The Drifters' Golden Hits

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.

The Drifters' Golden Hits
Greatest hits album by
The Drifters
Released1968
Recorded1959–1966
GenreR&B
Doo-Wop
Length29:47
LabelAtlantic
ProducerBert Berns, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
The Drifters chronology
Where the Music's Playing
(1966)		 The Drifters' Golden Hits
(1968)		 Their Greatest Recordings (Early Years)
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[2] In 2012, Rolling Stone listed the album at #459 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
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)
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

[8] [9]

The Drifters
  • Ben E. King – lead vocals (tracks 1, 3 – 6); backing vocals (track 2)
  • Johnny Lee Williams – lead vocals (track 2); backing vocals (tracks 3–6)
  • 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

Production

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  4. (If You Cry) True Love, True Love at AllMusic
  5. Roberts, David (2002). Guinness World Records British Hit Singles (15th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-187-X., p.189
  6. The Drifters Billboard singles at AllMusic
  7. Where the Music's Playing at AllMusic
  8. The Later Drifters Article by Marv Goldberg. Accessed 9 July 2018.
  9. The Family Tree. Official Drifters website. Accessed October 11, 2007.
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