Read this on the internet, so it must be true:

Hank Ballard never really got the attention he deserved.

He wrote The Twist, as you likely know, but Chubby turned it into a mega hit and made lots of money.

Little side note on that Chubby vs. Hank story. McDonald’s used the Hank Ballard version of the song in a commercial. Chubby sued.

McDonald’s defense was: We paid the guy who wrote it and released it first.

Chubby countered with: ‘yeah, but I made it famous.’

Chubby lost!! LOL. Deservedly so.