Browse Music
Rock & Pop
R&B & Hip-Hop
Country
Blues
Jazz
Classical
Latin
Christian
Soundtracks
Collections
The Drifters
Biography
Tell a Friend about this artist
Formed
New York, NY

Years Active:
50s | 60s | 70s | 80s | 90s

 
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. ...
More
Selected Discography:
  Album Title Released Label Price
Back to Artist Discography
About This Artist
Discography
Related Artists
Ray Charles The Coasters Sam Cooke Antoine "Fats" Domino The Four Tops Aretha Franklin Marvin Gaye The Ink Spots The Moonglows The Platters Otis Redding Smokey Robinson The Temptations The Dells James Brown The Del Vikings Al Green The Searchers Bunny Wailer

Influences
The Platters

Followers
James Brown

Performed Songs By
Berlin, Irving Carole King Barry Mann Burt Bacharach

©2006 All Media Guide, LLC
Portions of content provided by All Music Guide®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC