Johnny Moore (musician)
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Johnny Moore (born 14 December 1934) (died 30 December 1998) was an American rhythm and blues singer with The Drifters.
Moore joined the group in New York in 1955, at age 21, and became the lead singer in 1964 when Rudy Lewis died of a suspected drug overdose. His first recording as lead singer was "Under The Boardwalk", recorded the day after Lewis died.
Moore had a string of hits with the group in the sixties, most notably "Saturday Night At The Movies", "Up On The Roof", "Come On Over To My Place", "At The Club" and "Up In The Streets Of Harlem", but by 1970 their close-harmony sound was no longer popular.
Competitive groups of the Drifters performed through the rest of the century, with Moore in a group with Ben E. King.
Moore was given a posthumous Pioneer Award in 1999 by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.
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