The Drifters


The Drifters
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34 votes
500 Greatest Songs of all time - Updated! (262 items)
list by Happy Vader
Published 1 year, 4 months ago
7 comments
25 votes
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Performers (174 items)
list by tartan_skirt
Published 4 years, 9 months ago
5 comments
15 votes
The Immortals (100 items)
list by JxSxPx
Published 4 years, 2 months ago
3 comments
10 votes
500 favorite songs of the 60's - UPDATED (228 items)
list by jeffpsychedelic
Published 2 weeks ago
1 comment
8 votes
100 Greatest Lyrics of All Time! (83 items)
list by Happy Vader
Published 11 months ago
5 comments

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1. Top of the Pops (1964)
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jeffpsychedelic added this to a list 2 weeks ago
500 favorite songs of the 60's - UPDATED (228 person items)

"Save The Last Dance For Me"


jeffpsychedelic added this to a list 1 month ago
Classic Rock 'N' Roll - 1954 to 1972 (210 person items)

"There Goes My Baby This Magic Moment Save The Last Dance For Me Under The Boardwalk"


blankend added this to a list 9 months, 1 week ago
Rock N Roll Timeline 1877-1959 (25 person items)

"R&B music explodes into the mainstream with black vocal groups leading the crossover thanks to such records such as the Crows "Gee", The Chords "Sh-Boom", The Charms "Hearts Of Stone" and The Penguins "Earth Angel". The often crude recording techniques, amateurish vocals and sometimes nonsensical lyrics give the indication the music is just a novelty. Pop record companies try desperately to capitalize on the perceived fad by having white artists cover black vocal group records and the incre"


Happy Vader added this to a list 11 months ago
100 Greatest Lyrics of All Time! (83 person items)

"Song: There Goes My Baby Album: - Written by: Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson, George Treadwell, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (Bo-bo, doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo) (There she goes) (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo) (There she goes) (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo) (Bo-bo) (doo-doot-doo-doo) (Bo-bo) (doo-doo-doo-doo) There goes my baby, movin' on down the line Wonder where, wonder where, wonder where she is bound? I broke her heart and made her cry Now I'm alone, so all alone What can I do, what can I do? (The"


Happy Vader added this to a list 1 year, 4 months ago
500 Greatest Songs of all time - Updated! (262 person items)

"82 Up On The Roof 107 There Goes My Baby"


jeffpsychedelic added this to a list 2 years ago
50's Rock 'n' Roll (50 person items)
JxSxPx added this to a list 4 years, 2 months ago
The Immortals (100 person items)

""We were both fans of the Drifters even before we started writing, and later producing, for them. There was a real tradition of great singers in the group: Clyde McPhatter, Johnny Moore, Ben E. King and Rudy Lewis. Yet for all their fantastic records, the Drifters had the least stable lineup of any of the great vocal groups. They were in essence a group of hired guns, overseen by their management. Let's just say this wasn't necessarily a situation where guys were getting rich off the royalties.""


tartan_skirt added this to a list 4 years, 9 months ago
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Performers (174 person items)

"1988 *Clyde McPhatter (already had solo induction in 1987) *Ben E. King *Rudy Lewis *Johnny Moore *Bill Pinkney *Charlie Thomas *Gerhart Thrasher"