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Michel Martin

A native of Brooklyn, NY, Martin graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College at Harvard University in 1980 and has done graduate work at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. She is married to Washington attorney William (Billy) Martin and their blended family includes two older daughters and twin toddlers

40 Years Of 'Peace, Love And Sooouul' podcast
Soul Train

'Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America'

Tell Me More Blog by Michel Martin

A VH1 Clip

“The First Basket”

Roll and Roll Hall of Fame
Fifty Years of the Twist
Rock & Roll Pioneer: Chubby Checker
The Twist through the Ages



A Plea to the Nobel Prize Committee by Chubby Checker
In 1958, Hank Ballard wrote "The Twist" ----Hank Ballard and the Midnighters
"American Bandstand" host Dick Clark was so enamored of the tune that he had Ernest Evans re-recorded it. Dubbed "Chubby Checker" by Clark's wife, the Philadelphia singer took "The Twist" to the top of the pop chart twice, in 1960 and again two years later. Checker's version was so close to the original that Ballard, upon first hearing it on the radio, thought it was his own.
“I heard no color line in the music....To bring recognition to the Negro’s supremacy in jazz was the most effective and constructive form of social protest I could think of.” John Hammond



Sing Out: Melisma