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	The Drifters
		The material the Drifters recorded came from a variety of sources, including the songwriting teams of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, and Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
		The name “Drifters” was chosen by Clyde McPhatter, the honey-voiced singer who was the first in a long line of lead voices.
		Just as the Drifters were finally beginning to enjoy sustained musical success, Lewis died of a drug overdose in 1964, and once again the group lost a magical voice.
	www.rockhall.com /hof/inductee.asp?id=94 (863 words)

	CMT.com : The Drifters : Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Drifters are part of an even more exclusive fraternity, as a group that managed to carve out a place for themselves in the R&B firmament and also define that music, not only at its inception as a national chart phenomenon in the early '50s but also in the decade that followed.
		McPhatter had organized the Drifters under the auspices of his own business entity, Drifters Incorporated, so that he would have a share of their earnings, something that he'd been denied in the Dominoes; his own willingness to share those earnings with the other members has never been broached or questioned.
		The Drifters were never able to make the jump comfortably to this harder brand of soul music, and the loss of Berns as a producer after 1965 seemed to seal their fate.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/drifters/bio.jhtml (3805 words)

	The Drifters
		The Drifters were not only a popular for their vocals but, for their choreography.
		Around 1972, Johnny Moore with a new group of Drifters, moved to England, toured the clubs and cabarets, and signed with British Bell, for whom they had a series of British hits through 1975.
		The Drifters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988
	www.history-of-rock.com /drifters.htm (425 words)

	The Drifters News
		Veteran soul band The Drifters were involved in a serious car accident in England in the early hours yesterday morning, with one member suffering head injuries.
		MEMBERS of pop band The Drifters are lucky to be alive today after a serious car crash on the way back from a concert in northern England.
		The band were in the middle of a lengthy UK tour Soul band The Drifters have been involved in a serious car crash on the M1 in South Yorkshire.
	www.topix.net /who/the-drifters?scoring=r (660 words)

	Drifters
		The Drifters got under way in 1963 in Salisbury and it wasn't long before they made their first recording entitled Lucille with Someone, Someone on the reverse.
		We were called The Drifters, comprising Nic Pickard, myself, Paddy on drums, Chris on rhythm guitar and singers George De Klerk and Dave McClelland.
		When I returned to Rhodesia I rejoined the Drifters and when Mel got back we were ready to open with our present group at Le Coq d'Or in Salisbury as professionals.
	www.cd.co.za /legends/60s/drifters_index.htm (1801 words)

	The Drifters Official Website - The Drifters Story
		The Drifters went on to achieve phenomenal chart success in the USA with hits such as "Under The Boardwalk", "On Broadway", "Save The Last Dance For Me", "There Goes My Baby", and many more, until the late 60's saw their hits in America begin to slow down.
		A Drifter since 1954, Johnny was the only member of the group to have appeared on record and stage from the 1950's to the 1990's.
		During 1999, the remaining Drifters fulfilled all their contracted commitments for concert and corporate appearances, performing a special show based upon and dedicated to Johnny's long career with the group.
	www.thedrifters.co.uk /story.html (565 words)

	SUBJECT 8MJZ031176 - THE DRIFTERS SHRINE
		In 1958, The Drifters hit their absolute nadir with "Moonlight Bay," a sing-along style recording of which Mitch Miller would be proud.
		The next session produced The Drifters' first #1, the absolutely gorgeous " Save The Last Dance For Me," which John Lennon said ws the basis for the Beatles' 1968 "Hey Jude." Save The Last Dance For Me" was the first Pomus-Shuman composition to be recorded by the group.
		The Drifters were clearly two distinct vocal groupls, the one that endured between 1953 and 1958, and the one that lasted from 1959 through the end of the 1960s.
	mjzappat.bol.ucla.edu /drifters/drifters.html (1640 words)

	Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks - THE DRIFTERS (The Early Years)
		June saw the release of two of the Drifters' Ruth Brown backups: “Oh What A Dream” and “Please Don't Freeze” (although the only billing the Drifters got was as the generic “and her Rhythmakers”).
		The Drifters shared the stage with Joe Turner, the Clovers, the Moonglows/Moonlighters, Danny Overbea, Fats Domino, Joe Turner, Charles Brown, Ruth Brown, Varetta Dillard, the Red Prysock Orchestra, the Harptones, Dakota Staton, and the Buddy Johnson Orchestra (with Ella Johnson and Nolan Lewis).
		Pinkney's place in the Drifters was taken by Tommy Evans, who had had his own Detroit group, the Carols, before having been selected to replace Jimmy Ricks in the Ravens (for appearances only).
	home.att.net /~marvy42/Drifters/drifters.html (8753 words)

	Sierra Drifters - Guide Service
		Established in 1998, Sierra Drifters is the pioneering guide service to offer drift boat trips down the Lower Owens River and is the most experienced guide service to offer these trips.
		Sierra Drifters is the only guide service in the Eastern Sierra to offer the services of a Licensed Coast Guard Captain and a 40 year veteran of fishing these waters.
		Website content is copyright © by Sierra Drifters Guide Service.
	sierradrifters.com (393 words)

	Book The Drifters - Booking Corporate Event, Meeting, Private Party - Your Booking Agent for The Drifters
		From the Drifters very first release on Atlantic Records, "There Goes My Baby" (which was also the first rhythm and blues record to incorporate violins), the Drifters were bound for stardom - with a 2 million seller under their belts in the first try.
		The Drifters have literally toured the entire world including a recent one-month tour to the Far East and highlighted by being chosen to represent the United States for the great Bicentennial tour of Russia in 1977.
		The Drifters have even appeared at the White House for President Bush and at the home of the widow of the late Robert Kennedy in a concert for Ted Kennedy and friends.
	www.grabow.biz /Nostalgia/TheDrifters.htm (576 words)

	ARB Productions - The Drifters
		Rick Sheppard joined the Drifters in 1966 and recorded with the group for Atlantic Records through the end of the '60s.
		The Drifters featuring Rick Sheppard are entering their third decade of thrilling audiences throughout the U.S. and Canada.
		On the recording front, The Drifters featuring Rick Sheppard have recently released two albums on: EMI Capitol Music; Greatest Hits, a re-recording of The Drifters' classic songs, and A Christmas Album, the first-ever album of Christmas songs ever recorded by The Drifters in their long and storied career.
	arbproductions.ca /thedrifters.shtml (706 words)

	The Drifters: Biography
		The history of rhythm and blues is filled with vocal groups whose names -- the Orioles, the Cadillacs, the Crows, the Flamingos, the Moonglows, the Coasters, the Penguins -- are held in reverence by fanatics and devotees.
		The Drifters are part of an even more exclusive fraternity, as a group that managed to carve out a place for themselves in the RandB firmament and also define that music, not only at its inception as a national chart phenomenon in the early '50s but also in the decade that followed.
		The Drifters can also claim a unique place in popular music history, as a major RandB group founded at the instigation of a record-label chief.
	afgen.com /drifters.html (3683 words)

	www.myspace.com/forallthedrifters
		For All the Drifters began their journey in the creation of music at a midwest college in Greenville, IL, in the fall of 2000.
		For All the Drifters have created with this EP what many artists strive to do when releasing a full length LP, which is to have the listener not take it out of the player.
		For All the Drifters have defiantly made their voice heard with this release and you would be the unfortunate not to hear it for yourself.
	www.myspace.com /forallthedrifters (797 words)

	The Drifters \| Biography \| MTV
		The history of rhythm and blues is filled with vocal groups whose names -- the Orioles, the Cadillacs, the Crows, the Flamingos, the Moonglows, the Coasters, the Penguins -- are held in reverence by fanatics and devotees.
		Their place in history is as complex as their role in it, by virtue of the fact that there are two distinct phases to their music and the continuity of their membership, and their...
		The label didn't know whether to shoot for an entirely new sound or to try to find a replacement who sounded like the former lead singer who, by 1956, was a major R&B star in his own right.
	www.mtv.com /music/artist/drifters/bio.jhtml (3898 words)

	ELSBEARY HOBBS DRIFTERS BIO PAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Hobbs was a member of “The Drifters” from 1958-1996, with the exception of the time he spent in the military service and his work as a medical assistant.
		From his return to the Drifters in 1969 through his untimely death in 1996, Hobbs was the leader of the Drifters during their greatest years as a touring group.
		One important reason for The Drifters success was their intimate relationship with the greatest songwriters of their time and the great Drifters hits were written by such song writing legends as Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Doc Pomus, and Lieber and Stoller.
	www.capitolint.com /driftersbio.htm (525 words)

	The Drifters - Inductees - The Vocal Group Hall of Fame Foundation
		The Drifters were famous not only for numerous hit recording but because at various stages of their career they were trendsetters in rhythm and blues and rock and roll.
		Part of the reason is that the Drifters were not just one group, they were at least two, with enough members between 1953 and 1971 to make up several quintets.
		These last original Drifters (Hendricks, Thrasher, Millender, and Evans) watched their popularity wane; soon they were forced to do one-nighters posing as both THE COASTERS and the Ravens.
	www.vocalgroup.org /inductees/the_drifters.html (2765 words)

	Collins' Oldies Website: The Drifters
		The Drifters were a fl doo-wop group of the mid-late 50s to the mid 60s.
		In 1958, the Drifters' manager, George Treadwell, disbanded that group and brought in the former Five Crowns.
		Although the Drifters sang this song first, it was a bigger hit for Jay and the Americans.
	www.srv.net /~roxtar/drifters.html (1088 words)

	Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks - THE LATER DRIFTERS
		In late 1960, when the Drifters (still a trio) were playing Philadelphia's Uptown Theater, Rudy Lewis auditioned for George Treadwell and was hired as the new lead.
		On December 31, 1964, the Drifters were brought into the studio to record a single side, with Johnny Moore in the lead: “Answer The Phone.” This was rushed out in January 1965, with “At The Club” as the flip.
		Having been on the same bill as the Drifters, he knew a lot of their material, so when he heard there was an opening, he rushed to audition for Faye Treadwell and the rest of the group.
	home.att.net /~uncamarvy/DriftersLate/drifterslate.html (5970 words)

	Rolling Stone : 81) The Drifters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Over the years, the Drifters were a couple of different great groups and a whole bunch of wonderful guys.
		Yet for all their fantastic records, the Drifters had the least stable lineup of any of the great vocal groups.
		Since we were involved in the Drifters' career, it's probably not our place to declare their music immortal.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/7249914/81_the_drifters (513 words)

	The Drifters
		It reflects the entire Drifters presence in the music industry, and weaves a blend of nostalgic magic and on stage excitement.
		Bill Pinkney, the only surviving 1953 original member is now on his 46th Anniversary tour and is committed to keeping the name and spirit of The Drifters alive.
		The four original Drifters and four subsequent members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 1988.
	www.generalentertainment.com /artists/drifters.htm (304 words)

	The Drifters at the Riverbank Arts centre, County Kildare.
		The Drifters were formed in 1953 in down town New York, and have survived various line-up changes throughout the years, enjoying huge success in both the US and Europe.
		Whenever The Drifters appear, you can be sure of large crowds and a truly entertaining evening of nostalgia as the guys blast out hit after hit in a 100 minute non-stop action show of glamour and favourite oldies sung by the originals.
		Direct from Las Vegas, The Drifters return to Ireland for a short tour, so why not take a trip down Memory Lane on Thursday 9th October at the Riverbank, as The Drifters perform all of the hits that made them household names world-wide.
	www.kildare.ie /arts/events/events_03/drifters-03.asp (286 words)

	Original Drifters -- 50th Anniversary -- Official and Authentic
		"The Drifters were the all time greatest Atlantic recording group"
		Drifters featuring Bill Pinkney, the only surviving original member
		This site is maintained by Original Drifters, Inc. All rights reserved.
	www.originaldrifters.com (309 words)

	The Doo Wop Cafe and Doo Wop Cafe Radio site
		Atlantic Records was again in a period of change by the end of 1963,when the Drifters were handed over to a new producer, Bert Berns.
		His Drifters records were fine, workmanlike and often commercially successful but, in comparison, lacked that indefinable quality, "magic." His style was more suited to artists like Solomon Burke, in the more churchy tradition.
		Jerry Wexler recalls the incident: "Bert, the English arranger and The Drifters all balked; 'Boardwalk' was written for Rudy and the charts were in his key.
	www.doowopcaferadio.com /Drifters.html (1465 words)

	The Doo Wop Cafe and Doo Wop Cafe Radio site
		Atlantic Records was again in a period of change by the end of 1963,when the Drifters were handed over to a new producer, Bert Berns.
		His Drifters records were fine, workmanlike and often commercially successful but, in comparison, lacked that indefinable quality, "magic." His style was more suited to artists like Solomon Burke, in the more churchy tradition.
		Jerry Wexler recalls the incident: "Bert, the English arranger and The Drifters all balked; 'Boardwalk' was written for Rudy and the charts were in his key.
	www.doowopcafe.net /Drifters.html (1465 words)

	The Drifters
		"The Drifters" were a long-lived American band, originally formed by Clyde McPhatter (of Billy Ward & the Dominoes) in 1953.
		In the early 1950s, The Drifters began working with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, legendary songwriters, who eventually became the group's producers as well.
		Treadwell still had performing obligations for the now-nonexistent Drifters, and approached Lover Patterson, manager for The Crowns (formerly The Five Crowns), who agreed.
	www.artistopia.com /the-drifters (721 words)

	The Drifters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He recorded with the Drifters when he was on leave, but when he was discharged in 1956, he decided to leave the group and pursue a solo career.
		There were six different lead singers after McPhatter, and the group continued recording until 1958 when their manager fired the entire group.
		Rudy Lewis replaced King and was the lead voice on "Up On The Roof" and "Broadway." Lewis died from a heart attack in 1964.
	www.hhdarma.addr.com /biographies/drifters.html (271 words)

	Charlie Thomas' Drifters Bio - Mars Talent
		It was Charlie Thomas' voice that Treadwell heard and hastily recruited the Crowns to become the new Drifters.
		This was the beginning of what is generally acknowledged as the Golden Years of the Drifters.
		Charlie Thomas' Drifters continue to tour the world over and bring these classic songs and many more to appreciative audiences everywhere.
	www.marstalent.com /bio_drifters.htm (256 words)

	Drifters Lodge - Cooper Landing Alaska Lodging
		In Cooper Landing, at the headwaters of the mighty Kenai River sits Drifters Lodge, one of the few lodges on the Kenai River in Cooper Landing.
		The road from Anchorage to Kenai is rated among the top ten most scenic roads in all of America.
		Make Drifters Lodge your base and head to the ocean and catch your halibut limit out of Ninilchik, Homer or Seward.
	www.drifterslodge.com (184 words)

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