The Drifters discography

A discography of The Drifters.

Singles

Year A-Side Lead singer Label Chart positions
US pop US R&B UK
1953 "Money Honey" Clyde McPhatter Atlantic 1
1954 "Lucille"
"Honey Love" 21 1
"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" Clyde McPhatter
"White Christmas" Bill Pinkney and Clyde McPhatter 80 5
"Such A Night" 2
1955 "Whatcha Gonna Do" Clyde McPhatter Atlantic 2
"Everyone's Laughing"
"Adorable" Johnny Moore 1
1956 →"Steamboat" (B-Side) Bill Pinkney 5
"Ruby Baby" Johnny Moore Atlantic 10
"I Gotta Get Myself a Woman" Johnny Moore and Bill Pinkney 11
1957 "Fools Fall in Love" Johnny Moore 10
"Hypnotized" 79
"I Know"
"Drip Drop" Bobby Hendricks 58
→ "Moonlight Bay" (B-Side) 72
1959 "There Goes My Baby" Ben E. King 2 1
"(If You Cry) True Love, True Love" Johnny Lee Williams 33 5
→ "Dance with Me" (B-Side) Ben E. King 15 2 17 (as A-side)
1960 "This Magic Moment" 16 4
"Lonely Winds" 54 9
"Save the Last Dance for Me" 1 1 2
"I Count the Tears" 17 28
1961 "Some Kind of Wonderful" Rudy Lewis 32 6
"Please Stay" 14 13
"Sweets for My Sweet" Charlie Thomas 16 10
"Room Full of Tears" 72
1962 "When My Little Girl Is Smiling" Charlie Thomas 28 31
"Stranger on the Shore" Rudy Lewis 73
"Sometimes I Wonder" Ben E. King
1963 "Up on the Roof" Rudy Lewis 5 4
"On Broadway" 9 7
"If You Don't Come Back" Johnny Moore
→ "Rat Race" (B-Side) Rudy Lewis 71
"I'll Take You Home" Johnny Moore 25 24 37
1964 "Vaya Con Dios" Rudy Lewis 43
"One-Way Love" Johnny Moore 56
"Under the Boardwalk" 4 45 45
"I've Got Sand in My Shoes" 33
"Saturday Night at the Movies" 18 3
"The Christmas Song /I Remember Christmas"
1965 "At the Club" Johnny Moore 43 10 35
"Come On Over to My Place" 60 9
"Follow Me"
"I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing" Johnny Moore 51
1966 "Memories Are Made of This" 48
"Baby What I Mean" 49
1967 "Ain't It the Truth" 36
1972 "Something Tells Me" Bell
1973 "You've Got Your Troubles"
"Like Sister and Brother" 7
1974 "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies" Johnny Moore 83 2
"Down on the Beach Tonight" 7
1975 "Love Games" 33
"There Goes My First Love" Johnny Moore 3
"Can I Take You Home Little Girl" 10
1976 "Hello Happiness" 12
"Every Night's a Saturday Night With You" 29
"You're More than a Number in My Little Red Book" Johnny Moore Arista 5

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