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The Drifters - WIKIPEDIA Y TEMAS

The Drifters



The Drifters are a long-lived African-American doo wop/R&B vocal group with a peak in popularity from 1953 to 1962, though several splinter Drifters continue to perform today. They were originally formed by Clyde McPhatter (of Billy Ward & the Dominoes) in 1953. Rolling Stone magazine states that The Drifters were the least stable of the vocal groups due to being low-paid hired musicians of The Drifters' management.[1] The Treadwell Drifters website states that there have been 60 vocalists in the history of the Treadwell Drifters line.[2] Several splinter groups by former Drifters members add to the count. Nevertheless, there are two iterations of The Drifters which are notable. The first classic Drifters formed by Clyde McPhatter was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame as The Drifters or The Original Drifters.[3] The second Drifters formed by Treadwell featuring Ben E. King was separately inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame as Ben E. King and The Drifters.[4] In their induction, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame eclectically selected four members from the classic Drifters, two from the second Drifters, and one from the post-King Treadwell Drifters[5]. According to the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, "Through turmoil and changes the (original) Drifters managed to set musical trends and give the public 13 chart hits, most of which are legendary recordings today."[3]


Singles discography

Top 20 charted hits shown in bold.

Year A-Side Lead singer Label Chart positions
US Hot 100 US R&B UK
1953 "Money Honey" Clyde McPhatter Atlantic


1954 "Lucille" Clyde McPhatter Atlantic


1954 "Honey Love" Clyde McPhatter Atlantic


1954 "Someday You'll Want Me to Want You" Bill Pinkney Atlantic

1954 "White Christmas" * WHITE CHISTMAS

Bill Pinkney and Clyde McPhatter
* WHITE CHRISTMAS
Atlantic #80 #5
1954 "Such A Night"




1955 "Whatcha Gonna Do" Clyde McPhatter Atlantic
#2
1955 "Everyone's Laughing" Clyde McPhatter Atlantic


1955 "Adorable"/ Johnny Moore Atlantic
#1
1956 →"Steamboat" (B-Side) Bill Pinkney

#5
1956 "Ruby Baby" Johnny Moore Atlantic
#10
1956 "I Gotta Get Myself a Woman" Johnny MooreBill Pinkney and Atlantic
#11
1957 "Fools Fall in Love" Johnny Moore Atlantic
#10
1957 "Hypnotized"
Atlantic #79

1957 "I Know"
Atlantic


1957 "Drip Drop"/ Bobby Hendricks Atlantic #58

1957 → "Moonlight Bay" (B-Side)
Atlantic #72

1959 "There Goes My Baby"
* THERE GOES MY BABY
Ben E. King Atlantic #2 #1
1959 "(If You Cry) True Love, True Love"/ Johnny Lee Williams Atlantic #33 #5
1959 "Dance With Me"(B-Side) Ben E. King Atlantic #1 #2 #17 (as A-side)
1960 "This Magic Moment" Ben E. King Atlantic #16 #4
1960 "Lonely Winds" Ben E. King Atlantic #54 #9
1960 "Save The Last Dance For Me" * SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME
Ben E. King Atlantic #1 #1 #2
1960 "I Count the Tears" Ben E. King Atlantic #17
#28
1961 "Some Kind of Wonderful" Rudy Lewis Atlantic #32 #6
1961 "Sweets for My Sweet" Charlie Thomas Atlantic #16 #10
1961 "Please Stay" Rudy Lewis Atlantic #14 #13
1961 "Room Full of Tears" Charlie Thomas Atlantic #72

1962 "When My Little Girl Is Smiling" Charlie Thomas Atlantic #28
#31
1962 "Stranger on the Shore"
Atlantic #73

1962 "Sometimes I Wonder" Ben E. King Atlantic


1963 "Up on the Roof" * UP ON THE ROOF
Johnny Stewart Atlantic #5 #4
1963 "On Broadway" Rudy Lewis Atlantic #9 #7
1963 "If You Don't Come Back" /
Atlantic


1963 → "Rat Race" (B-Side)
Atlantic #71

1963 "I'll Take You Home" Johnny Moore Atlantic #25 #24 #37
1964 "Vaya Con Dios"
Atlantic #43

1964 "One-Way Love"
Atlantic #56

1964 "Under the Boardwalk" Johnny Moore Atlantic #4 #45 #45
1964 "I've Got Sand in My Shoes" Johnny Moore Atlantic #33

1964 "Saturday Night at the Movies" Johnny Moore Atlantic #18
#3
1964 "The Christmas Song /I Remember Christmas"
Atlantic


1965 "At the Club" Johnny Moore Atlantic #43 #10 #35
1965 "Come On Over to My Place" Johnny Moore Atlantic #60
#9
1965 "Follow Me"
Atlantic


1965 "I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing" Johnny Moore Atlantic #51

1966 "Memories Are Made of This" Johnny Moore Atlantic #48

1966 "Baby What I Mean" Johnny Moore Atlantic

#49
1967 "Ain't It the Truth"
Atlantic
#36
1972 "Something Tells Me"
Bell


1973 "You've Got Your Troubles"
Bell


1973 "Like Sister and Brother"
Bell

#7
1974 "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies" Johnny Moore Bell
#83 #2
1974 "Down on the Beach Tonight" Johnny Moore Bell

#7
1975 "Love Games"
Bell

#33
1975 "There Goes My First Love" Johnny Moore Bell

#3
1975 "Can I Take You Home Little Girl" Johnny Moore Bell

#10
1976 "Hello Happiness" Johnny Moore Bell

#12
1976 "Every Night's a Saturday Night With You"
Bell

#29
1976 "You're More than a Number in My Little Red Book" Johnny Moore Arista

#5

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