The voice that you're about to hear belongs to one of these three men.

What is your name, please?

Hank Ballard.

My name is Hank Ballard.

My name is Hank Ballard.

Only one of these men is the real Hank Ballard.

The other two are imposters and will try to fool this panel.

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters was the first act to have three hit singles on the pop chart at the same time.

That was The Twist, Let's Go, Let's Go, and Finger Poppin' Time.

He worked on the auto line in Detroit.

It was just like gritty, R&B, grunting.

These are really bawdy, sexualized songs, utilizing some double entendre.

All but three songs by Hank Ballard are about f***ing.

I got a whoopin' about singing this record in my grandmother's house one day.

A lot of radio stations wouldn't play that song.

And look what they're playing nowadays.

The rock and roll music, it's good it has a nice beat to it, and I feel if they just cleaned it up a bit, that maybe it might be a little bit more pleasant to the ear.

This is a matter of the mixing of the races.

The Negro, in his ignorance, only wants integration from one angle.

He wants to integrate the white woman.

We've set up a 20 man committee to do away with the vulgar, animalistic, n***** rock and roll bop.

They banned it from radio, but King Records said, "Fine!

I'm glad they banned it.

Now we have some records."

America like dirty songs they just won't admit it the hypocrites.

The stockholders would come through, patting me on my back, "Oh, Hank.

Write some more of those ditty songs."