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The Drifters
The Drifters
Artist Information
Genres: Soul, R&B, Pop, Doo Wop
Active: 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's
Formed: May 1953 in New York, NY
Influences
The "5" Royales, The Platters, The Ink Spots, The Orioles, Billy Ward
Similar Artists
Ben E. King, Frankie Lymon, Clyde McPhatter, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, The Five Keys, Leiber & Stoller, The Del Vikings, The Moonglows, Sam Cooke, The Coasters, The Clovers, Ray Charles, Phil Spector, The Flamingos, Little Richard, The Cardinals, The Dells, Jay & the Americans
Followers
James Brown, Jay & the Americans, Dee Clark, Thurston Harris, Chuck Jackson, The Impressions, Mink DeVille, The Cleftones, The Cadillacs, The Jive Five, The Searchers, Southside Johnny, Bunny Wailer, Ace Spectrum, The Embers, The Five Pennies, The Diplomats, The Gainors
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Biography
The history of rhythm and blues is filled with vocal groups whose names -- the Orioles, the Cadillacs, the Crows, the Flamingos, the Moonglows, the Coasters, the Penguins -- are held in reverence by fanatics and devotees. The Drifters are part of an even more exclusive fraternity, as a group that managed to carve out a place for themselves in the R&B firmament and also define that music, not only at its inception as a national chart phenomenon in the early '50s but also in the decade that followed.
Discography
Release: October 22, 2008
Label: EMI Japan
Release: October 22, 2008
Label: EMI Japan
 
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