Mar 21, 2024 - Sale 2663

Sale 2663 - Lot 216

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(ENTERTAINMENT--MUSIC.) Concert poster signed by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters. Poster, 28¼ x 22 inches, in red, yellow, and black on light board; worn with a few inches of dampstaining and loss in lower right corner, irregular puncture at the band portrait with a half-inch of loss. [Washington], 10 March 1963
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Hank Ballard (1927-2003) and the Midnighters were pioneers in the transition from R&B to rock music in the early 1950s. He wrote "The Twist" in 1959, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

This colorful illustrated poster for a 1963 concert at Washington's Capitol Arena is signed by three band members: "Best wishes, Norman Midnighters [Thrasher], to Fred"; "Best wishes, Henry Hank Ballard, 1963, Midnighters"; and "Best in life always, Lawson [Smith]." Several of the band's hits are mentioned including "The Twist," as well as opening act "Garnell Cooper and his Kinfolks Orchestra."