Sometimes I Wonder The Drifters Video Steven Bogarat

The Drifters in 1964 New York City, U.S. Genres R&B, doo wop, soul, pop Years active 1953–present Labels Atlantic, Bell, Neon Associated acts Ben E. King, Clyde McPhatter Website thedrifters.co.uk Members Charlie Thomas Louis Bailey Stephen Brown Jerome Manning Jeff Hall Past members Clyde McPhatter Gerhart Thrasher Andrew Thrasher Charlie White Bill Pinkney Willie Ferbee Walter Adams Ben E. King Doc Green Derek Ventura Bernard Jones Lloyd Butch Phillips Elsbeary Hobbs Rudy Lewis Tommy Evans Johnny Lee Williams Eugene Pearson Johnny Terry Harrell Dixon J.T. Carter Johnny Stewart Terry King[1] Johnny Moore Bobby Hendricks Butch Leake Rudy Ivan Jimmy Lewis Ray Lewis Bill Fredericks Louis Price Maurice Cannon Glenn Dodd Pierre Herelle Carlton Powell Jason Leigh Phil Watson Michael Raysor Dave Revels The Drifters are an American doo-wop and R&B/soul vocal group. They were formed as a backing group for Clyde McPhatter of Billy Ward and his Dominoes in 1953. According to Rolling Stone magazine, the Drifters were the least stable of the great vocal groups, as they were low-paid musicians[2] hired by George Treadwell, who owned the Drifters' name. There have been 60 vocalists in the history of the Treadwell Drifters line,[3] including several splinter groups by former Drifters members (not under Treadwell's management). These groups are usually identified with a possessive credit such as "Bill Pinkney's Original Drifters", "Charlie Thomas' Drifters". There were three golden eras of the Drifters; the early 1950s, the 1960s, and the early 1970s (post-Atlantic period). From these, the first Drifters, formed by Clyde McPhatter, was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame as "The Drifters".[4] The second Drifters, featuring Ben E. King, was separately inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame as "Ben E. King and the Drifters".[5] In their induction, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame selected four members from the first Drifters, two from the second Drifters, and one from the post-Atlantic Drifters.