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In America, only "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies" made any chart impression, reaching #83 on the R&B charts. The Drifters had their last hit in 1976, "You're More Than a Number in My Little Red Book". While The Drifters kept recording, they never released another chart hit in the UK or the US. Personnel turnover remained frequent.
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" is an up-tempo in the keys of E and F major (the song transposes upward before the final chorus), accompanied largely by electric guitar.Its lyrics outline the lives of various people across the United States — a school bus driver and her bus full of children in the first verse, and a pair of newlyweds (a 'welder's son and a banker's daughter') in their limousine in the ...
The 1959 version of “I Only Have Eyes for You” was recorded by the Chicago-based doo-wop group The Flamingos, and it was a big hit. The song has been sampled in recent pop songs, and the ...
The Drifters 9 7 - Written by Leiber, Stoller, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil 1978: George Benson, #7 US pop, #2 R&B "The Reverend Mr. Black" The Kingston Trio: 8 15 - Written by Leiber, Stoller, and Billy Edd Wheeler 1982: Johnny Cash, #71 US country "Rat Race" The Drifters 71 - - Written by Leiber, Stoller, and Van McCoy "Get Him" The Exciters ...
Only in America may refer to: Film and TV. Only in America, a BBC children's television programme; Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy, an American reality TV ...
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).
Only children could also transform America's business landscape. For starters, fewer kids means fewer heirs to take over family-run companies. In China, where the government's one-child policy ...