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The Drifters' Golden Hits

The Drifters' Golden Hits is a 1968 compilation album by American doo-wop/R&B vocal group The Drifters.

The album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in ' (1981). In 2012, Rolling Stone listed the album at #459 in its list of "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". 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.

Chart performance

The collection of the bands' later hits peaked at No. 22 on Billboard's Hot R&B LP's chart, and also reached No. 122 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, during an eight-week run on it.

Track listing

Personnel

Performance

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

  • Doris Troy – additional backing vocals (tracks 5 – 7)
  • Dee Dee Warwick – additional backing vocals (tracks 5 – 7)
  • Dionne Warwick – additional backing vocals (tracks 5 – 7)
  • Cissy Houston – additional backing vocals (tracks 5 – 7)

Production

Charts

References