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The Complete Releases 1953-1962
Drifters
The Complete Releases 1953-1962
Drifters
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.
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 3 |
Released | November 6, 2015 |
EAN/UPC | 0824046905521 |
Label | ACROBAT ACTRCD9055 |
Genre | Blues Rhythm & Blues |
Dimensions | 126 × 142 × 24 mm · 180 g |
Track list
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1. CD
- Money Honey Clyde Mcphatter and the Drifters (Atlantic 1006)
- The Way I Feel Clyde Mcphatter and the Drifters (Atlantic 10
- Such a Night Clyde Mcphatter and the Drifters (Atlantic 1019
- Lucille Clyde Mcphatter and the Drifters (Atlantic 1019) 195
- Honey Love the Drifters Feat. Clyde Mcphatter (Atlantic 1029
- Warm Your Heart the Drifters Feat. Clyde Mcphatter (Atlantic
- Oh What a Dream Ruth Brown & Her Rhythmakers (Atlantic 1036)
- Please Don't Freeze Ruth Brown & Her Rhythmakers (Atlantic 1
- Bip Bam the Drifters Feat. Clyde Mcphatter (Atlantic 1043) 1
- Someday You'll Want Me to Want You the Drifters Feat. Clyde
- Somebody Touched Me Ruth Brown & Her Rhythmakers (Atlantic 1
- White Christmas the Drifters Feat. Clyde Mcphatter and Bill
- The Bells of St. Mary's the Drifters Feat. Clyde Mcphatter (
- What'cha Gonna Do? Clyde Mcphatter and the Drifters (Atlanti
- Gone Clyde Mcphatter and the Drifters (Atlantic 1055) 1955
- Everyone's Laughing Clyde Mcphatter and the Drifters (Atlant
- Hot Ziggety Clyde Mcphatter and the Drifters (Atlantic 1070)
- Adorable (Atlantic 1078) 1955
- Steamboat (Atlantic 1078) 1955
- Old Man River Ruth Brown & Her Rhythmakers (Atlantic 1082) 1
- Ruby Baby (Atlantic 1089) 1956
- Your Promise to Be Mine (Atlantic 1089) 1956
- Soldier of Fortune (Atlantic 1101) 1956
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2. CD
- I Gotta Get Myself a Woman (Atlantic 1101) 1956
- Fools Fall in Love (Atlantic 1123) 1957
- It Was a Tear (Atlantic 1123) 1957
- Hypnotized (Atlantic 1141) 1957
- Drifting Away from You (Atlantic 1141) 1957
- I Know (Atlantic 1161) 1957
- Yodee Yakee (Atlantic 1161) 1957
- Drip Drop (Atlantic 1187) 1958
- Moonlight Bay (Atlantic 1187) 1958
- There Goes My Baby (Atlantic 2025) 1959
- Oh My Love (Atlantic 2025) 1959
- Try Try Baby Clyde Mcphatter and the Drifters (Atlantic 2028
- There You Go Clyde Mcphatter and the Drifters (Atlantic 2038
- Dance with Me (Atlantic 2040) 1959
- (If You Cry) True Love, True Love (Atlantic 2040) 1959
- Don't Dog Me Clyde Mcphatter and the Drifters (Atlantic 2049
- This Magic Moment (Atlantic 2050) 1960
- Baltimore (Atlantic 2050) 1960
- Let the Boogie Woogie Roll Clyde Mcphatter and the Drifters
- Lonely Winds (Atlantic 2062) 1960
- Hey Senorita (Atlantic 2062) 1960
- Save the Last Dance for Me (Atlantic 2071) 1960
- Nobody but Me (Atlantic 2071) 1960
- I Count the Tears (Atlantic 2087) 1960
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3. CD
- Suddenly There's a Valley (Atlantic 2087) 1960
- Sadie My Lady ( ) 1960
- Honky Tonky (Atlantic Lp8041) 1960
- Souvenirs (Atlantic Lp8041) 1960
- Some Kind of Wonderful (Atlantic 2096) 1961
- Honey Bee (Atlantic 2096) 1961
- Please Stay (Atlantic 2105) 1961
- No Sweet Lovin' (Atlantic 2105) 1961
- Sweets for My Sweet (Atlantic 2117) 1961
- Loneliness or Happiness (Atlantic 2117) 1961
- Room Full of Tears (Atlantic 2127) 1961
- Somebody New Dancin' with You (Atlantic 2127) 1961
- When My Little Girl is Smiling (Atlantic 2134) 1962
- Mexican Divorce (Atlantic 2134) 1962
- Stranger on the Shore (Atlantic 2143) 1962
- What to Do (Atlantic 2143) 1962
- Sometimes I Wonder (Atlantic 2151) 1962
- Jackpot (Atlantic 2151) 1962
- Up on the Roof (Atlantic 2162) 1962
- Another Night with the Boys (Atlantic 2162) 1962
- Gee Harmony Grits (Bill Pinkney's Original Drifters) ( End 1
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town Harmony Grits (Bill Pinkney's
- Chew Tobacco Rag Johnny Darrow (With the Original Drifters)
- The Spider Walk Johnny Darrow (With the Original Drifters) (