Lyrics by The Drifters

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1. Under The Boardwalk
2. This Magic Moment
3. Save The Last Dance For Me
4. Up On The Roof
5. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
6. Adorable
7. Can I Take You Home Little Girl
8. Chains Of Love
9. Come On Over To My Place
10. Concrete Jungle
11. Cupid
12. Dance With Me
13. Don't Cry On The Weekend
14. Down On The Beach Tonight
15. Drip Drop
16. Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes
17. Follow Me
18. Fools Fall In Love
19. Forgotten Tower
20. Hello Happiness
21. Hypnotized
22. I Count The Tears
23. I Don't Want To Go On Without You
24. I Know
25. I'll Take You Home
26. I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing
27. Kissing In The Backrow
28. Let The Music Play
29. Lonely Winds
30. Love Games
31. Love Potion Number 9
32. Mexican Divorce
33. Money Honey
34. On Broadway
35. Please Stay
36. Principle Of Speed
37. Ruby Baby
38. So Much Blood
39. Some Kind Of Wonderful
40. Spanish Harlem
41. Stranger On The Shore
42. Strontium Dog
43. Sweets For My Sweet
44. The Shame Of A Perfect Race
45. There Goes My Baby
46. There Goes My First Love
47. When My Little Girl Is Smiling
48. White Christimas
49. You're More Than a Number In My Little Red Book

The Drifters are an American pop and R&B/soul vocal group. They were originally formed as a backing group for Clyde McPhatter, formerly the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes in 1953. The second group of Drifters, formed in 1959 and led by Ben E. King, were originally an up-and-coming group named the Five Crowns. After 1965, members swapped in and out of both groups and many of these formed other groups of Drifters as well. Over the succeeding decades, several different bands, all called the Drifters, can trace roots back to these original groups, but contain few—if any—original members. According to Rolling Stone, the Drifters were the least stable of the great vocal groups, as they were low-paid musicians hired by George Treadwell, who owned the Drifters' name from 1955, after McPhatter left. The Treadwell Drifters line has had 60 musicians, 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". The three golden eras of the Drifters were the early 1950s, the 1960s, and the early 1970s (post-Atlantic period). From these, the first Drifters, formed by Clyde McPhatter, were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame as "The Drifters". The second Drifters, featuring Ben E. King, were separately inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame as "Ben E. King and the Drifters". 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. There were other lead singers too, but the group was less successful during those times. According to the Vocal Group Hall of Fame: "Through turmoil and changes, the (original) Drifters managed to set musical trends and give the public 13 chart hits, most of which are legendary recordings today." Matching that feat, subsequent formations of the Drifters recorded 13 Billboard Hot 100 top-30 chart hits. The 1950s and '60s incarnations of the group were also a force on the US R&B charts, notching six number-one R&B hits: "Money Honey" (1953), "Honey Love" (1954), "Adorable" (1955), "There Goes My Baby" (1959), "Save the Last Dance for Me" (1960), and "Under the Boardwalk" (1964). A 1970s revival in Britain, with both old and new material, was not matched in the United States, although they had their biggest successes on the UK singles chart, peaking with the number-two hit "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies".

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