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All-Time Greatest Hits & More 1959-1965 by The Drifters
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The Drifters - All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 Reviews
The Drifters - All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 Reviews
| 24 of 25 people found the following review helpful  The Soul Era Is Born On This Outstanding 2CD Drifters Set, This review is from: The Drifters - All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 (Audio CD) Talk about playing up to the uniform...you have to wonder if manager George Treadwell knew more than 40 years ago that when he recrowned a struggling black group, the Crowns, with the even-then legendary monicker "The Drifters," that he would introduce a second half-decade of hits and jump-start the legendary soul era.But the songs on "All-Time Greatest Hits And More," did just that, and are among early rock and roll's most elegant and enduring. Credit this to lyrically precise compositions by the best songwriters of the day (Cynthia Weil-Barry Mann, Gerry Goffin-Carole King, Doc Pomus-Mort Shuman) meeting dramatic, orchestral production (from legendary producers Jerry Wexler, Jerry Leiber-Mike Stoller, and Bert Berns) meeting distinctive vocals from Charlie Thomas, Ben E. King, Rudy Lewis, and Johnny Moore. You hear little histrionics and vocal effects here that today date (but also charm) much 50s vocal group music. Instead, you feel the... Read more 15 of 16 people found the following review helpful All the Drifters hits from 1959 to 1965 - and much more, By This review is from: The Drifters - All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 (Audio CD) The Drifters were onne of those groups that went through a lot of line-up changes, so let's first clear up any confusion first. There was a group with that name before 1959 - it feautured Clyde McPhatter and recorded some wonderful R+B, some of which is available on other CD's. That group was disbanded, and a totally different group was given the Drifters name. It is that line-up, featuring Ben E King, that opens this collection (which is presented in chronological order). Ben left after Save the last dance for me to pursue a solo career. His solo hits are not included in this collection, which is why Spanish Harlem and Stand by me are missing. You can obtain these recordings on Ben's own albums, although I've also seen Drifters compilations which include Ben's solo hits. So, what you get here are forty of the finest tracks from their best period, including Save the last dance for me, There goes my baby, Dance with me, On Broadway, Some kind of wonderful, One way love, Up on the... Read more 14 of 15 people found the following review helpful The DriftersTunes We Most Remember, By Eclectic Reviewer "Charlie" (Tucson, AZ.) - See all my reviews This review is from: The Drifters - All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 (Audio CD) This is the one, folks! Although Clyde McPhatter made some memorable songs in the early '50s as lead singer for the Drifters (songs later covered successfully by other name artists), the Drifters we most remember had Ben E. King or one of the seven others (count them) who followed him as lead singer. They are all in this compilation. Everybody has a favorite of these; although I like all the "A" sides (and many of the B's), I have always been fond of "Please Stay" (Don't Go) which is virtually never played on the radio. Today many of the Drifters are gone and various groups travel the country singing their songs (sometimes alternately appearing as The Coasters). If you want the real deal, though, this is it. By the way, in case you didn't know, Ben E. King "left" the group because the other members of the group failed to show up for a recording session and his product was released under his name only. Do you remember the name of it? |
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