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Willie "Bill" Pinkney (August 15, 1925 – July 4, 2007) was an American performer and singer. Pinkney was often said to be the last surviving original member of The Drifters , who achieved international fame with numerous hit records.
Bill Pinkney — 5 — — "Your Promise to Be Mine" Gerhart Thrasher — — — — "Ruby Baby" b/w "Your Promise to Be Mine" Johnny Moore — 10 — — "I Gotta Get Myself a Woman" b/w "Soldier of Fortune" A: Johnny Moore & Bill Pinkney B: Johnny Moore & Bill Pinkney — 11 — — 1957 "Fools Fall in Love" b/w "It Was a Tear" Johnny Moore ...
The Atlantic Years 1953–1972 (does not include Bill Pinkney's Original Drifters (1959– ), Charlie Thomas's Drifters (1971– ) or the Drifters in the UK (1972– ) which for many years featured Johnny Moore.); nor does it include the various later Drifters groups that used the name but have no connection with the Treadwell Drifters,
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.
Clarence "Tex" Walker (January 24, 1946 – August 8, 2007) [1] was an American rhythm and blues musician, who was the lead singer with Bill Pinkney's Original Drifters and The Coasters.
Sep. 6—MYSTIC — Bill Pinkney had already sailed solo around the world via Cape Horn ― the first Black man to do so ― when he joined the Mystic Seaport Museum's board of trustees in 1994.
The song was recorded on August 9, 1953, at Atlantic Studios, with Clyde McPhatter (lead), Bill Pinkney (first tenor), Andrew "Bubba" Thrasher (second tenor), Gerhart "Gay" Thrasher , and Willie Ferbee . Walter Adams was the guitarist for the record. [1]
Pinkney penned two children’s books: “Captain Bill Pinkney’s Journey” (1994) and “Sailing Commitment Around the World” (2022). His autobiography “As Long as It Takes” (2006) won ...