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Name Role Born   Remarks

Clyde McPhatter

Lead vocal b. 13th November 1933 d. 1972  

Ben E. King

Lead vocal b. September 1928    
Rudy Lewis Lead vocal   d. 1964  
Johnny Moore   b. 1934 d. 1998  

Bill Pinkney

  b. 15th August 1925    

Gerhart Thrasher

       
Andrew Thrasher        
Charlie Thomas        
 
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Did you know ?
Clyde McPhatter was the original lead singer of The Drifters, founder, and named the group.
Ben E King (Stand By Me) was a subsequent lead singer of the Drifters.
Both "Saturday night" and "movies" appeared in two of their record titles !
"Half the world" seems to have been a member of the Drifters, at one time or another.
The manager owned the name and changed the line-up regularly. There are on-going claims to being "the" Drifters.
Cliff Richard's backing group, the Shadows, was originally called the Drifters (no connection),
and in UK many referred to the Drifters as the American Drifters to distinguish them (at least until the name change).

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Name Date Rel. UK highest US highest Label Reference
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
 
 
Singles
Name Date Rel. UK highest US highest Label Reference
Money Honey 1953        
Such a night          
Lucille          
There goes my baby 1959   2 - GD    
Dance with me 1960        
Save the last dance for me   2 1    
I count the tears          
Up on the roof          
On Broadway          
When my little girl is smiling          
i'll take you home          
Under the boardwalk          
At the club   3      
Come on over to my place          
Baby what I mean          
Saturday night at the movies   3      
Little sister and brother   7      
Kissing in the back row of the movies   2      
Down on the beach tonight   7      
Love games   33      
There goes my first love   3      
Can I take you home little girl   10      
Hello happiness   12      
Every nite's a saturday night with you   29      
You're more than a number in my little red book   5      

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