The Drifters

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The Drifters are an American doo-wop and R&B vocal group famed for classic hits like "Under the Boardwalk" and "Save the Last Dance for Me."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American musical group
doo-wop group
rhythm and blues group
vocal group
activePeriod 1950s
1960s
1970s
associatedAct Ben E. King
Bill Pinkney
Clyde McPhatter
Johnny Moore
Rudy Lewis
The Five Crowns
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
formedIn 1953
formedInCity New York City
formedInState New York
genre doo-wop
rhythm and blues
soul
hallOfFameInduction Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionYear 1988
hasMember Andrew Thrasher
Ben E. King
Bill Pinkney
Bobby Hendricks
Bobby Sheen
Charlie Thomas
Clyde McPhatter
Dock Green
Elsbeary Hobbs
Andrew Thrasher
surface form: Gerhart Thrasher

Jimmy Milner
Johnny Lee Williams
Johnny Moore
Johnny Terry
Ray Lewis
Rick Sheppard
Rudy Lewis
Tommy Evans
influencedGenre pop music
soul music
languageOfLyrics English
musicalStyleCharacteristic orchestrated R&B sound
string arrangements
vocal harmonies
notableSongwriterCollaborator Doc Pomus
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
surface form: Jerry Leiber

Mike Stoller
Mort Shuman
notableWork Dance with Me
On Broadway
Saturday Night at the Movies
Save the Last Dance for Me
Some Kind of Wonderful
There Goes My Baby
This Magic Moment
Under the Boardwalk
Up on the Roof
recordLabel Atlantic Records
Bell Records
Atlantic Records
surface form: UK Atlantic Records

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Ben E. King memberOf The Drifters
Ben E. King associatedAct The Drifters
Up on the Roof performer The Drifters
Up on the Roof firstPopularizedBy The Drifters
Up on the Roof madeFamousBy The Drifters
There Goes My Baby performer The Drifters
There Goes My Baby performingGroup The Drifters
this entity surface form: The Drifters with Ben E. King
Save the Last Dance for Me partOf The Drifters
this entity surface form: The Drifters discography
Save the Last Dance for Me features The Drifters
this entity surface form: backing vocals by The Drifters
White Christmas (song) recordedBy The Drifters
George David Weiss associatedAct The Drifters
This Magic Moment performer The Drifters
This Magic Moment originalArtist The Drifters
Benjamin Earl Nelson memberOf The Drifters
Benjamin Earl Nelson associatedAct The Drifters
Atlantic signedArtist The Drifters
subject surface form: Atlantic Records
On Broadway hasOriginalPerformers The Drifters
On Broadway hasNotableVersionBy The Drifters
Tom Dowd workedWith The Drifters
Flag originalArtistOfCoveredSong The Drifters
Brill Building pop associatedWith The Drifters
Ali-Ollie Woodson associatedAct The Drifters
Louis Price memberOf The Drifters
Louis Price associatedAct The Drifters
Hey Girl hasNotableCoverVersionBy The Drifters
Mike Stoller collaboratedWith The Drifters
Ruby Baby originalArtist The Drifters
Ruby Baby performer The Drifters
Ruby Baby recordedBy The Drifters
Under the Boardwalk performer The Drifters
Under the Boardwalk artist The Drifters
Under the Boardwalk isPartOf The Drifters
this entity surface form: The Drifters discography
Mickey Baker recordedWith The Drifters
Dance with Me artist The Drifters
Dance with Me performer The Drifters
Dance with Me vocalGroup The Drifters
Dance with Me isHitSingleOf The Drifters
Dance with Me chartingArtist The Drifters
Dance with Me recordedBy The Drifters
Dance with Me isEarlyHitFor The Drifters
Saturday Night at the Movies artist The Drifters