Songwriters Friends, the artists who popularized the songs written by The Songwriters Hall of Fame include The Drifters among their Thomas, and Johnny Moore (posthumously) received Pioneer Awards from the Members Clyde McPhatter, Bill Pinkney, Gerhart Thrasher, Johnny Moore,īen E. In 1988, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted the Drifters naming In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked the Drifters #81 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. The Vocal Group Hall of Fame has inducted both "The Original Drifters" (1998) and "Ben E. Right to use the Drifters name (see below). Ownership of the Treadwell Drifters franchise, so this lineup lost the In 2008 Tina Treadwell won her case in a UK court establishing her On June 20, 2007, this lineup performed at Prime Minister Tony Blair's Farewell Party in London. The group's lineup as of 2007 was Peter Lamarr, Rohan Delano Hemmings left in 2004 and was replaced by the again-returning Peter Lamarr left again in 2003, and was replaced by Victor Bynoe. Their new duties included stopping a patentīy a UK group calling themselves American Drifters. In 2001 Faye Treadwell left the United Kingdom and apparently abandoned the Treadwell Drifters franchise (even though in January 2000 a US court had previously overturned a 1999 jury verdict declaring that it was abandoned.) In this environment, two members of her company, Mark LundquistĪnd Phil Lunderman, started a new management company, Drifters UK Group Hall of Fame's induction of the original Drifters, which Thomas was also cited by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (and the Vocal Paragraphs being exclusively devoted to the Drifters, although Charlie King with a nod to his time in the Drifters, only one of five The write-up indicates an award primarily as a tribute toīen E. Inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2000 as Ben E. "Dance with Me" followed, and then " This Magic Moment" (number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960). " There Goes My Baby", the first commercial rock-and-roll recording to include a string orchestra, was a Top 10 hit, and number 193 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. With King on lead that became chart hits. With Leiber & Stoller producing, this new lineup - widelyĬonsidered the "true" golden age of the group - released several singles When Atlantic decided to send the new Drifters into the studio,Įrtegün and Wexler were too busy to produce the sessions, so theyĮnlisted Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who had been successful producing the Coasters. Relatively short-lived solo career with 16 R&B and 21 Pop hits. AfterĬompleting his military service, McPhatter pursued a successful but His first solo release ("Everyone's Laughing" b/w "Hot Ziggety") wasĪctually from his final Drifters session in October 1954. McPhatter's last official record as a member of the Drifters, although "What'cha Gonna Do", recorded a year before its release, was Stationed in Buffalo, New York, he was able to continue with the groupįor a time. Received his draft letter in March 1954 however, as he was initially November 1954, and "What'cha Gonna Do" in February 1955. "Honey Love" June 1954, "Bip Bam" October 1954, "White Christmas" This group released several more hits, including "Such A Night" in Shifted down to baritone, and Bill Pinkney dropped all the way down toīass. Gerhart Thrasher moved up to first tenor, Andrew Thrasher However, Ferbee was not replaced instead, the voice parts were shiftedĪround. More lineup changes followed, after Ferbee was involved in anĪccident and left the group and then Adams died.
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