Their debut single “Get It” was released under the name The Royals in 1953 and reached #6 on the US R&B chart. The group had #1 singles on the US R&B chart with the songs “Work with Me, Annie” and “Annie Had a Baby” in 1954. Their other successful singles include “Kansas City”, “Finger Poppin’ Time”, and “Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go”. Billy Davis was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with The Midnighters in 2012 after their singer Hank Ballard was inducted in 1990. Davis mentors young musicians in Michigan.