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Hunter Hancock

A legendary R&B disk jockey who played rythm and blues before rock and roll came along. At one time this was called ‘race music’. Hunter had a wide following among the students at Van Nuys High. The white kids at VNHS would race out to their cars the minute school was out so they could listen to Hunter Hancock.
In 1953
Hank Ballard and The Midnighters released a song called “Work With Me, Annie” which caused a huge uproar. Hunter played it every chance he got. This was a song with raunchy lyrics which left little to the imagination. Some radio stations banned the song. Mothers got their daughters to pledge not to listen. About ten years later Congressman James Utt [R-CA] proclaimed that rock and roll was a Communist plot to weaken the moral fabric of America. Could it be that “Work With Me Annie” was a song he was thinking about? Another song Hunter played a lot was “Your Cash Ain’t Nothin But Trash” by The Clovers. Who could forget “Money Honey” by Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters? The best selling record of 1954, the year we graduated, was “The Things I Used To Do” by Eddie Jones [Guitar Slim].

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