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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
The Drifters canonical	84
The Drifters discography	2
Clyde McPhatter-era Drifters (successor line-ups)	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 ⓘ Bell Records ⓘ Atlantic Records ⓘ surface form: UK Atlantic Records

Referenced by (89)

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Ben E. King → memberOf → The Drifters ⓘ

Ben E. King → associatedAct → The Drifters ⓘ

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller → wroteSongFor → The Drifters ⓘ

Up on the Roof → performer → The Drifters ⓘ

Up on the Roof → originallyPerformedBy → 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

There Goes My Baby → originallyRecordedBy → The Drifters ⓘ

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

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

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) → notablePerformer → 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 ⓘ

This Magic Moment → originalChartingArtist → 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 ⓘ

Vocal Group Hall of Fame → notableInductee → 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 ⓘ

Saturday Night at the Movies → performer → The Drifters ⓘ