1958: Hank Ballard and the Midnighters are in the studio on this day recording the B-side for their upcoming single “Teardrops on Your Letter.” It was a little song Hank called “The Twist.”
Two years later, Chubby Checker would record a cover of the tune and all hell would break loose.


1955: Ray Charles scores his first hit, landing on Billboard’s R&B charts with his song “I Got a Woman.”