Category: Twist songs

"Dry Bones Twist"

King Records — April 12, 1962

This King twist number – “Dry Bones Twist” by The Drivers – was recorded in Cincinnati on the day my brother, Dean, was born — April 12, 1962: “Dry Bones Twist” The Drivers (1962) <click on all song titles below for streaming audio> Both sides of this King single were penned by

April 12, 2019 No Comments

"Do the President Twist"

“Do the President Twist”: First Depiction of a Rockin’ President?

The song that launched a national dance craze – “The Twist” – cast an unbelievably long shadow. Even though Hank Ballard’s original version of the song was released on King in 1959, groups were putting out twist songs well into 1962.* I was reminded of this fact recently when listening

June 22, 2013 No Comments