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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.
Although Treadwell owned the Drifters brand, original members felt they were the real Drifters and were determined to keep the group alive. Bill Pinkney left first. After receiving exclusive and irrevocable ownership of the name/mark "The Original Drifters" in a binding arbitration, he joined with the Thrashers and David Baughan to begin ...
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 Drifters, The Swallows, Bill Pinkney, The Flyers, The Sprites Musical artist Robert Raymond Hendricks (February 22, 1938 – March 25, 2022) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] was an American R&B singer who charted two hits in the late 1950s.
Along with Frank Maffei, bauman has had help from Joe Terry of Danny & The Juniors, Maxine Pinkney of Bill Pinkney, The Original Drifters, Veta & Carl Gardner of The Coasters, Herb Reed and Sonny Turner of The Platters and others. Bauman and Mary Wilson, with Bob Crosby at the foundation office, was able to assist other artists in an effort to ...
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 ...
Members of any incarnation of the doo wop group The Drifters. Pages in category "The Drifters members" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.