Work with Me, Annie

About Work with Me, Annie

"Work with Me, Annie" is a 12-bar blues song with words and music by Hank Ballard. It was recorded by Hank Ballard & the Midnighters (formerly The Royals) in Cincinnati on the Federal Records label on January 14, 1954, and released the following month. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) immediately opposed it due to its overtly sexual lyrics, lyrics that had crossed over and were now being listened to by a white teenage audience. Because the record was in such demand and received so much publicity, attempts to restrict it failed and the record shot to number one on the R&B charts and remained there for seven weeks. This was the first of the "Annie" records and sold a million copies; so did the answer songs "Annie Had a Baby" and "Annie's Aunt Fannie." They all were banned for radio play by the FCC. The success of these recordings spurred the practice of recording double entendre records and answer songs. Another answer, "The Wallflower", by Etta James, popularly known as "Roll with Me, Henry", was reworded by Georgia Gibbs as "Dance with Me, Henry" for Top 40 consumption. It had the same melody as "Work with Me, Annie". The melody was recycled again by the Midnighters for the song "Henry's Got Flat Feet (Can't Dance No More)". more »

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2011

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Oooh!
Work with me, Annie
(a-um, a-um)
Work with me, Annie
Ooo-wee!
Work with me, Annie
Work with me, Annie

Work with me, Ann-ie-e
Let's get it while the gettin' is good

(So good, so good, so good, so good)

Annie, please don't cheat
Give me all my meat, ooo!
Ooo-hoo-wee
So good to me

Work with me Ann-ie-e
Now, let's get it while the gettin' is good

(So good, so good, so good, so good)

A-ooo, my-ooo
My-ooo-ooo-wee
Annie, oh how you thrill me
Make my head go round and round
And all my love come dow-ow-own
(Ooo!)

Work with me, Annie
(a-um, a-um, a-um, a-um)
Work with me, Annie
Don't be 'shamed
To work with me, Annie
Call my name
Work with me, Annie

Work with me, Ann-ie-e
Let's get it while the gettin' is good

(So good, so good, so good, so good)

So good!

Oh, our hot lips kissing 
Girl, I'll beg mercy
Oh, hugging and more teasing
Don't want no freezing

A-work with me, Ann-ie-e
Let's get it while the gettin' is good

(So good, so good, so good, so good)

Ooo-ooo-ooo
Umm-mmm
Ooo-ooo-ooo

Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo.

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Hank Ballard & the Midnighters

Hank Ballard (born John Henry Kendricks; November 18, 1927 – March 2, 2003) was an American singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of The Midnighters and one of the first rock and roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s. He played an integral part in the development of the genre, releasing the hit singles "Work With Me, Annie" and answer songs "Annie Had a Baby" and "Annie's Aunt Fannie" with his Midnighters. He later wrote and originally recorded (in 1959) "The Twist" which was notably covered a year later by Chubby Checker, this second version spreading the popularity of the dance. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. more »

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