Hits List: Drifters

The Drifters, featuring outstanding lead singer Ben E. King, were one of the early great R&B groups.  After the break, a complete history of singles released by the group.


1953:  "Money Honey" (#1 R&B)
1954:  "Lucille"
           "Honey Love" (#21, #1 R&B)
           "Someday (You'll Want Me To)"
           "White Christmas" (#80, #5 R&B)
           "Such a Night" (#2 R&B)
1955:  "Whatcha' Gonna' Do" (#2 R&B)
           "Everyone's Laughing"
           "Adorable" (#1 R&B)
1956:  "Steamboat" (#5 R&B)
           "Ruby Baby" (#10 R&B)
           "I Gotta' Get Myself a Woman" (#11 R&B)
1957:  "Fools Fall in Love" (#10 R&B)
           "Hypnotized"  (#79)
           "I Know"
           "Drip Drop" (#58)
           "Moonlight Bay" (#72)
1959:  "There Goes My Baby" (#2, #1 R&B)
           "(If You Cry) True Love, True Love (#33, #5 R&B)
           "Dance With Me" (#1, #2 R&B)
1960:  "This Magic Moment" (#16, #4 R&B)
           "Lonely Winds" (#54, #9 R&B)
           "Save the Last Dance for Me" (#1, #1 R&B)
           "I Count the Tears" (#17)
1961:  "Some Kind of Wonderful" (#32, #6 R&B)
           "Sweets for my Sweet" (#16, #10 R&B)
           "Please Stay" (#14, #13 R&B)
           "Room Full of Tears (#72)
1962:  "When My Little Girl is Smiling" (#28)
           "Stranger on the Shore" (#73)
           "Sometimes I Wonder"
1963:  "Up on the Roof" (#5, #4 R&B)
           "On Broadway" (#9, #7 R&B)
           "If You Don't Come Back"
           "Rat Race" (#71)
           "I'll Take You Home" (#25, #24 R&B)
1964:  "Vaya Con Dios" (#43)
           "One-Way Love" (#56)
           "Under the Boardwalk" (#4, #45 R&B)
           "I've Got Sand in my Shoes" (#33)
           "Saturday Night at the Movies" (#18
           "The Christmas Song"/"I Remember Christmas"
1965:  "At the Club" (#43, #10 R&B)
           "Come On Over to My Place" (#60)
           "Follow Me"
           "I'll Take You to Where the Music's Playing" (#51)
1966:  "Memories Are Made of This" (#48)
           "Baby What I Mean"
1967:  "Ain't It the Truth" (#36 R&B)
1972:  "Something Tells Me"
1973:  "You've Got Your Troubles"
           "Like Brother and Sister"
1974:  "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies" (#83 R&B)
           "Down on the Beach Tonight"
1975:  "Love Games"
           "There Goes My First Love"
           "Can I Take You Home Little Girl"
1976:  "Hello Happiness"
           "Every Night's a Saturday Night With You"
           "You're More Than a Number in My Little Red Book"