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The Drifters

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2019 - The Drifters' Golden Hits
2007 - Now / Love Games
2005 - Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
1999 - Christmas With the Drifters
1993 - This Magic Moment
1981 - The Drifters / The Bobettes / Johnny And The Hurricanes (La
1976 - Every Nite's a Saturday Night
1975 - There Goes My First Love
1974 - Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies / I'm Feeling Sad (And
1973 - The Drifters Now
1965 - I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing
1964 - Under the Boardwalk
1964 - Under the Boardwalk / I Don't Want to Go On Without You
1962 - Save the Last Dance for Me
1958 - Rockin' & Driftin'

Members
4 Male

Popularity
59

Followers
586,281

Origin
New York City, USA

Genre
Soul

Style
Urban/R&B

Mood
Passionate

Born

1953

Active
1953 to Present...

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Most Loved Tracks

	Track	Last.FM Listens	Youtube views	Loves
	Save the Last Dance for Me	516,080		4 users
	There Goes My Baby	268,242		4 users
	Under the Boardwalk	685,452		4 users
	Up on the Roof	325,585		4 users
	White Christmas	237,895		4 users

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The Drifters are a long-lived American doo-wop and R&B/soul vocal group with a peak in popularity from 1953 to 1963, though several splinter Drifters continue to perform today. They were originally formed to serve as backing group for Clyde McPhatter (of Billy Ward & the Dominoes) in 1953.
Rolling Stone magazine states that the Drifters were the least stable of the vocal groups due to being low-paid hired musicians under the direct control of their management, headed by George Treadwell, who owned the Drifters name. The Treadwell Drifters website states that there have been 60 vocalists in the history of the Treadwell Drifters line. Several splinter groups by former Drifters members (not under Treadwell's management) add to the count. These splinter groups are usually identified with a possessive credit such as "Bill Pinckney's Original Drifters", "Charlie Thomas' Drifters", etc. Only one splinter Drifters group features a classic Drifters member, Charlie Thomas' Drifters. Nevertheless, there are two versions of the Drifters that are notable. The first classic Drifters formed by Clyde McPhatter was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame as "The Drifters" or "The Original Drifters". The second Drifters formed by Treadwell featuring Ben E. King was separately inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame as Ben E. King and the Drifters. In their induction, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame eclectically selected four members from the classic Drifters, two from the second Drifters, and one from the post-King Treadwell Drifters.


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