1960
FINGER POPPIN' TIME * HANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS * PARLOPHONE 4682 * UK
Formed by Henry Booth, the group started out as The Royals and had a hit with the original version of Dedicated To The One I Love. Hank Ballard joined the group in the early 1950s when he was just sixteen years old; his official web page suggests that both Jackie Wilson and Levi Stubbs were also part of the early line up.
See also: The Float * Annie Had A Baby