Timeline The Drifters: Under the Boardwalk

A group whose name outlived dozens of members — the Drifters from Money Honey to Save the Last Dance for Me and Under the Boardwalk.

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1953 The Drifters formed by Clyde McPhatter Atlantic Records McPhatter forms the group after leaving the Dominoes.
1953 The Drifters release Money Honey Number one R&B Their first big hit.
1954 The Drifters lose Clyde McPhatter to the army Drafted McPhatter is drafted and later goes solo.
1958 The Drifters replaced by the Five Crowns Ben E. King Their manager fires the whole group and renames another.
1959 The Drifters release There Goes My Baby Strings in R&B Leiber and Stoller put strings on an R&B record.
1960 Ben E. King leaves the Drifters Stand by Me King goes solo and records Stand by Me.
1960 The Drifters top the charts with Save the Last Dance for Me Number one Their only US number one.
1962 The Drifters release Up on the Roof Goffin and King Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
1963 The Drifters release On Broadway Brill Building With a young Phil Spector on guitar.
1964 The Drifters record Under the Boardwalk Day after Rudy Lewis' death Recorded the day after their lead singer died.
1974 The Drifters' British comeback Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies A run of UK hits in the 1970s.
1988 The Drifters inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted with Ben E. King and Clyde McPhatter.