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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 ...
The song established that there could be commercially successful secular Christmas songs [13] —in this case, written by a Jewish immigrant to the United States. [14] Ronald D. Lankford Jr., wrote, "During the 1940s, 'White Christmas' would set the stage for a number of classic American holiday songs steeped in a misty longing for yesteryear."
I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing "Saturday Night at the Movies" b/w "Spanish Lace" (from I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing) 18 8 — 3 (in 1972) BPI: Silver [11] The Good Life with the Drifters "The Christmas Song" b/w "I Remember Christmas" — — — — Non-album tracks 1965 "At the Club" b/w "Answer the Phone" 43 10 — 3 (in ...
The quintessential Christmas crush song, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" finally hit No. 1 in 2019—25 years after its initial release! 2. Nat King Cole, "The Christmas Song"
Berlin's three-week-old son had died on Christmas day in 1928, so every year on December 25, he and his wife visited their baby's grave, Jody Rosin, author of White Christmas: The Story of an ...
In 1954, the Drifters recorded their version of "White Christmas" by Irving Berlin. That version was featured in the 1990 movie Home Alone, [2] as well as the 1994 movie The Santa Clause. Pinkney can also be heard singing lead on the 1956 recording "I Should Have Done Right" and 1955's "Steamboat".
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).
The Drifters recorded the song as the B-side of their 1954 "White Christmas" single, and several other artists have included it on Christmas albums; examples include Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans (A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector, 1963); Andy Williams (Merry Christmas, 1965); Aaron Neville (Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas, 1993); and ...