cyclists ...
Some releases of the song credit Antoine "Fats" Domino as a co-author of the song with Kenner. Domino agreed to record the song in exchange for half of the song's royalties. [4] The J. Geils Band released a live cover version as a single in 1983. Cash Box said that the band "does justice" to the original on the recording. [11]
Do the Twist may refer to: Do the Twist (Connie Francis album), 1962; ... "The Twist" (song), a song by Hank Ballard, covered by Chubby Checker
"Bristol Stomp" is a song written in 1961 by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, two executives with Cameo-Parkway Records, for The Dovells, a doo-wop singing group from Philadelphia who recorded it for Cameo-Parkway later that year. Appell produced and arranged the track and his Cameo-Parkway's house band served as the studio musicians.