Editing Hank Ballard (section)

==Later career==
After the Midnighters disbanded, Ballard launched a solo career. His 1968 single, "How You Gonna Get Respect (When You Haven't Cut Your Process Yet)", was his biggest post-Midnighters hit, peaking at number 15 on the R&B chart. [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]] produced Ballard's 1969 album ''You Can't Keep a Good Man Down''. A 1972 single, "From the Love Side", credited to Hank Ballard and the Midnight Lighters, went to number 43 on the R&B chart. Ballard also appeared on Brown's 1972 album ''[[Get on the Good Foot (album)|Get on the Good Foot]]'', on two tracks, "Recitation By Hank Ballard", that features Ballard describing Brown and the album, and “Funky Side of Town”, in duet, with James Brown.

One-off sides, "Sunday Morning, Coming Down", and "I'm a Junkie for My Baby's Love", followed in the 1970s. He had some more upbeat releases in the mid-1970s, including "Hey There Sexy Lady" and "Let’s Go Streaking", as well as a beat ballad, "Love On Love". In 1979, he had moderate success with the disco number, "Freak Your Boom-Boom".

During the 1960s, Ballard's cousin, [[Florence Ballard]], was a member of the Detroit girl group [[the Supremes]].<ref name="iobit">{{cite news |last=Leigh|first=Spencer|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hank-ballard-36316.html|title=Hank Ballard|work=[[The Independent]] |date=March 4, 2003|access-date=April 25, 2019}}</ref> In the mid-1980s, Ballard re-formed The Midnighters and the group performed until 2002.