The Drifters discography

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This discography focuses solely on that of American vocal group The Drifters as managed by the Treadwell family.

Singles

Year Titles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated		 Lead singer Label Chart positions Album
US
Hot 100		 US R&B UK
1953 "Money Honey"
b/w "The Way I Feel" (Non-album track)		 Clyde McPhatter Atlantic 1 Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
1954 "Lucille" / Non-album track
"Such A Night" 2 Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
"Honey Love"
b/w "Warm Your Heart" 		21 1
"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)"
b/w "Bip Bam" (Non-album track)		 A: Clyde McPhatter
B: Bill Pinkney & Clyde McPhatter
"White Christmas"
b/w "The Bells Of St. Mary's"		 A: Bill Pinkney & Clyde McPhatter
B: Clyde McPhatter		 80 5
1955 "Whatcha Gonna Do"
b/w "Gone" (Non-album track)		 Clyde McPhatter 2
"Everyone's Laughing"
b/w "Hot Ziggety"		 Non-album tracks
"Adorable" / Johnny Moore 1 Rockin' & Driftin'
1956 "Steamboat" Bill Pinkney 5
"Your Promise To Be Mine" / Gerhart Thrasher
"Ruby Baby"

b/w "Your Promise To Be Mine"

 Johnny Moore 10
"I Gotta Get Myself A Woman"
b/w "Soldier Of Fortune"		 A: Johnny Moore
B: Johnny Moore & Bill Pinkney		 11
1957 "Fools Fall In Love"
b/w "It Was A Tear"		 Johnny Moore 69 10
"Drifting Away From You" / Gerhart Thrasher
"Hypnotized" Johnny Moore 79
"I Know"
b/w "Yodee Yakee"
"Drip Drop" / Bobby Hendricks 58
"Moonlight Bay" Group Ensemble 72
1959 "There Goes My Baby"
b/w "Oh My Love"		 Ben E. King 2 1 The Drifters' Greatest Hits
"(If You Cry) True Love, True Love" / Johnny Lee Williams 33 5
"Dance With Me" Ben E. King 15 2 17 (As A-side)
1960 "This Magic Moment" / 16 4
"Baltimore" Charlie Thomas & Elsbeary Hobbs
"Lonely Winds"
b/w "Hey Senorita"		 A: Ben E. King
B: Charlie Thomas		 54 9
"Save the Last Dance for Me"
b/w "Nobody But Me"		 Ben E. King 1 1 2 Save The Last Dance For Me
"I Count The Tears" / 17 6 28
"Suddenly There's A Valley" Tommy Evans & Bobby Hendricks The Drifters' Greatest Hits
1961 "Some Kind of Wonderful"
b/w "Honey Bee" (Non-album track)		 A: Rudy Lewis
B: David Baughn		 32 6 Save The Last Dance For Me
"Please Stay"
b/w "No Sweet Lovin'"		 14 13
"Sweets for My Sweet"
b/w "Loneliness Or Happiness" (from Up On The Roof - The Best Of The Drifters)		 A: Charlie Thomas
B: Ben E. King		 16 10
"Room Full Of Tears"
b/w "Somebody New Dancin' With You"		 A: Charlie Thomas
B: Rudy Lewis		 72
1962 "When My Little Girl Is Smiling"
b/w "Mexican Divorce"		 28 31
"Stranger on the Shore"
b/w "What To Do"		 Rudy Lewis 73 Up On The Roof - The Best Of The Drifters
"Sometimes I Wonder"
b/w "Jackpot" (from Save The Last Dance For Me)		 A: Ben E. King
B: Rudy Lewis		 All Time Greatest Hits and More -- 1959-1965
"Up on the Roof"
b/w "Another Night With The Boys" (from Up On The Roof - The Best Of The Drifters)		 Rudy Lewis 5 4 Our Biggest Hits
1963 "On Broadway"
b/w "Let The Music Play"		 9 7
"If You Don't Come Back" / Johnny Moore
"Rat Race" Rudy Lewis 71
"I'll Take You Home"
b/w "I Feel Good All Over"		 A: Johnny Moore
B: Charlie Thomas		 25 24 37
1964 "Vaya con Dios"
b/w "In The Land Of Make Believer"		 A: Rudy Lewis
B: Rudy Lewis & Johnny Moore		 43
"One-Way Love"
b/w "Didn't It"		 Johnny Moore 56
"Under the Boardwalk"
b/w "I Don't Want To Go On Without You" (from I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing)		 A: Johnny Moore
B: Charlie Thomas		 4 1 (Cashbox) 45 Under The Boardwalk
"I've Got Sand In My Shoes"
b/w "He's Just A Playboy"		 Johnny Moore 33 21 I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing
"Saturday Night At The Movies"
b/w "Spanish Lace" (from I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing)		 18 8 3 (in 1972) The Good Life With The Drifters
"The Christmas Song"
b/w "I Remember Christmas"		 Non-album tracks
1965 "At the Club"
b/w "Answer The Phone"		 43 10 35 I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing
"Come On Over To My Place"
b/w "Chains Of Love"		 A: Johnny Moore
B: Charlie Thomas		 60 9 (in 1972)
"Follow Me"
b/w "The Outside World"
"I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing"
b/w "Far From The Maddening Crowd"		 Johnny Moore 51
"Nylon Stockings"
b/w "We Gotta Sing"		 Non-album tracks
1966 "Memories Are Made of This"
b/w "My Islands In The Sun"		 48
"Up In The Streets Of Harlem"
b/w "You Can't Love Them All"		 A: Johnny Moore
B: Charlie Thomas
"Baby What I Mean"
b/w "Aretha"		 Johnny Moore 37 49
1967 "Ain't It The Truth"
b/w "Up Jumped The Devil"		 A: Johnny Moore
B: Bill Fredericks		 36
1968 "Still Burning In My Heart"
b/w "I Need You Now"		 111
1969 "Steal Away"
b/w "Your Best Friend"		 A: Bill Fredericks
B: Johnny Moore
1970 "You Got To Pay Your Dues"
b/w "Black Silk"		 A: Johnny Moore
B: Bill Fredericks
1971 "A Rose By Any Other Name"
b/w "Be My Lady"		 Johnny Moore
1972 "Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)"
b/w "Every Night"		 Johnny Moore Bell
1973 "You've Got Your Troubles"
b/w "I'm Feeling Sad (and So Lonely)"
"Like Sister and Brother"
b/w "The Songs We Used To Sing" (Non-album track)		 7 The Best Of The Drifters
1974 "Kissin' In The Back Row Of The Movies"
b/w "I'm Feelin' Sad" (Non-album track)		 83 2
"Down On The Beach Tonight"
b/w "Say Goodbye To Angelina"		 7 Non-album tracks
1975 "Love Games"
b/w "The Cut Is Deep" (Non-album track)		 33 The Best Of The Drifters
"There Goes My First Love"
b/w "Don't Cry On The Weekend" (Non-album track)		 3
"Can I Take You Home Little Girl"
b/w "Please Help Me Down" (Non-album track)		 10
1976 "Hello Happiness"
b/w "I Can't Get Away From You" (Non-album track)		 12
"Every Night's A Saturday Night With You"
b/w "I'll Get To Know Your Name Along The Way"		 29 Non-album tracks
"You're More Than A Number in My Little Red Book"
b/w "Do You Have To Go Now"		 A:Johnny Moore & Clyde Brown
B: Johnny Moore		 Arista 5
1979 "Save the Last Dance for Me"
b/w "When My Little Girl Is Smiling"		 A: Ben E. King
B: Charlie Thomas		 Lightning 69 Save The Last Dance For Me
2013 "The Whole World" Michael Williams Neon

Albums

Year Album Lead singer Label Songs
1956 Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters Clyde McPhatter, Bill Pinkney Atlantic Without Love (There Is Nothing), Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You), Treasure Oo Love, I'm Not Worthy of You, Bells of St. Marys, White Christmas, I Make Believe, Seven Days, Warm Your Heart, Money Honey, What'cha Gonna Do, Such a Night, Honey Love, Thirty Days
1958 Rockin' & Driftin' Johnny Moore, Bobby Hendricks, Bill Pinkney, Gerhart Thrasher Moonlight Bay, Ruby Baby, Drip Drop, I Gotta Get Myself a Woman, Fools Fall in Love, Hypnotized, Yodee Yakee, I Know, Soldier of Fortune, Drifting Away from You, Your Promise to Be Mine, It Was a Tear, Adorable, Steamboat
1962 Save the Last Dance for Me Ben E. King, Rudy Lewis, Charlie Thomas Save the Last Dance for Me, I Count the Tears, Somebody New Dancin' with You, Jackpot, No Sweet Lovin', Sweets for Sweet, Mexican Divorce, When My Little Girl Is Smiling, Some Kind of Wonderful, Please Stay, Nobody But Me, Room Full of Tears
1964 Under the Boardwalk Rudy Lewis, Johnny Moore, Charlie Thomas Under the Boardwalk, One Way Love, On Broadway, Didn't It, I Feel Good All Over, Vaya Con Dios, Up On The Roof, Rat Race, in the Land of Make Believe, If You Don't Come Back, Let the Music Play, I'll Take You Home
1965 The Good Life with the Drifters Johnny Moore Quando Quando Quando, On the Street Where You Live, I Wish You Love, Tonight, More, What Kind of Fool Am I, The Good Life, As Long As She Needs Me, Desafinado, Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me), Saturday Night at the Movies, Temptation
1966 I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing Johnny Moore, Charlie Thomas I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing, I've Got Sand in My Shoes, At the Club, I Don't Want to Go On Without You, Answer The Phone, He's Just a Playboy, Follow Me, Spanish Lace, Chains of Love, Far from the Maddening Crowd, The Outside World, Come On Over to My Place
1973 The Drifters Now Johnny Moore, Bill Fredericks, Clyde Brown Bell You've Got Your Troubles, Sweet Caroline, Always Something There to Remind Me
1975 Love Games Kissin in the Back Row of the Movies, Like Sister and Brother, Down on the Beach Tonight
There Goes My First Love "Hello Happiness", "Harlem Child", "The Juggler", "Lovin' You Is Easy", "And with No Regrets", "If Only I Could Start Again", "I've Got You On My Mind", "You Chose a Fine Time", "Don't Cry On a Weekend", "Please Help Me Down", "Can I Take You Home Little Girl", "There Goes My First Love"
1976 Every Nite's a Saturday Night "You're More Than a Number in My Little Red Book", "I'll Get to Know Your Name Along the Way", "Do You Have to Go Now", "Like a Movie I've Seen Before", "Twice a Week", "Another Kind of Sorrow", "Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller", "Midnight Cowboy", "Another Lonely Weekend", "I'll Know When True Love Passes By", "Summer in the City", "Every Nite's a Saturday Night with You"
2017 An Introduction to: The Drifters various Atlantic, Rhino There Goes My Baby, (If You Cry) True Love, True Love, Dance with Me, This Magic Moment, Save the Last Dance for Me, I Count the Tears, Some Kind of Wonderful, Up on the Roof, On Broadway, Under the Boardwalk

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