The Drifters
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New York City, NY, USA (1953 – present)
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Ahmet Ertegün of Atlantic Records approached Clyde McPhatter after he left The Dominoes and signed him. McPhatter first recruited several members of his former group, The Mount Lebanon Singers: William “Chick” Anderson (tenor), David Baldwin (baritone), and James “Wrinkle” Johnson (bass), plus David “Little Dave” Baughan (tenor). This aggregation lasted for only a single session (from which “
After the session, Ferbee was involved in an accident and left the group and Adams died (to be replaced by Jimmy Oliver). Ferbee was not replaced and the voice parts were shifted around: Gerhart Thrasher became first tenor, Andrew Thrasher was now the baritone, and Bill Pinkney shifted down to bass. The group released several more hits (“
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- Band Members
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- Gerhart Thrasher
- Rick Sheppard
- Victor Bynoe
- Johnny Lee Williams
- Gene Jenkins
- Joe Cofie
- Bill Pinkney
- Clyde Brown
- Butch Mann
- Jimmy Millinder
- Clyde McPhatter
- Billy Davis
- Gene Pearson
- Joe Blunt
- James "Wrinkle" Johnson
- Bill Fredericks
- Johnny Terry
- Ben E. King
- Charles Baskerville
- William "Chick" Anderson
- Andrew Thrasher
- George Grant
- Tony Jackson
- Charlie Thomas
- George Chandler
- Keith John
- Ray Lewis
- Elsbeary Hobbs
- James Poindexter
- Dan Danbridge
- Roy Hemmings
- Billy Lewis
- Willie Ferbee
- Grant Kitchings
- Tommy Evans
- Bobby Hendricks
- Reggie Kimber
- Walter Adams
- John Thurston
- Jonah Ellis
- Rudy Lewis
- David Baughan
- Charlie Hughes
- Milton Turner
- Jason Leigh
- David Baldwin
- Rohan Delano Turney
- Johnny Moore
- William Brent
- Louis Price
- Butch Leake
- Patrick Alan
- James Clark
- Don Thomas
- William Van Dyke
- Peter Lamarr
- Jimmy Oliver
- Dock Green
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