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Bill Pinkney, 81, the last survivor of the original members of the musical group the Drifters, died Wednesday at a hotel in Daytona Beach, Fla., where he was scheduled to perform for Independence Day ...
As the leaves turn and November settles in, the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College is ready with some unforgettable ...
ASHLAND — For two decades beginning in the 1950s, The Drifters recorded an impressive amount of hit songs that have become part of the American songbook. The group was created as a brand, meaning ...
NEWARK -- A former manager of 1950s doo-wop group The Drifters could be entitled to millions of dollars in damages from a New York City music promoter who presented different versions of the band at ...
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(CN) - A music promoter violated a court order barring him from marketing music by The Drifters when his business associates and family members began promoting the doo-wop group through successor ...
Fayrene “Faye” Treadwell, the former manager of the Drifters who won a longtime legal battle to stop promoters from infringing on the classic rhythm-and-blues vocal group’s trademark name, has died.
US soul group The Drifters have had £8,000 worth of equipment stolen from their tour bus in Nottingham. The band who have produced hits such as Saturday Night and Up on the Roof, had stopped to eat at ...
Charles “Charlie” Thomas, a member of the 1950s Drifters soul vocal group who performed for decades and gave audiences the romantic, satiny harmony sound they recalled from their youth, died of cancer ...