The Drifters' Golden Hits

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The Drifters' Golden Hits
The Drifters' Golden Hits cover
Compilation album by The Drifters
Released 1968
Genre R&B
Doo-Wop
Length 29:47
Label Atlantic
Producer Bert Berns, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 2.5/5 stars link
The Drifters chronology
Where the Music's Playing
(1966)		 The Drifters' Golden Hits
(1968)		 Their Greatest Recordings (Early Years)
(1971)

The Drifters' Golden Hits is a 1968 compilation album by American doo wop/R&B vocal group The Drifters. The collection of the bands' later hits charted at #22 on Billboard's "Black Albums" chart and at #122 on the "Pop Albums" chart. Music critic Robert Christgau numbers it among the essentials for a basic library of albums representing the 1960s.[1] In 2003, Rolling Stone listed the album at #465 in its list of "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[2] Originally released on the Atlantic label, the album has been re-released on CD by Atlantic and Intercontinental Records.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

Title Composer Time Previous album release Charts
1."There Goes My Baby" Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson, George Treadwell 2:13 The Drifters' Greatest Hits
(1960)		 #1 Black Singles
#2 Pop Singles[3]
2."(If You Cry) True Love, True Love" Doc Pumus, Mort Shuman 2:23 The Drifters[4]
(1964)
3."Dance With Me" Lewis Lebish, Jerry Leiber, Irving Nahan, Mike Stoller, Treadwell 2:26 The Drifters' Greatest Hits #2 "Black Singles"
#15 "Pop Singles"[3]
#17 UK Singles[5]
4."This Magic Moment" Pomus, Shuman 2:30 The Drifters' Greatest Hits #4 "Black Singles"
#16 "Pop Singles"[3]
5."Save the Last Dance for Me" Pomus, Shuman 2:30 The Drifters' Greatest Hits #1 "Black Singles"
#1 "Pop Singles"[3]#2 UK[5]
6."I Count the Tears" Pomus, Shuman 2:15 Save the Last Dance for Me
(1962)		 #28 UK[5]
7."Some Kind of Wonderful" Gerry Goffin, Carole King 2:38 Save the Last Dance for Me
8."Up On The Roof" Goffin, King 2:38 The Drifters #4 "Black Singles"
#5 "Pop Singles"[6]
9."On Broadway" Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, Leiber, Stoller 3:02 The Drifters #7 "Black Singles"
#9 "Pop Singles"[6]
10."Under the Boardwalk" Arthur Resnick, Kenny Young 2:42 The Drifters #4 "Black Singles"
#4 "Pop Singles"[6]#45 UK[5]
11."I've Got Sand in My Shoes" Resnick, Young 2:49 Where the Music's Playing[7]
12."Saturday Night at the Movies" Manns, Weil 2:29 The Drifters #18 "Black Singles"
#18 "Pop Singles"[6]

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Performance

'The following individuals performed with The Drifters during the relevant period of 1960 to 1966. No information is available at this time as to which members performed on which tracks.[8]

  • William Brent
  • Dan Danbridge
  • Billy Davis
  • Tommy Evans
  • George Grant
  • Dock Green
  • Elsbeary Hobbs
  • Reggie Kimber
  • Ben E. King
  • Rudy Lewis
  • Johnny Moore
  • Gene Pearson
  • James Poindexter
  • Rick Sheppard
  • Johnny Terry
  • Charlie Thomas
  • William Van Dyke
  • Johnny Lee Williams

[edit] Production

  • Stan Applebaum – arranger
  • Bert Berns – producer
  • Charlie Brown – liner notes
  • Ray Ellis – arranger
  • Loring Eutemey – design
  • Jerry Leiber – producer
  • Jonny Meadow – research
  • Zal Schreiber – mastering
  • Garry Sherman – arranger
  • Mike Stoller – producer
  • Teacho Wiltshire – arranger

[edit] References

  1. ^ Christgau, Robert. (1980) Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s. Excerpted at Robert Christgau's official website. Accessed October 11, 2007.
  2. ^ Golden Hits Rolling Stone Magazine online. (November 1, 2003). Accessed October 11, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d "The Drifters' Greatest Hits at Allmusic
  4. ^ (If You Cry) True Love, True Love at Allmusic
  5. ^ a b c d Roberts, David (2002). Guinness World Records British Hit Singles, 15th ed., London: Guinness World Records Ltd.. ISBN 0-85112-187-X. , p.189
  6. ^ a b c d The Drifters Billboard singles at Allmusic
  7. ^ Where the Music's Playing at Allmusic
  8. ^ The Family Tree. Official Drifters website. Accessed October 11, 2007.