Clint Ballard Jr.
| Clint Ballard Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Clinton Conger Ballard Jr. |
| Born |
May 24, 1931 El Paso, Texas, USA |
| Died | December 23, 2008 (aged 77) Denton, Texas, USA |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter |
| Years active | 1960s–1970s |
| Notable instruments | |
| piano | |
Clint Ballard Jr. (May 24, 1931 – December 23, 2008) was an American songwriter. He wrote two Billboard Hot 100 number one hits. The first was "Game of Love" by Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders in 1965. The second was the 1975 hit, "You're No Good" by Linda Ronstadt (first sung by Dee Dee Warwick, later covered by Van Halen). He also wrote two UK No.1 singles, recorded by Jimmy Jones ("Good Timin'", 1960) and The Hollies ("I'm Alive", 1965).
When Ballard was three years old, he played the piano for KTSM, an El Paso radio station. When he was 11, he attended a musical program for gifted students at the University of North Texas. After serving in the U.S. Army, he moved to New York and became a song writer and a composer of musicals, including Come Back Little Sheba. His song, Hey, Little Baby, was recorded by band leader Mitch Miller and became the theme of the 1958 World's Fair in Belgium.
Earlier in his career in 1957, Ballard 'discovered' the Kalin Twins and became their manager. Ballard wrote the Kalins' Decca debut single, "Jumpin' Jack." The follow-up, "When" (written by Paul Evans) made the U.S. Top Ten and number one on the U.K. charts.
After leaving the Kalins, in 1958, he wrote "Ev'ry Hour, Ev'ry Day of My Life," a hit for Malcolm Vaughan, and Frankie Avalon's Top-Ten hit "Gingerbread."
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