The
Drifters – Rock
Drip
Drop – Let The Boogie Woogie Roll – Money Honey – No Sweet
Lovin’ – Such a night – Bip Bam – What’cha Gonna Do –
There You Go – Hot Ziggity – Ruby Baby – Three Thirty Three –
Sadie My Lady – Try Try Baby – Yodee Yakee – Let The Boogie
Woogie Roll [first version] – I Gotta Get Myself A Woman –
Hypnotized – Baltimore – Hey Senorita – I feel Good All Over –
On Bended Knee [by The Flyers] – After the Hop [By Bill Pinkney] –
Honky Tonky – Sally’s Got A Sister [By Bill Pinkney] – Bip Bam
(Take 13) – Such A Night (Take 5) – Drip Drop [Alternate Take] –
If You Don’t Come Back – Itchy Twitchy Feeling [By Bobby
Hendricks] – Suddenly There’s A Valley –
Drop – Let The Boogie Woogie Roll – Money Honey – No Sweet
Lovin’ – Such a night – Bip Bam – What’cha Gonna Do –
There You Go – Hot Ziggity – Ruby Baby – Three Thirty Three –
Sadie My Lady – Try Try Baby – Yodee Yakee – Let The Boogie
Woogie Roll [first version] – I Gotta Get Myself A Woman –
Hypnotized – Baltimore – Hey Senorita – I feel Good All Over –
On Bended Knee [by The Flyers] – After the Hop [By Bill Pinkney] –
Honky Tonky – Sally’s Got A Sister [By Bill Pinkney] – Bip Bam
(Take 13) – Such A Night (Take 5) – Drip Drop [Alternate Take] –
If You Don’t Come Back – Itchy Twitchy Feeling [By Bobby
Hendricks] – Suddenly There’s A Valley –
Raise
and shine, here come the Drifters!
and shine, here come the Drifters!
Hard
to tell about any precise line-up with the legendary Rn’B band
formed in 1953, as more than 60 musicians took part in it. And if the
60-year-old band still tours today with young musicians, we have to
say that it sounds very different than the Drifters from the early
times.
to tell about any precise line-up with the legendary Rn’B band
formed in 1953, as more than 60 musicians took part in it. And if the
60-year-old band still tours today with young musicians, we have to
say that it sounds very different than the Drifters from the early
times.
So
let’s rather talk about their music and what made them sound
unique, with “Rock” an ideal LP to dance Rock n’Roll all night
long, as its name suggests. A digest of the Drifters’ most
convincing hits and, here and there, versions by some of the
Drifters’ splinter bands (Bobby Hendricks and the Flyers, Bill
Pinkney), along with previously unreleased versions to please the
fans.
let’s rather talk about their music and what made them sound
unique, with “Rock” an ideal LP to dance Rock n’Roll all night
long, as its name suggests. A digest of the Drifters’ most
convincing hits and, here and there, versions by some of the
Drifters’ splinter bands (Bobby Hendricks and the Flyers, Bill
Pinkney), along with previously unreleased versions to please the
fans.
All
of what the Drifters do is filled with energy and guttural excitation
(“Bip Bam”, “Drip Drop”, “Yodee Yakee”) and this means
women of course, but often expressed humorously (“I Feel Good All
Over”; “Sally’s Got A Sister”). Above all, what makes their
songs recognizable within a wink lies in their typical Doo-Wop style
interspersed with bouncy sax solos.
of what the Drifters do is filled with energy and guttural excitation
(“Bip Bam”, “Drip Drop”, “Yodee Yakee”) and this means
women of course, but often expressed humorously (“I Feel Good All
Over”; “Sally’s Got A Sister”). Above all, what makes their
songs recognizable within a wink lies in their typical Doo-Wop style
interspersed with bouncy sax solos.
Their
music fits very well into the 50’s and 60’s era under the
influence of Caribbean music, for example if you take a song like
“Hey Senorita”; another way to add sexual innuendos to their
music.
music fits very well into the 50’s and 60’s era under the
influence of Caribbean music, for example if you take a song like
“Hey Senorita”; another way to add sexual innuendos to their
music.
Enjoy
the Drifters!
the Drifters!
Antoine Betbèze,
for Country Music News International
for Country Music News International