Members
- Rohan Delano Turney1991current
- Patrick Alan1998current
- Vic Bynoe2002current
- Peter Lamarr2004current
- Andrew Thrasher1953–1956
- Bill Pinkney1953–1956
- Gerhart Thrasher1953–1958
- Jimmy Oliver1953–1957
- Walter Adams1953–1953
- Willie Ferbee1953–1953
- David Baughan1954–1955
- Johnny Moore1955–1957
- Charlie Hughes1956–1957
- Tommy Evans1956–1958
- Bobby Hendricks1957–1958
- Jimmy Milner1957–1958
Ben E. King1958–1960- Charlie Thomas1958–1967
- Dock Green1958–1962
- Elsbeary Hobbs1958–1960
- James Clark1958–1959
- Johnny Lee Williams1959–1960
- Reggie Kimber1959–1960
- Bill Davis1960–1967
- George Grant1960–1960
- James Poindexter1960–1960
- Rudy Lewis1960–1964
- Tommy Evans1960–1962
- William Van Dyke1960–1960
- Eugene Pearson1962–1966
- Winifred Terry1963–1966
- Johnny Moore1963–1978
- Dan Danbridge1966–1966
- William Brent1966–1967
- Rick Sheppard1966–1971
- Bill Fredericks1967–1974
- Charles Baskerville1967–1967
- Milton Turner1967–1969
- Don Thomas1969–1971
- Butch Leake1972–1976
- Butch Mann1972–1976
- Grant Kitchings1972–1975
- Clyde Brown1974–1981
- Billy Lewis1975–1979
- Joe Blunt1976–1979
- Butch Mann1978–1979
- Ray Lewis1978–1983
- Johnny Moore1980–1981
- Louis Price1980–1983
- Ben E. King1981–1985
- Bill Fredericks1981–1983
- Clyde Brown1983–1985
- Joe Blunt1983–1985
- Johnny Moore1983–1985
- Billy Lewis1986–1989
- Jonah Ellis1986–1986
- Louis Price1986–1986
- Ray Lewis1986–1988
- Gene Jenkins1987–1987
- Johnny Moore1987–1998
- Ray Dorsey1987–2002
- George Chandler1987–1987
- John Thurston1987–1990
- Joe Cofie1988–1995
- George Chandler1989–1989
- Keith John1989–1989
- Tony Jackson1989–1989
- Patrick Alan1990–1990
- Peter Lamarr1990–1991
- Roy Hemmings1990–2003
- Jason Leigh1995–1996
- Peter Lamarr1996–2001
- Abdul Samaadguitar
Clyde McPhatter1954- David Baldwin1953
- David Baughan1953
- James "Wrinkle" Johnson1953
- William "Chick" Anderson1953
Collected from open sources (4) · facts link to sources
Discography
A Christmas Album1996
Tracklist not collected yet.
Greatest Hits1987
Tracklist not collected yet.
Save the Last Dance for Me1987
Tracklist not collected yet.
Save the Last Dance for Me1987
Tracklist not collected yet.
Greatest Hits Live1986
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16 Greatest Hits1985
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12 Greatest Hits1982
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The Drifters / Duane Eddy / The Fireballs / Jack Scott (La grande storia del rock)1981
Tracklist not collected yet.
The Drifters / The Bobettes / Johnny and the Hurricanes (La grande storia del rock)1981
Tracklist not collected yet.
Every Nite's a Saturday Night1976
Tracklist not collected yet.
Love Games1975
Tracklist not collected yet.
There Goes My First Love1975
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There Goes My First Love1975
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Now1973
Tracklist not collected yet.
The Drifters’ Golden Hits1968
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I’ll Take You Where the Music’s Playing1965
Tracklist not collected yet.
The Good Life With the Drifters1965
Tracklist not collected yet.
Under the Boardwalk1964
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The Drifters1964
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Up on the Roof: The Best of the Drifters1963
Tracklist not collected yet.
Save the Last Dance for Me1962
Tracklist not collected yet.
Rockin’ & Driftin’1958
Tracklist not collected yet.
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters1956
Tracklist not collected yet.
Definitive Soul: The Drifters
Tracklist not collected yet.
Honey Chile / Mobile1951
Tracklist not collected yet.
Gallery
Label
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Record label
- Bell Records
- Record label
- Warner Music Group
Achievements
- Award
- Grammy Hall of Fame
- Award
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Similar artists
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Also known as: Ben E King & The Drifters, Ben E King with The Drifters, Ben E. King & The Drifters, Drifters, ザ・ドリフターズ
The Drifters are an American pop and R&B/soul vocal group. They were originally formed as a backing group for Clyde McPhatter, formerly the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes in 1953. The second group of Drifters, formed in 1959 and led by Ben E. King, were originally an up-and-coming group named the Five Crowns. After 1965, members moved between both groups, and many of these formed other groups of Drifters as well. Over the succeeding decades, several different bands, all called the Drifters, can trace roots back to these original groups, but contain few—if any—original members.
Opinions of fans — not verified facts.
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