‘50s R&B singer, Hank Ballard, happened to notice his group, The Midnighters, gyrating on stage as if each was trying to put out a cigarette with their foot, and while doing so twisting their entire body.

Thus, a new song/dance was born, with Ballard adding one extra feature to the dance - twisting with one leg in the air. But it wasn’t until two years later, when Chubby Checker covered the tune, that it became a sensation that swept the nation.

The 1971 Rolling Stones single, Brown Sugar, which is generally regarded as being about interracial sex, is actually about pure white heroin which turns brown when cooked in a spoon.

After having seen Diana Ross while he was skiing in Sun Valley and recalling how he had met the Supremes on the TV show Hullabaloo in 1966, it took rocker Steve Miller just fifteen minutes to write Abracadabra (a song which became a number one hit in 1982).

Each week Bryan Thomas DJ Service Terre Haute recognizes various high school alma maters from the Terre Haute area both past and present who are due for a class reunion this year, either virtual or in-person.

Our SCHOOL SPIRIT SPOTLIGHT FOCUS this week is on the:

Black and Gold of the Clinton Wildcats

– Class of ‘71

Green and White of the North Central Thunderbirds

– Classes of ‘71, ‘81, ‘91, ‘01, & ‘11