The story of The Drifters began in early 1953, when high-tenor vocalist Clyde McPhatter, a native of Durham, N.C., stepped away from The Dominoes and signed to Atlantic Records. Label exec Ahmet ...

DECATUR - Trying to compile a history of The Drifters is like unearthing the roots of an ancient tree, except those roots have become hopelessly tangled with the rest of the forest, branching off in ...

Charlie Thomas, a York resident, and his group of 50 years, The Drifters, will performed in April 2009 at Eichelberger Performing Arts Center in Hanover. For details: 637-7086 or www.theeich.org.

It’s amazing, what a pop song can be. In three minutes, a frothy and disposable piece of cultural ephemera can enter your bloodstream, trigger endorphin rushes, and leave you staggering. It can reduce ...

Ben E. King, who passed away on April 30th after a brief illness, will forever be linked to his 1961 classic "Stand By Me." The former Drifters singer wrote the tune with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller ...