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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 ...
"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 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 ...
The Drifters 16 4 - 1968: Jay & the Americans, #6 pop 1976: Richard Roundtree, #90 R&B 1989: Rick James, #74 R&B "Lonely Winds" The Drifters 54 9 - "A Mess of Blues" Elvis Presley: 32 - 2 1983: Status Quo, #15 UK "Save the Last Dance for Me" The Drifters 1 1 2 1974: The DeFranco Family, #18 pop 1979: The Drifters, #69 UK (reissue)
The Drifters' Golden Hits is a 1968 compilation album by American doo wop/R&B vocal group The Drifters. The collection of the bands' later hits charted at #22 on Billboard's "Black Albums" chart and at #122 on the "Pop Albums" chart.
In 1968, Jay and the Americans released a version of the song, which became the song's most widely successful release. Their version spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 6 on March 1, 1969, [ 8 ] while reaching No. 1 on Canada 's " RPM 100" [ 9 ] and No. 11 on Billboard 's Easy Listening chart. [ 10 ]
Treadwell recruited the Five Crowns [2] to become the new Drifters. The new Drifters' first release was the 1959 hit " There Goes My Baby ". Charlie was lead singer on two of the group's top 40 hits, " Sweets for My Sweet " and " When My Little Girl Is Smiling ".
John Alfred Moore (December 14, 1934 – December 30, 1998) [1] was an American rhythm and blues singer with the Drifters.He was one of the group's principal lead singers, leading on many of their hit singles, and was a 1988 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with The Drifters.