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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 ...
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 ...
William Pinckney (April 27, 1915 – July 21, 1976) was a United States Navy sailor who was the second African American to be awarded the Navy Cross, [1] [2] [3] the second-highest decoration for valor in combat after the Medal of Honor. [4]
Bill Pinkney — 5 — — 1956 "Ruby Baby" b/w "Your Promise to Be Mine" A: Johnny Moore B: Gerhart Thrasher — 10 — — "I Gotta Get Myself a Woman" b/w "Soldier of Fortune" A: Johnny Moore & Bill Pinkney B: Johnny Moore — 11 — — 1957 "Fools Fall in Love" b/w "It Was a Tear" Johnny Moore 69 10 — — "Drifting Away from You" Gerhart ...
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 (1925–2007), American performer and singer, member of The Drifters; Bill Pinkney (sailor) (1935–2023), first African American to sail around the world solo; Bob Pinkney (c. 1934–2017), Canadian football player; Brian Pinkney (born 1961), American illustrator, son of illustrator Jerry Pinkney, husband of Andrea Davis Pinkney
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