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Remembering Gerry Goffin, the ’60s Poet of Teen Heartbreak

3838 days ago
TimeWriting songs with his then-wife Carole King, he wrote the words for perennial ballads made into hits by The Drifters, The Crystals and Aretha Franklin more info

Stream Dirty Beaches Neon Gods Of Lost Youth

3866 days ago
StereogumLast year Alex Zhang Hungtai, better known by his moniker Dirty Beaches, released the double album Drifters/Love Is The Devil which split its discs in the style of Bowie’s Low (and both were recorded in Berlin!) to incredible results. Beginning wit... more info

Before We Was Fab: The Drifters, “I Count the Tears”

4244 days ago
PopdoseWhat does one of Ben E. King's greatest songs with the Drifters have to do with the '60s Counterculture movement? Let's find out and live for today more info

Mickey Baker

4403 days ago
Guardian MusicVersatile guitarist who had a million-selling hit with Love Is StrangeMickey Baker, who has died aged 87, was one of the most versatile and prolific guitarists of his era. During the 1950s, any producer making R&B or rock'n'roll records in New York w... more info

Here Come The Girls! Channel 4 Sitcom 'Drifters' Branded 'The New Inbetweeners'

4427 days ago
ContactMusicMove over Will, Simon, Neil and Jay! The girls are coming! The team behind the hit Channel 4 comedy The Inbetweeners are reportedly about to launch a... more info

Soul Serenade: The Drifters, “There Goes My Baby”

4441 days ago
PopdoseThe Drifters were legendary for their music, and their story more info

The Drifters robbed in the UK

4477 days ago
TopixYou would think that after many years in the business you must have gone through everything that can possibly happen to you on the road, but for veteran group The Drifters they found that isn't always so after their tour bus was raided by thieves. more info

The Drifters Hit By Thieves On Tour

4478 days ago
ContactMusicVeteran soul group The Drifters have called in police after thieves raided their tour bus and stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment.The... more info

The Drifters suffer £8,000 tour bus burglary

4478 days ago
The Independent US soul group The Drifters have had some £8,000 worth of equipment stolen from their tour bus. more info

Old music: The Shadows – Apache

4610 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Shads' No 1 hit from 1960 conjures up the twang of the west … and a time before the Beatles ruled the airwavesThere was a time in the early 60s when an English guitarist and former skiffle player who looked rather like Buddy Holly seemed the ep... more info

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