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The Drifters lineup performed at the London IndigoO2 Arena in 2009 with special guests the Drifter Legends, made up of some of the most prestigious former members of the group. Lifetime achievement awards were presented at this concert to Joe Blunt and Butch Leake by Neil Martin from Sony Music and songwriter Roger Greenway.
Up on the Roof – The Best of the Drifters "Sometimes I Wonder" b/w "Jackpot" (from Save the Last Dance for Me) A: Ben E. King B: Rudy Lewis — — — — All Time Greatest Hits and More – 1959–1965 "Up on the Roof" b/w "Another Night with the Boys" (from Up on the Roof – The Best of the Drifters) Rudy Lewis 5 4 — — Our Biggest ...
Charles Nowlin Thomas (April 7, 1937 – January 31, 2023) [1] was an American singer best known for his work with The Drifters. Thomas was performing with The Five Crowns at the Apollo Theater in 1958 when George Treadwell fired his group, called The Drifters. Treadwell recruited the Five Crowns [2] to become the new Drifters.
In the 1970s, he was a member of the Drifters, which were led by Johnny Moore. Prior to his joining the group they had already relocated to England. [2] In 1972, the Drifters line-up consisted of Moore, Bill Fredericks, Kitchings, and Butch Leake. [3] In the same year, Atlantic records released the album Saturday Night at the Club.
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.
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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.
In 1963 he joined the Drifters, replacing Bobby Hendricks as lead singer, and remained with the group for two years. Resuming his solo career, Lewis then released singles on the Minit label, including "The Girls from Texas" / "Let Me Know", produced by Jimmy Holiday , which later became popular on the British Northern soul scene.