Cat. No. VV 1425: THE DRIFTERS ~ THE DRIFTERS' GOLDEN HITS. ATLANTIC SD 8153

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

THE MUSICAL HISTORY OF THE DRIFTERS FROM 1959 TO 1964. THIS IS HOWEVER, ONLY PART OF THE STORY. THE ORIGINAL DRIFTERS GROUP WAS FORMED IN 1953 WITH FORMER TENOR OF BILLY WARD AND HIS DOMINOES, CLYDE McPHATTER FRONTING THE GROUP. THIS ALBUM FEATURES THE "NEW" SOUND OF THE DRIFTERS AND BEGINS WITH THEIR MILLION SELLER FROM 1959, "THERE GOES MY BABY" FEATURING THE VOICE OF BEN E. KING. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A TWO-SIDED SMASH HIT, "DANCE WITH ME" AND "TRUE LOVE, TRUE LOVE". JANUARY 1960 SAW THE DRIFTERS HIT THE CHARTS AGAIN WITH THE FANTASTIC SOUND OF "THIS MAGIC MOMENT" AND IN THE SUMMER OF THE SAME YEAR, EVERYONE WAS HUMMING AND SINGING THE SONG THAT WAS TO BECOME THE DRIFTERS' SECOND MILLION SELLER, "SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME". 

TOWARD THE END OF 1960, BEN E. KING LEFT THE GROUP TO FOLLOW A SOLO CAREER AND WAS REPLACED BY RUDY LEWIS AND THE HITS KEPT ON COMING INCLUDING THE GROUP'S THIRD MILLION SELLER, "UP ON THE ROOF".  FOLLOWING RUDY'S UNTIMELY DEATH IN 1963 LEAD VOCAL DUTIES WENT TO JOHNNY MOORE AND STILL THE HITS CONTINUED WITH THE GROUP'S FOURTH MILLION SELLER "UNDER THE BOARDWALK" ALONG WITH "I'VE GOT SAND IN MY SHOES" AND "SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES. THIS ALBUM IS TRULY TITLED - "THE DRIFTERS' GOLDEN HITS".

THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY VERY, VERY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR AND THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - 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. Side 2 - Some Kind Of Wonderful / Up On The Roof / On Broadway / Under The Boardwalk / I've Got Sand In My Shoes / Saturday Night At The Movies.

12" VINYL RECORD