The Very Best of the Drifters

Tracklist

• 1
  This Magic Moment
  2:30
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Whatcha Gonna Do

  Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
  2:47
• 3
  Under the Boardwalk
  2:44
• 4
  Adorable
  2:42
• 5
  Save the Last Dance for Me
  2:36
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Stand by Me

  Ben E. King
  2:56
  4.6 ★
• 7
  A Lover's Question

  Clyde McPhatter
  2:35
• 8
  Fools Fall in Love
  2:32
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Spanish Harlem

  Ben E. King
  2:56
  4.4 ★
• 10
  Nobody but Me
  2:36
• 11
  There Goes My Baby
  2:12
  4.5 ★
• 12
  Dance With Me
  2:25
• 13
  Saturday Night at the Movies
  2:32
• 14
  Up on the Roof
  2:37
  5.0 ★
• 15
  On Broadway
  3:02
  5.0 ★

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Release credits

• Ahmet Ertegun
  producer [4, 8]
• Al Caiola
  guitar [9]
• Al Casamenti
  guitar [14]
• Andrew Thrasher
  baritone vocals [4]
• Ben E. King
  lead vocals [1, 5, 11], vocal [6, 9]
• Bert Keyes
  arranger [14]
• Bill Davis
  guitar [1, 5, 14-15]
• Bill Pinkney
  bass vocals [4]
• Billy Butler
  guitar [15]
• Billy Suyker
  guitar [15]
• Bob Bushnell
  guitar [14]
• Bobby Hendricks
  tenor vocals [4]
• Bobby Rosengarden
  percussion [14]
• Buddy Lucas
  tenor saxophone [4]
• Carole King
  keyboard [14]
• Charles McCracken
  cello [9]
• Charlie Hughes
  baritone vocals [8]
• Charlie Thomas
  tenor vocals [1, 5, 11, 14-15]
• Dee Dee Warwick
  background vocals [15]
• Dionne Warwick
  background vocals [15]
• Dock Green
  baritone vocals [1, 5, 11, 14]
• Don Arnone
  guitar [14]
• Doris Troy
  background vocals [15]
• Elsbeary Hobbs
  bass vocals [1, 5, 11]
• Ernest Hayes
  keyboard [14], piano [9]
• Ernie Royal
  trumpet [15]
• Everett Barksdale
  guitar [15]
• Frank Saracco
  trombone [14]
• Garry Sherman
  arranger [14-15], conductor [14-15]
• Gary Chester
  drums (drum set) [9, 14-15]
• Gene Pearson
  baritone vocals [15]
• George Devens
  percussion [14]
• George Duvivier
  double bass [14]
• Gerhart Thrasher
  tenor vocals [4, 8]
• Jerry Wexler
  producer [4, 8]
• Jimmy Cleveland
  trombone [14]
• Jimmy Nottingham
  trumpet [14]
• Jimmy Oliver
  guitar [4, 8]
• Jimmy Sedlar
  trumpet [14]
• Joe Newman
  trumpet [15]
• Johnny Moore
  lead vocals [4, 8], tenor vocals [4, 8]
• Johnny Williams
  tenor vocals [1, 5]
• Leiber & Stoller
  producer [5-6, 9, 11, 14-15]
• Lloyd Trotman
  double bass [9]
• Martin Grupp
  percussion [15]
• Nesuhi Ertegun
  producer [4]
• Nick Rodriquez
  percussion [15]
• Phil Kraus
  percussion [9, 15]
• Reggie Kimber
  guitar [11]
• Romeo Penque
  reeds [9]
• Rudy Lewis
  lead vocals [14-15]
• Russ Saunders
  bass [15]
• Stan Applebaum
  arranger [1, 5-6, 11], conductor [1, 5-6, 9, 11]
• Tommy Evans
  bass vocals [8, 14-15]
• [unknown]
  background vocals [9], baritone saxophone [4], bass [4], drums (drum set) [4], piano [4]
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Issues

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  The Very Best of the Drifters

  CD (Platinum Legends)
  2003