The Drifters' Golden Hits
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The Drifters' Golden Hits is a 1968 compilation album by American doo wop/R&B vocal group The Drifters. The collection of the bands' later hits charted at #22 on Billboard's "Black Albums" chart and at #122 on the "Pop Albums" chart. Music critic Robert Christgau numbers it among the essentials for a basic library of albums representing the 1960s.[2] In 2003, Rolling Stone listed the album at #465 in its list of "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[3] Originally released on the Atlantic label, the album has been re-released on CD by Atlantic. A Drifters' compilation by the same name was released by Intercontinental records in 1996, but it has a different track listing.
Track listing
| Title | Composer(s) | Time | Previous album release | Charts |
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| 1."There Goes My Baby" | Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson, George Treadwell | 2:13 | The Drifters' Greatest Hits (1960) |
#1 Black Singles |
| 2."(If You Cry) True Love, True Love" | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | 2:23 | The Drifters[4] (1964) |
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| 3."Dance with Me" | Lewis Lebish, Jerry Leiber, Irving Nahan, Mike Stoller, Treadwell | 2:26 | The Drifters' Greatest Hits | #2 "Black Singles" #17 UK Singles[5] |
| 4."This Magic Moment" | Pomus, Shuman | 2:30 | The Drifters' Greatest Hits | #4 "Black Singles" |
| 5."Save the Last Dance for Me" | Pomus, Shuman | 2:30 | The Drifters' Greatest Hits | #1 "Black Singles" #2 UK[5] |
| 6."I Count the Tears" | Pomus, Shuman | 2:15 | Save the Last Dance for Me (1962) |
#28 UK[5] |
| 7."Some Kind of Wonderful" | Gerry Goffin, Carole King | 2:38 | Save the Last Dance for Me | |
| 8."Up on the Roof" | Goffin, King | 2:38 | The Drifters | #4 "Black Singles" #5 "Pop Singles"[6] |
| 9."On Broadway" | Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, Leiber, Stoller | 3:02 | The Drifters | #7 "Black Singles" #9 "Pop Singles"[6] |
| 10."Under the Boardwalk" | Arthur Resnick, Kenny Young | 2:42 | The Drifters | #4 "Black Singles" #4 "Pop Singles"[6]#45 UK[5] |
| 11."I've Got Sand in My Shoes" | Resnick, Young | 2:49 | Where the Music's Playing[7] | |
| 12."Saturday Night at the Movies" | Weil, Mann | 2:29 | The Drifters | #18 "Black Singles" #18 "Pop Singles"[6] |
Personnel
Performance
The Driters
- Ben E. King - lead vocals (tracks 1, 3 - 6); backing vocals (track 2)
- Johnny Lee Williams - lead vocals (track 2); backing vocals (tracks 3 and 4)
- Rudy Lewis - lead vocals (tracks 7 - 9)
- Johnny Moore - lead vocals (tracks 10 - 12)
- Charlie Thomas - backing vocals (all tracks)
- Dock Green - backing vocals (tracks 1 - 8)
- Gene Pearson - backing vocals (tracks 9 - 12)
- Elsbeary Hobbs - backing vocals (tracks 1 - 6)
- Tommy Evans - backing vocals (tracks 7 - 9)
- Johnny Terry - backing vocals (tracks 10 - 12)
- Abdul Samad - guitar (tracks 2 - 12)
- Reggie Kimber - guitar (track 1)
Other personnel
- Doris Troy - additional backing vocals (tracks 5 - 7)
- Dee Dee Warwick - additional backing vocals (tracks 5 - 7)
- Dionne Warwick - additional backing vocals (tracks 5 - 7)
- Cissy Houston - additional backing vocals (tracks 5 - 7)
Production
- Stan Applebaum – arranger
- Bert Berns – producer
- Charlie Brown – liner notes
- Ray Ellis – arranger
- Loring Eutemey – design
- Jerry Leiber – producer
- Jonny Meadow – research
- Zal Schreiber – mastering
- Garry Sherman – arranger
- Mike Stoller – producer
- Teacho Wiltshire – arranger
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Christgau, Robert. (1980) Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s. Excerpted at Robert Christgau's official website. Accessed October 11, 2007.
- ^ Golden Hits Rolling Stone online. (November 1, 2003). Accessed October 11, 2007.
- ^ (If You Cry) True Love, True Love at AllMusic
- ^ a b c d Roberts, David (2002). Guinness World Records British Hit Singles (15th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-187-X., p.189
- ^ a b c d The Drifters Billboard singles at AllMusic
- ^ Where the Music's Playing at AllMusic
- ^ The Later Drifters Article by Marv Goldberg. Accessed 9 July 2018.
- ^ The Family Tree. Official Drifters website. Accessed October 11, 2007.
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