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This discography focuses solely on that of American vocal group the Drifters as managed by the Treadwell family.
Year | Album | Label | Chart positions | Certifications | ||
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US [1] | US R&B [1] | UK [2] | ||||
1956 | Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters | Atlantic | — | — | — | |
1958 | Rockin' & Driftin' | — | — | — | ||
1960 | Greatest Hits(compilation) | — | — | — | ||
1962 | Save the Last Dance for Me | — | — | — | ||
1963 | Up on the Roof – The Best of the Drifters(compilation) | 110 | — | 12 | ||
1964 | Under the Boardwalk [upper-alpha 1] | 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) | — | — | — | ||
1973 | The Drifters Now | Bell | — | — | — | |
1975 | 24 Original Hits | Atlantic | — | — | 2 |
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Love Games | Bell | — | — | 51 |
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There Goes My First Love | — | — | — | |||
1976 | Every Nite's a Saturday Night | — | — | — | ||
1986 | The Very Best Of(compilation) | Telstar | — | — | 24 |
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2003 | The Definitive Drifters(compilation) | Atlantic | — | — | 8 |
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2006 | The Very Best of the Drifters(compilation) | Warner Music | — | — | 46 | |
2017 | An Introduction to: The Drifters(compilation) | Atlantic, Rhino | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Notes
Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Lead singer | Label | Chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
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US [8] [1] | US R&B [8] [1] | US A/C [8] | UK [2] [8] | ||||||
1953 | "Money Honey" b/w "The Way I Feel" (Non-album track) | Clyde McPhatter | Atlantic | — | 1 | — | — | Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters | |
1954 | "Lucille" | — | 7 | — | — | Non-album track | |||
"Such a Night" | — | 2 | — | — | Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters | ||||
"Honey Love" b/w "Warm Your Heart" | — | 1 | — | — | |||||
"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" b/w "Bip Bam" (Non-album track) | A: Clyde McPhatter & Bill Pinkney B: Clyde McPhatter | — | — | — | — | ||||
"White Christmas" b/w "The Bells of St. Mary's" | A: Bill Pinkney & Clyde McPhatter B: Clyde McPhatter | 80 | 5 | — | — | ||||
1955 | "What'cha Gonna Do" b/w "Gone" (Non-album track) | Clyde McPhatter | — | 2 | — | — | |||
"Everyone's Laughing" b/w "Hot Ziggety" | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | ||||
"Adorable" | Johnny Moore | — | 1 | — | — | Rockin' & Driftin' | |||
1956 | "Steamboat" | Bill Pinkney | — | 5 | — | — | |||
"Your Promise to Be Mine" | Gerhart Thrasher | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Ruby Baby" b/w "Your Promise to Be Mine" | Johnny Moore | — | 10 | — | — | ||||
"I Gotta Get Myself a Woman" b/w "Soldier of Fortune" | A: Johnny Moore & Bill Pinkney B: Johnny Moore & Bill Pinkney | — | 11 | — | — | ||||
1957 | "Fools Fall in Love" b/w "It Was a Tear" | Johnny Moore | 69 | 10 | — | — | |||
"Drifting Away from You" | Gerhart Thrasher | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Hypnotized" | Johnny Moore | 79 | — | — | — | ||||
"I Know" b/w "Yodee Yakee" | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Drip Drop" | Bobby Hendricks | 58 | — | — | — | ||||
"Moonlight Bay" | Group Ensemble | 72 | — | — | — | ||||
1959 | "There Goes My Baby" b/w "Oh My Love" | Ben E. King | 2 | 1 | — | — | The Drifters' Greatest Hits | ||
"(If You Cry) True Love, True Love" | Johnny Lee Williams | 33 | 5 | — | — | ||||
"Dance with Me" | Ben E. King | 15 | 2 | — | 17 (As A-side) | ||||
1960 | "This Magic Moment" | 16 | 4 | — | — | ||||
"Baltimore" | Charlie Thomas & Elsbeary Hobbs | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Lonely Winds" b/w "Hey Senorita" | A: Ben E. King B: Ben E. King | 54 | 9 | — | — | ||||
"Save the Last Dance for Me" b/w "Nobody but Me" | Ben E. King | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Save the Last Dance for Me | ||
"I Count the Tears" | 17 | 6 | — | 28 | |||||
"Suddenly There's a Valley" | Tommy Evans & Bobby Hendricks | — | — | — | — | The Drifters' Greatest Hits | |||
1961 | "Some Kind of Wonderful" b/w "Honey Bee" (Non-album track) | A: Rudy Lewis B: David Baughn | 32 | 6 | — | — | Save the Last Dance for Me | ||
"Please Stay" b/w "No Sweet Lovin'" | A: Rudy Lewis B: Bill Pinkney | 14 | 13 | — | — | ||||
"Sweets for My Sweet" b/w "Loneliness or Happiness" (from Up on the Roof – The Best of the Drifters) | A: Charlie Thomas B: Rudy Lewis | 16 | 10 | — | — | ||||
"Room Full of Tears" b/w "Somebody New Dancin' with You" | A: Charlie Thomas B: Rudy Lewis | 72 | — | — | — | ||||
1962 | "When My Little Girl Is Smiling" b/w "Mexican Divorce" | 28 | — | — | 31 | ||||
"Stranger on the Shore" b/w "What to Do" | Rudy Lewis | 73 | — | 19 | — | Up on the Roof – The Best of the Drifters | |||
"Sometimes I Wonder" b/w "Jackpot" (from Save the Last Dance for Me) | A: Ben E. King B: Rudy Lewis | — | — | — | — | All Time Greatest Hits and More – 1959–1965 | |||
"Up on the Roof" b/w "Another Night with the Boys" (from Up on the Roof – The Best of the Drifters) | Rudy Lewis | 5 | 4 | — | — | Our Biggest Hits | |||
1963 | "On Broadway" b/w "Let the Music Play" | 9 | 7 | — | — | ||||
"If You Don't Come Back" / | Johnny Moore | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Rat Race" | Rudy Lewis | 71 | — | — | — | ||||
"I'll Take You Home" b/w "I Feel Good All Over" | A: Johnny Moore B: Charlie Thomas | 25 | 24 | — | 37 | ||||
1964 | "Vaya con Dios" b/w "In the Land of Make Believe" | A: Rudy Lewis B: Rudy Lewis & Johnny Moore | 43 | 10 | — | — | |||
"One-Way Love" b/w "Didn't It" | Johnny Moore | 56 | 12 | — | — | ||||
"Under the Boardwalk" b/w "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" (from I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing) | A: Johnny Moore B: Charlie Thomas | 4 | — | — | 45 |
| Under the Boardwalk | ||
"I've Got Sand in My Shoes" b/w "He's Just a Playboy" | Johnny Moore | 33 | 21 | — | — | I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing | |||
"Saturday Night at the Movies" b/w "Spanish Lace" (from I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing) | 18 | 8 | — | 3 (in 1972) |
| The Good Life with the Drifters | |||
"The Christmas Song" b/w "I Remember Christmas" | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | ||||
1965 | "At the Club" b/w "Answer the Phone" | 43 | 10 | — | 3 (in 1972) | I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing | |||
"Come On Over to My Place" b/w "Chains of Love" | A: Johnny Moore B: Charlie Thomas | 60 | — | — | 9 (in 1972) | ||||
"Follow Me" b/w "The Outside World" | 91 | — | — | — | |||||
"I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing" b/w "Far from the Maddening Crowd" | Johnny Moore | 51 | — | — | — | ||||
"Nylon Stockings" b/w "We Gotta Sing" | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | ||||
1966 | "Memories Are Made of This" b/w "My Islands in the Sun" | 48 | — | 29 | 57 | ||||
"Up in the Streets of Harlem" b/w "You Can't Love Them All" | A: Johnny Moore B: Charlie Thomas | — | — | — | 52 | ||||
"Baby What I Mean" b/w "Aretha" | Johnny Moore | 62 | 37 | — | 49 | ||||
1967 | "Ain't It the Truth" b/w "Up Jumped the Devil" | A: Johnny Moore B: Bill Fredericks | — | 36 | — | — | |||
1968 | "Still Burning in My Heart" b/w "I Need You Now" | A: Johnny Moore B: Bill Fredericks | 111 | — | — | — | |||
1969 | "Steal Away" b/w "Your Best Friend" | A: Bill Fredericks B: Johnny Moore | — | — | — | — | |||
1970 | "You Got to Pay Your Dues" b/w "Black Silk" | A: Johnny Moore B: Bill Fredericks | — | — | — | — | |||
1971 | "A Rose by Any Other Name" b/w "Be My Lady" | Johnny Moore | — | — | — | — | |||
1972 | "Everynight" b/w "Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)" | Bell | — | — | — | — | The Drifters Now | ||
1973 | "You've Got Your Troubles" b/w "I'm Feeling Sad (and Oh So Lonely)" | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Like Sister and Brother" b/w "The Songs We Used to Sing" | A: Bill Fredericks B: Johnny Moore | — | — | — | 7 | Love Games | |||
1974 | "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies" b/w "I'm Feeling Sad (and Oh So Lonely)" (from The Drifters Now) | Johnny Moore | — | 83 | — | 2 |
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"Down on the Beach Tonight" b/w "Say Goodbye to Angelina" (from The Drifters Now) | — | — | — | 7 | |||||
1975 | "Love Games" b/w "The Cut Is Deep" | — | — | — | 33 | ||||
"There Goes My First Love" b/w "Don't Cry on a Weekend" | — | — | — | 3 |
| There Goes My First Love | |||
"Can I Take You Home Little Girl" b/w "Please Help Me Down" | — | — | — | 10 | |||||
1976 | "Hello Happiness" b/w "I Can't Get Away from You" (from Love Games) | — | — | — | 12 | ||||
"Every Nite's a Saturday Night with You" b/w "I'll Get to Know Your Name Along the Way" | — | — | — | 29 | Every Nite's a Saturday Night | ||||
"You're More Than a Number in My Little Red Book" b/w "Do You Have to Go Now" | A: Johnny Moore & Clyde Brown B: Johnny Moore | Arista | — | — | — | 5 |
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1979 | "Save the Last Dance for Me" b/w "When My Little Girl Is Smiling" | A: Ben E. King B: Charlie Thomas | Lightning | — | — | — | 69 | Save the Last Dance for Me | |
2013 | "The Whole World" | Michael Williams | Neon | — | — | — | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Year | Song | Year-End position |
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1959 | "There Goes My Baby" | 29 |
1960 | "Save the Last Dance for Me" | 26 |
1961 | "Please Stay" | 100 |
1963 | "Up on the Roof" | 64 |
1964 | "Under the Boardwalk" | 20 |
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