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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 ...
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 ...
"I Count the Tears" is a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman and performed by The Drifters, with Ben E. King singing lead. [2] In 1960, the track reached No. 6 on the U.S. R&B chart, No. 17 on the U.S. pop chart, and No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart. [3] It was featured on their 1962 album, Save the Last Dance for Me. [4]
The recording by the Drifters was a hit, reaching No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. Cash Box described it as "a haunting, slow beat cha cha opus...that sports a first rate Garry Sherman arrangement." [3] The Drifters' version was featured in a 1971 television public service announcement for Radio Free Europe (RFE). The Hungarian ...
The Drifters – as the B-side to their single "I Count the Tears" on Atlantic Records. (1960). [15] Andy Williams – included on his album The Village of St. Bernadette (1960). The Kingsmen Quartet used the song on a gospel album of the same name in 1971. [16] Reba McEntire recorded the song on her 1980 country album Feel the Fire.
from the album Sands of Time; A-side "Since I Don't Have You" Released: October 28, 1968: Recorded: October 16, 1968: Studio: O.D.O. Recorders, New York City, N.Y. Genre: Blue-eyed soul: Length: 3: 03: Label: United Artists: Songwriter(s) Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman: Producer(s) Jay and the Americans: Jay and the Americans singles chronology "
"Treasure of Love" is a song written by Joe Shapiro and Lou Stallman and performed by Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters. [1] It was featured on their 1956 album Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters. [2] "Treasure of Love" reached No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart, No. 16 on the U.S. pop chart. [3] Overseas, the song went to No. 27 on the UK Singles Chart. [4]
In 1958, George Treadwell, the group manager fired all of the individual Drifters and hired all new singers, The Crowns (formally known as the Five Crowns), signing them under the Drifters' name. Pinkney was forced to leave. Pinkney quickly created a group called the Original Drifters, made up of key members of the first (1953–58) association.