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Title: Hank Ballard And The Midnighters – Finger Poppin' Time
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1960, R&B, Rhythm & Blues, Detroit, Michigan
Matrix #: PO-276
Condition: EX
Cultural Facts:
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Media Narrative: Ballard’s songs were often judged as too risqué for mainstream radio, limiting crossover even as white artists borrowed the style.
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Personal Struggle: He grew up poor in Alabama, lost his father young, and moved north during the hard upheaval of the Great Migration.
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Scene Ecology: The Midnighters helped bridge doo-wop, jump blues, and early rock, building a blueprint later acts softened for pop audiences.
