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This discography focuses solely on that of American vocal group The Drifters as managed by the Treadwell family.

Singles

Year Titles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated 		Lead singer Label Chart positions Album
US
Hot 100 		US R&B UK
1953 "Money Honey"
b/w "The Way I Feel" (Non-album track) 		Clyde McPhatter Atlantic 1 Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
1954 "Lucille" / Non-album track
"Such A Night" 2 Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
"Honey Love"
b/w "Warm Your Heart" 		21 1
"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)"
b/w "Bip Bam" (Non-album track) 		A: Clyde McPhatter & Bill Pinkney
B: Clyde McPhatter
"White Christmas"
b/w "The Bells Of St. Mary's" 		A: Bill Pinkney & Clyde McPhatter
B: Clyde McPhatter 		80 5
1955 "Whatcha Gonna Do"
b/w "Gone" (Non-album track) 		Clyde McPhatter 2
"Everyone's Laughing"
b/w "Hot Ziggety" 		Non-album tracks
"Adorable" / Johnny Moore 1 Rockin' & Driftin'
1956 "Steamboat" Bill Pinkney 5
"Your Promise To Be Mine" / Gerhart Thrasher
"Ruby Baby"

b/w "Your Promise To Be Mine"

Johnny Moore 10
"I Gotta Get Myself A Woman"
b/w "Soldier Of Fortune" 		A: Johnny Moore&Bill Pinkney
B: Johnny Moore & Bill Pinkney 		11
1957 "Fools Fall in Love"
b/w "It Was A Tear" 		Johnny Moore 69 10
"Drifting Away From You" / Gerhart Thrasher
"Hypnotized" Johnny Moore 79
"I Know"
b/w "Yodee Yakee"
"Drip Drop" / Bobby Hendricks 58
"Moonlight Bay" Group Ensemble 72
1959 "There Goes My Baby"
b/w "Oh My Love" 		Ben E. King 2 1 The Drifters' Greatest Hits
"(If You Cry) True Love, True Love" / Johnny Lee Williams 33 5
"Dance With Me" Ben E. King 15 2 17 (As A-side)
1960 "This Magic Moment" / 16 4
"Baltimore" Charlie Thomas & Elsbeary Hobbs
"Lonely Winds"
b/w "Hey Senorita" 		A: Ben E. King
B: Ben E. King 		54 9
"Save the Last Dance for Me"
b/w "Nobody But Me" 		Ben E. King 1 1 2 Save The Last Dance For Me
"I Count The Tears" / 17 6 28
"Suddenly There's A Valley" Tommy Evans & Bobby Hendricks The Drifters' Greatest Hits
1961 "Some Kind of Wonderful"
b/w "Honey Bee" (Non-album track) 		A: Rudy Lewis
B: David Baughn 		32 6 Save The Last Dance For Me
"Please Stay"
b/w "No Sweet Lovin'" 		A: Rudy Lewis
B: Bill Pinkney 		14 13
"Sweets for My Sweet"
b/w "Loneliness Or Happiness" (from Up On The Roof - The Best Of The Drifters) 		A: Charlie Thomas
B: Rudy Lewis 		16 10
"Room Full Of Tears"
b/w "Somebody New Dancin' With You" 		A: Charlie Thomas
B: Rudy Lewis 		72
1962 "When My Little Girl Is Smiling"
b/w "Mexican Divorce" 		28 31
"Stranger on the Shore"
b/w "What To Do" 		Rudy Lewis 73 Up On The Roof - The Best Of The Drifters
"Sometimes I Wonder"
b/w "Jackpot" (from Save The Last Dance For Me) 		A: Ben E. King
B: Rudy Lewis 		All Time Greatest Hits and More -- 1959-1965
"Up on the Roof"
b/w "Another Night With The Boys" (from Up On The Roof - The Best Of The Drifters) 		Rudy Lewis 5 4 Our Biggest Hits
1963 "On Broadway"
b/w "Let The Music Play" 		9 7
"If You Don't Come Back" / Johnny Moore
"Rat Race" Rudy Lewis 71
"I'll Take You Home"
b/w "I Feel Good All Over" 		A: Johnny Moore
B: Charlie Thomas 		25 24 37
1964 "Vaya con Dios"
b/w "In The Land Of Make Believe" 		A: Rudy Lewis
B: Rudy Lewis & Johnny Moore 		43
"One-Way Love"
b/w "Didn't It" 		Johnny Moore 56
"Under the Boardwalk"
b/w "I Don't Want To Go On Without You" (from I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing) 		A: Johnny Moore
B: Charlie Thomas 		4 1 (Cashbox) 45 Under The Boardwalk
"I've Got Sand In My Shoes"
b/w "He's Just A Playboy" 		Johnny Moore 33 21 I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing
"Saturday Night At The Movies"
b/w "Spanish Lace" (from I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing) 		18 8 3 (in 1972) The Good Life With The Drifters
"The Christmas Song"
b/w "I Remember Christmas" 		Non-album tracks
1965 "At the Club"
b/w "Answer The Phone" 		43 10 3 (in 1972) I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing
"Come On Over To My Place"
b/w "Chains Of Love" 		A: Johnny Moore
B: Charlie Thomas 		60 9 (in 1972)
"Follow Me"
b/w "The Outside World"
"I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing"
b/w "Far From The Maddening Crowd" 		Johnny Moore 51
"Nylon Stockings"
b/w "We Gotta Sing" 		Non-album tracks
1966 "Memories Are Made of This"
b/w "My Islands In The Sun" 		48
"Up In The Streets Of Harlem"
b/w "You Can't Love Them All" 		A: Johnny Moore
B: Charlie Thomas
"Baby What I Mean"
b/w "Aretha" 		Johnny Moore 37 49
1967 "Ain't It The Truth"
b/w "Up Jumped The Devil" 		A: Johnny Moore
B: Bill Fredericks 		36
1968 "Still Burning In My Heart"
b/w "I Need You Now" 		A: Johnny Moore
B: Bill Fredericks 		111
1969 "Steal Away"
b/w "Your Best Friend" 		A: Bill Fredericks
B: Johnny Moore
1970 "You Got To Pay Your Dues"
b/w "Black Silk" 		A: Johnny Moore
B: Bill Fredericks
1971 "A Rose By Any Other Name"
b/w "Be My Lady" 		Johnny Moore
1972 "Everynight"
b/w "Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)" 		Bell The Drifters Now
1973 "You've Got Your Troubles"
b/w "I'm Feeling Sad (and Oh So Lonely)"
"Like Sister and Brother"
b/w "The Songs We Used to Sing" 		A: Bill Fredericks
B: Johnny Moore 		7 Love Games
1974 "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies"
b/w "I'm Feeling Sad (and Oh So Lonely)" (from The Drifters Now) 		Johnny Moore 83 2
"Down on the Beach Tonight"
b/w "Say Goodbye to Angelina" (from The Drifters Now) 		7
1975 "Love Games"
b/w "The Cut is Deep" 		33
"There Goes My First Love"
b/w "Don't Cry On a Weekend" 		3 There Goes My First Love
"Can I Take You Home Little Girl"
b/w "Please Help Me Down" 		10
1976 "Hello Happiness"
b/w "I Can't Get Away from You" (from Love Games) 		12
"Every Night's a Saturday Night with You"
b/w "I'll Get to Know Your Name Along the Way" 		29 Every Nite's a Saturday Night
"You're More Than a Number in My Little Red Book"
b/w "Do You Have to Go Now" 		A: Johnny Moore & Clyde Brown
B: Johnny Moore 		Arista 5
1979 "Save the Last Dance for Me"
b/w "When My Little Girl is Smiling" 		A: Ben E. King
B: Charlie Thomas 		Lightning 69 Save The Last Dance For Me
2013 "The Whole World" Michael Williams Neon

Albums

Year Album Lead singer Label Songs
1956 Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters Clyde McPhatter, Bill Pinkney Atlantic Without Love (There Is Nothing), Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You), Treasure of Love, I'm Not Worthy of You, Bells of St. Marys, White Christmas, I Make Believe, Seven Days, Warm Your Heart, Money Honey, What'cha Gonna Do, Such a Night, Honey Love, Thirty Days
1958 Rockin' & Driftin' Johnny Moore, Bobby Hendricks, Bill Pinkney, Gerhart Thrasher Moonlight Bay, Ruby Baby, Drip Drop, I Gotta Get Myself a Woman, Fools Fall in Love, Hypnotized, Yodee Yakee, I Know, Soldier of Fortune, Drifting Away from You, Your Promise to Be Mine, It Was a Tear, Adorable, Steamboat
1960 Greatest Hits Johnny Moore, Bobby Hendricks, Bill Pinkney, Ben E. King, Johnny Lee Williams Charlie Thomas There Goes My Baby, Dance With Me, Baltimore, Sadie My Lady, Honky Tonky, Lonely Winds, This Magic Moment, Hey Senorita, Oh My Love,, Suddenly There's A Valley, Souvenirs, (If You Cry) True Love, True Love
1962 Save the Last Dance for Me Ben E. King, Rudy Lewis, Charlie Thomas Save the Last Dance for Me, I Count the Tears, Somebody New Dancin' with You, Jackpot, No Sweet Lovin', Sweets for Sweet, Mexican Divorce, When My Little Girl Is Smiling, Some Kind of Wonderful, Please Stay, Nobody But Me, Room Full of Tears
1964 Under the Boardwalk Rudy Lewis, Johnny Moore, Charlie Thomas Under the Boardwalk, One Way Love, On Broadway, Didn't It, I Feel Good All Over, Vaya Con Dios, Up On The Roof, Rat Race, in the Land of Make Believe, If You Don't Come Back, Let the Music Play, I'll Take You Home
1965 The Good Life with the Drifters Johnny Moore Quando Quando Quando, On the Street Where You Live, I Wish You Love, Tonight, More, What Kind of Fool Am I, The Good Life, As Long As She Needs Me, Desafinado, Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me), Saturday Night at the Movies, Temptation
1966 I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing Johnny Moore, Charlie Thomas I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing, I've Got Sand in My Shoes, At the Club, I Don't Want to Go On Without You, Answer The Phone, He's Just a Playboy, Follow Me, Spanish Lace, Chains of Love, Far from the Maddening Crowd, The Outside World, Come On Over to My Place
1968 The Drifters Golden Hits Ben E. King, Rudy Lewis, Johnny Moore, Johnny Lee Williams 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, 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
1971 Their Greatest Recordings: The Early Years Clyde McPhatter, Bill Pinkney, Johnny Moore, Bobby Hendricks, Gerhart Thrasher, Ben E. King Three Thirty Three, Money Honey, Honey Love, White Christmas, Bells Of St. Mary's, Whatcha Gonna Do, I Should Have Done Right, Adorable, Steamboat, Ruby Baby, Fools Fall In Love, Drip Drop, Your Promise To Be Mine, There Goes My Baby
1973 The Drifters Now Johnny Moore, Bill Fredericks Bell You've Got Your Troubles, Four and Twenty Hours (Seven Days of every Week I Love You), Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good), Love Me Love the Life I Lead, Save the Last Dance for Me, (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me, Every Night, Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight), Deep Down Inside (Beats a Heart of Gold), I'm Feeling Sad (and Oh So Lonely), Say Goodbye to Angelina, The Songs We Used to Sing
1975 Love Games Johnny Moore, Bill Fredericks Love Games, Like Sister and Brother, I'm Ready (to Make a Fool of Myself Again), If You're Gonna Love Me, The Cut is Deep, I Can't Get Away from You, Kissin in the Back Row of the Movies, I'm Free (For The Rest Of Your Life), I Can't Live Without You, If it Feels Good (Do It), A Blessing In Disguise, Down on the Beach Tonight
There Goes My First Love Johnny Moore "Hello Happiness", "Harlem Child", "The Juggler", "Lovin' You Is Easy", "And with No Regrets", "If Only I Could Start Again", "I've Got You On My Mind", "You Chose a Fine Time", "Don't Cry On a Weekend", "Please Help Me Down", "Can I Take You Home Little Girl", "There Goes My First Love"
1976 Every Nite's a Saturday Night Johnny Moore, Clyde Brown, Joe Blunt "You're More Than a Number in My Little Red Book", "I'll Get to Know Your Name Along the Way", "Do You Have to Go Now", "Like a Movie I've Seen Before", "Twice a Week", "Another Kind of Sorrow", "Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller", "Midnight Cowboy", "Another Lonely Weekend", "I'll Know When True Love Passes By", "Summer in the City", "Every Nite's a Saturday Night with You"
2017 An Introduction to: The Drifters various Atlantic, Rhino 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, Some Kind of Wonderful, Up on the Roof, On Broadway, Under the Boardwalk

References

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