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Such a Night. from the album Elvis Is Back! " Such a Night " is a popular song from 1953, written by Lincoln Chase and originally recorded by the Drifters. The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter recorded the song in November 1953, and Atlantic Records released it in January 1954 as the intended B-side of the McPhatter-penned "Lucille", which ...
Singer. Years active. 1950–1972. Clyde Lensley McPhatter (November 15, 1932 – June 13, 1972) was an American rhythm and blues, soul, and rock and roll singer. He was one of the most widely imitated R&B singers of the 1950s and early 1960s [2] and was a key figure in the shaping of doo-wop and R&B. McPhatter's high-pitched tenor voice was ...
Up on the Roof – The Best of the Drifters (compilation) 110 — 12 BPI: Gold; 1964 Under the Boardwalk: 40 — — 1965 The Good Life with the Drifters: 103 — — 1966 I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing — — — 1968 The Drifters Golden Hits (compilation) 122 33 26 1971 Their Greatest Recordings: The Early Years (compilation ...
Songwriter (s) Jesse Stone. Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters singles chronology. " Money Honey ". (1953) "Such a Night"/"Lucille". (1954) " Money Honey " is a song written by Jesse Stone, [2] which was released in September 1953 as the first single by Clyde McPhatter backed for the first time by the newly formed Drifters. McPhatter's voice, but ...
The Drifters are an American doo-wop and R&B/soul vocal group. They were originally formed as a backing group for Clyde McPhatter, formerly the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes in 1953. The second group of Drifters, formed in 1959 and led by Ben E. King, were originally an up-and-coming group named The Five Crowns. After 1965 members ...
Benjamin Earl King (né Nelson; September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015) was an American soul and R&B singer and record producer. He rose to prominence as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group the Drifters, notably singing the lead vocals on three of their biggest hit singles "There Goes My Baby", "This Magic Moment", and "Save the Last Dance for Me" (their only U.S. No. 1 hit).
On the other hand, The Drifters’ explicit "Honey Love" and "Such a Night" and The Midnighters’ "Sexy Ways" were banned in 1954. The Dominoes became one of the more popular vocal groups of the 1950s. However, Bill Brown, lead singer of "Sixty Minute Man", left in 1952 to form The Checkers.
In February 1954, the Drifters recorded "White Christmas", which was released that November. While the song became a No. 5 R&B hit in 1954, its popularity remained in the black community. The Drifters' rendition of this song can be heard in the films Home Alone and The Santa Clause.