The Drifters

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American musical group doo-wop group rhythm and blues group vocal group

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Drifters discography	1
The Drifters with Ben E. King	1
backing vocals by The Drifters	1

Statements (62)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Bell Records ⓘ Atlantic Records ⓘ surface form: UK Atlantic Records

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ben E. King → associatedAct → The Drifters ⓘ

Save the Last Dance for Me → features → The Drifters ⓘ

this entity surface form: backing vocals by The Drifters

Up on the Roof → firstPopularizedBy → The Drifters ⓘ

Up on the Roof → madeFamousBy → The Drifters ⓘ

Ben E. King → memberOf → The Drifters ⓘ

Save the Last Dance for Me → originalArtist → The Drifters ⓘ

Up on the Roof → originallyPerformedBy → The Drifters ⓘ

There Goes My Baby → originallyRecordedBy → The Drifters ⓘ

Save the Last Dance for Me → partOf → The Drifters ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Drifters discography

Save the Last Dance for Me → performer → The Drifters ⓘ

There Goes My Baby → performer → The Drifters ⓘ

Up on the Roof → performer → The Drifters ⓘ

There Goes My Baby → performingGroup → The Drifters ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Drifters with Ben E. King

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller → wroteSongFor → The Drifters ⓘ