Finger Poppin' Time

"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"
ReleasedApril 1960 (1960-04)
GenreR&B
Length2:30
LabelKing
Songwriter(s)Hank Ballard
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters singles chronology
"The Coffee Grind"
(1960) 		"Finger Poppin' Time"
(1960) 		"Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go"
(1960)

"Finger Poppin' Time" is a song by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters. Written by Ballard, it reached number two on the US Billboard R&B chart and number seven on the pop chart in 1960.[1] It was featured on their 1960 album Mr. Rhythm and Blues.[2] Ballard re-released a version of the song in 1972 as a single, but it did not chart.

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.[3] The record sold in excess of one million copies.[4]

  1. ^ "Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, "Finger Poppin' Time" Chart Positions". Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, Mr. Rhythm and Blues". Discogs. 1960. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1960". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  4. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 121. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.