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Oct 15, 2019 04:21AM

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The Drifters and The Stylistics were two of my favourite groups of the 70's...
The Drifters first started in 1954....
Early 60's gained great success.
The Drifters at different times had over 60 singers as leads...
Members
Charlie Thomas
Louis Bailey
Stephen Brown
Jerome Manning
Jeff Hall
Past members
Clyde McPhatter(first lead singer in 1954)
Gerhart Thrasher
Andrew Thrasher
Charlie White
Bill Pinkney
Willie Ferbee
Walter Adams
Ben E. King(most famous early 60's)
Doc Green
Derek Ventura
Bernard Jones
Lloyd Butch Phillips
Elsbeary Hobbs
Rudy Lewis
Tommy Evans
Johnny Lee Williams
Eugene Pearson
Johnny Terry
Harrell Dixon
J.T. Carter
Johnny Stewart
Terry King[1]
Johnny Moore(the best and most famous lead singer)(late 60's and 70's)
Bobby Hendricks
Butch Leake
Rudy Ivan
Jimmy Lewis
Ray Lewis
Bill Fredericks
Louis Price
Maurice Cannon
Glenn Dodd
Pierre Herelle
Carlton Powell
Jason Leigh
Phil Watson
Michael Raysor
Dave Revels
Saturday Night At The Movies (Johnny Moore lead)
Down On The Beach Tonight (Johnny Moore lead)
Like Sister Like Brother(J.Moore lead)
Stand By Me (Ben E King lead)
There Goes My First Love (J Moore lead)
Save The Last Dance For Me(Ben E King)
Under The Boardwalk (Ben E King)
The Treadwell Family own the rights to "The Drifters", but there are still two groups playing one called "The Original Drifters" one called The Drifters.
Johnny Moore years in the group
Johnny Moore (1954–57), 1964–78), 1980, 1983, 1987–98; died 1998)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dri...
The Drifters first started in 1954....
Early 60's gained great success.
The Drifters at different times had over 60 singers as leads...
Members
Charlie Thomas
Louis Bailey
Stephen Brown
Jerome Manning
Jeff Hall
Past members
Clyde McPhatter(first lead singer in 1954)
Gerhart Thrasher
Andrew Thrasher
Charlie White
Bill Pinkney
Willie Ferbee
Walter Adams
Ben E. King(most famous early 60's)
Doc Green
Derek Ventura
Bernard Jones
Lloyd Butch Phillips
Elsbeary Hobbs
Rudy Lewis
Tommy Evans
Johnny Lee Williams
Eugene Pearson
Johnny Terry
Harrell Dixon
J.T. Carter
Johnny Stewart
Terry King[1]
Johnny Moore(the best and most famous lead singer)(late 60's and 70's)
Bobby Hendricks
Butch Leake
Rudy Ivan
Jimmy Lewis
Ray Lewis
Bill Fredericks
Louis Price
Maurice Cannon
Glenn Dodd
Pierre Herelle
Carlton Powell
Jason Leigh
Phil Watson
Michael Raysor
Dave Revels
Saturday Night At The Movies (Johnny Moore lead)
Down On The Beach Tonight (Johnny Moore lead)
Like Sister Like Brother(J.Moore lead)
Stand By Me (Ben E King lead)
There Goes My First Love (J Moore lead)
Save The Last Dance For Me(Ben E King)
Under The Boardwalk (Ben E King)
The Treadwell Family own the rights to "The Drifters", but there are still two groups playing one called "The Original Drifters" one called The Drifters.
Johnny Moore years in the group
Johnny Moore (1954–57), 1964–78), 1980, 1983, 1987–98; died 1998)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dri...