Charlie Thomas' Drifters "Dance With Me" Live - 2005
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Charlie Thomas and his Drifters (Louis Bailey, Stephen Brown, Jerome Manning) perform the group's 1959 hit, "Dance With Me" on stage in York, Pennsylvania in 2005. Charlie joined the Drifters in 1958 and sang on more of the group's hit records than any other vocalist. On the original recording of "Dance With Me", Ben E. King sang lead with Charlie Thomas singing tenor. The other members on the Atlantic single were Dock Green, Johnny Lee Williams, and Elsbeary Hobbs. Charlie Thomas died on January 31, 2023 at age 85.
About Charlie Thomas
Charles Nowlin Thomas (April 7, 1937 – January 31, 2023) was an American singer best known for his work with The Drifters. Thomas was performing with The Five Crowns at the Apollo Theater in 1958 when George Treadwell fired his group, called The Drifters. Treadwell recruited the Five Crowns to become the new Drifters. The new Drifters' first release was the 1959 hit "There Goes My Baby".
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