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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.
The Tears were Benny Andersson, George Wallace, Albert Fortson, and Mark Williams. After the tour, the Tears—without Pinkney—continued to tour as the Original Drifters, but Pinkney successfully sued to stop them from using the name. Pinkney added Bruce Caesar, Clarence Tex Walker, and Duke Richardson, but the lineup changed rapidly. In 1979 ...
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, 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.
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.
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"Money Honey" is a song written by Jesse Stone, [3] which was released in September 1953 as the first single by Clyde McPhatter backed for the first time by the newly formed Drifters. McPhatter's voice, but not his name, had become well known when he was the lead singer for Billy Ward and the Dominoes .
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]