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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.
Pinkney's voyage around the world lasted 22 months. He traveled approximately 27,000 miles (43,000 km). [11] He departed from Boston on August 5, 1990, sailing first to Bermuda, then along the eastern South American coastline, across the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Town, South Africa, across the Indian Ocean to Hobart, Tasmania, across the South Pacific Ocean, around Cape Horn, and up the eastern ...
In a subsequent voyage, Pinkney and his crew retraced the Middle Passage slave trade routes with the vessel Sortilege, according to his bio. Pinkney penned two children’s books: “Captain Bill ...
Bill Pinkney was fired after asking Treadwell for more money. [citation needed] In protest, Andrew Thrasher left, as well. Pinkney formed The Flyers with lead singer Bobby Hendricks, who would leave to join the Drifters the next year. Pinkney was replaced by Tommy Evans (who had replaced Jimmy Ricks in The Ravens). Charlie Hughes, a baritone ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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.