Finger Poppin' Time
"Finger Poppin' Time" is a song written by Hank Ballard and performed by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters. It reached number two on the US Billboard R&B chart and number seven on the pop chart in 1960. It was featured on their 1960 album Mr. Rhythm and Blues. Ballard re-released a version of the song in 1972 as a single, but it did not chart.
| "Finger Poppin' Time" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters | ||||
| from the album Mr. Rhythm and Blues | ||||
| B-side | "I Love You, I Love You So-O-O" | |||
| Released | April 1960 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 2:30 | |||
| Label | King | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Hank Ballard | |||
| Hank Ballard & The Midnighters singles chronology | ||||
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The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance in 1961, losing to "Let the Good Times Roll" by Ray Charles.
The song ranked number 49 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1960. The record sold in excess of one million copies.
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