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Complete Releases 1953-62 (CD) - The Drifters
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Complete Releases 1953-62 (CD) - The Drifters

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The Drifters were one of the most successful and enduring groups on the R&B and soul scene, re-inventing themselves in different line-ups over the years to enjoy a lengthy chart career. This 71-track 3-CD collection focuses on the first decade of that career, when the group initially featured Clyde McPhatter as lead singer, before he embarked on a solo career, and the group went through several incarnations before Ben E. King became the featured vocalist during the latter years of the period covered. It comprises every record they released during that time, on which The Drifters received a label credit or on which they certainly performed (as on three titles released as Clyde McPhatter solo singles) - it also features a couple of rarities done under other names by Drifters line-ups. It includes 28 US chart entries, with 23 R&B hits, five of them No. 1s, as well as 19 pop hits, and naturally features classics like "Money Honey", "Dance With Me", "Save The Last Dance For Me", "When My Little Girl Is Smiling" and "Up On The Roof". It provides a comprehensive, definitive, and thoroughly entertaining overview of the important formative years of one of R&B's great vocal groups.

Track List

  1. Money Honey Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters
  2. The Way I Feel Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters
  3. Politica Night McPhatter Clyde and the Drifters
  4. Lucille Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters
  5. The Drifters Honey Love Feat. Clyde McPhatter
  6. Warm Your Heart the Drifters Feat. Clyde McPhatter
  7. Oh What a Dream Ruth Brown ; Her Rhythmakers
  8. Please Do Not Freeze Ruth Brown ; Her Rhythmakers
  9. Bip Bam the Drifters Feat. Clyde McPhatter
  10. Someday You'll Want Me to Want You the Drifters Feat
  11. Somebody Touched Me Ruth Brown ; Her Rhythmakers
  12. White Christmas the Drifters Feat. Clyde McPhatter and Bill
  13. The Bells of St. Mary's the Drifters Feat. Clyde McPhatter (
  14. What'cha Gonna Do? Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters (Atlantic
  15. Gone Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters (Atlantic 1055) 1955
  16. Everyone's Laughing Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters (Atlantic
  17. Hot Ziggety Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters (1070 Atlantic)
  18. Adorable (Atlantic 1078) 1955
  19. Steamboat (Atlantic 1078) 1955
  20. Old Man River Ruth Brown ; Her Rhythmakers (Atlantic 1082) 1
  21. Ruby Baby (Atlantic 1089) 1956
  22. Your Promised to Be Me (Atlantic 1089) 1956
  23. Soldier of Fortune (1101 Atlantic) 1956
  24. I Gotta Get Myself a Woman (Atlantic 1101) 1956
  25. Fools Fall in Love <> 1957
  26. It Was a Tear <> 1957
  27. Hypnotized <> 1957
  28. Drifting Away from You <> 1957
  29. I Know <> 1957
  30. Yodee Yake <> 1957
  31. Drip Drop <> 1958
  32. Moonlight Bay <> 1958
  33. There Goes My Baby <> 1959
  34. Oh My Love <> 1959
  35. Try Try Baby Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters
  36. There You Go Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters
  37. Dance with Me <> 1959
  38. (If You Cry) True Love True Love <> 1959
  39. Do Not Dog Me McPhatter Clyde and the Drifters
  40. This Magic Moment <> 1960
  41. Baltimore <> 1960
  42. Let the Boogie Woogie Roll Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters
  43. Lonely Winds <> 1960
  44. Hey Senorita <> 1960
  45. Save the Last Dance for Me <> 1960
  46. Nobody But Me <> 1960
  47. I Count the Tears <> 1960
  48. Suddenly There's a Valley <> 1960
  49. My Lady Sadie <> 1960
  50. Honky Tonky <> 1960
  51. Souvenirs <> 1960
  52. Some Kind of Wonderful <> 1961
  53. Honey Bee <> 1961
  54. Please Stay <> 1961
  55. No Sweet Lovin ' <> 5) 1961
  56. Sweets for My Sweet <> 1961
  57. Loneliness or Happiness (Atlantic 2117) 1961
  58. Room Full of Tears (Atlantic 2127) 1961
  59. Somebody New Dancin 'With You <> 1961
  60. When My Little Girl Is Smiling <> 1962
  61. Mexican Divorce <> 1962
  62. Stranger on the Shore <> 1962
  63. What to Do (<>) 1962
  64. Sometimes I Wonder <> 1962
  65. Jackpot <> 1962
  66. Up on the Roof <> 1962
  67. Another Night with the Boys <> 1962
  68. Gee Harmony Grits (Bill Pinkney's Original Drifters) (End January
  69. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Harmony Grits (Bill Pinkney's
  70. Chew Tobacco Rag Johnny Darrow (With the Original Drifters)
  71. The Spider Walk Johnny Darrow (With the Original Drifters)