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The Drifters' Story

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Alan Freeman looks at the remarkable career of a group that made its R'n'B debut in 1953 and, with lead vocalists Clyde McPhatter and Ben E King, became one of the influential acts of the sixties and, in England, the seventies. With input from Atlantic Records bosses
Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler , writers Leiber and Stoller, and singers Ben E King and Johnny Moore. Producer Kevin Howlett

Contributors

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Alan Freeman
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Clyde McPhatter
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Ahmet Ertegun
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Jerry Wexler
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Johnny Moore.
Producer:
Kevin Howlett
Source: Radio Times

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