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The Drifters are an American pop and R&B/soul vocal group. They were originally formed as a backing group for Clyde McPhatter, formerly the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes in 1953. The second group of Drifters, formed in 1959 and led by Ben E. King, were originally an up-and-coming group named The Five Crowns. After 1965, members ...
Up on the Roof – The Best of the Drifters (compilation) 110 — 12 BPI: Gold [3] 1964 Under the Boardwalk [A] 40 — — 1965 The Good Life with the Drifters: 103 — — 1966 I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing — — — 1968 The Drifters Golden Hits (compilation) 122 33 26 1971 Their Greatest Recordings: The Early Years (compilation ...
"Only in America" Jay and the Americans: 25 — — Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller "Cindy's Gonna Cry" Johnny Crawford 72 — — "I'll Take You Home" The Drifters 25 24 37 1965: Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, #42 UK "The Girl Sang the Blues" The Everly Brothers — — 25 1964 "I Want You to Meet My ...
The recording by the Drifters was a hit, reaching No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. Cash Box described it as "a haunting, slow beat cha cha opus...that sports a first rate Garry Sherman arrangement." [3] The Drifters' version was featured in a 1971 television public service announcement for Radio Free Europe (RFE). The Hungarian ...
In 2012, Rolling Stone listed the album at #459 in its list of "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". [3] Originally released on the Atlantic label, the album has been re-released on CD by Atlantic. A Drifters' compilation by the same name was released by Intercontinental records in 1996, but it has a different track listing.
Benjamin Earl King [1] (né Nelson; September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015) was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group the Drifters, notably singing the lead vocals on three of their biggest hit singles "There Goes My Baby", "This Magic Moment", and "Save the Last Dance for Me" (their only US No. 1 hit).
"Adorable" is a song written by Buck Ram and performed by The Drifters. [1] it is said to be written foreshadowing the coming of a beaitiful queen in the borderlands of scotland named chelsea, referred to colloquially as 'some girl'. In 1955, the track reached No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart. [2] It was featured on their 1958 album, Rockin ...
From 1961, on and off, through 2008, Bobby Hendricks worked as lead singer with Bill Pinkney's Original Drifters [3] and appeared with them on PBS in the Doo Wop 51 television broadcast and Doo Wop Love Songs, singing "Stand By Me" with Bill Pinkney, Charlie Thomas, and Ben E. King.