This discography focuses solely on that of American vocal group the Drifters as managed by the Treadwell family.
Albums
Studio albums Album Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US US R&B UK Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters Released: 1956 Label: Atlantic——— Rockin' & Driftin''' | Released: 1958 Label: Atlantic |— |— |—
! scope="row" | Save the Last Dance for Me| Released: 1962 Label: Atlantic |— |— |—
! scope="row" | Under the Boardwalk | Released: 1964 Label: Atlantic |40 |— |—
! scope="row" | The Good Life with the Drifters| Released: 1965 Label: Atlantic |103 |— |—
! scope="row" | I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing| Released: 1966 Label: Atlantic |— |— |—
! scope="row" | The Drifters Now| Released: 1973 Label: Bell |— |— |—
! scope="row" | Love Games| Released: 1975 Label: Bell |— |— |51 | BPI: Silver |- ! scope="row" | There Goes My First Love| Released: 1975 Label: Bell |— |— |—
! scope="row" | Every Nite's a Saturday Night'' Released: 1976 Label: Bell———"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Compilation albums Album Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US US R&B UK Greatest Hits Released: 1960 Label: Atlantic——— Up on the Roof – The Best of the Drifters Released: 1963 Label: Atlantic110—12 BPI: Gold The Drifters Golden Hits Released: 1968 Label: Atlantic1223326 Their Greatest Recordings: The Early Years Released: 1971 Label: Atlantic——— 24 Original Hits Released: 1975 Label: Atlantic——2 BPI: Platinum The Very Best Of Released: 1986 Label: Telstar——24 BPI: Gold The Definitive Drifters Released: 2003 Label: Atlantic——8 BPI: Gold The Very Best of the Drifters Released: 2006 Label: Warner Music——46 An Introduction to: The Drifters Released: 2017 Label: Atlantic, Rhino———"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Singles Title (A-side / B-side)Both sides from same album except where indicated Year Lead singer Chart positions Certifications Album US US R&B US A/C UK "Money Honey" /"The Way I Feel" (Non-album track)1953Clyde McPhatter — 1 — —Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters "Lucille" /1954 — 7 — —Non-album track "Such a Night" — 2 — —Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters "Honey Love" /"Warm Your Heart" — 1 — — "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" /"Bip Bam" (Non-album track)A: Clyde McPhatter & Bill PinkneyB: Clyde McPhatter — — — — "White Christmas" /"The Bells of St. Mary's"A: Bill Pinkney & Clyde McPhatterB: Clyde McPhatter 80 5 — — "What'cha Gonna Do" /"Gone" (Non-album track)1955Clyde McPhatter — 2 — — "Everyone's Laughing" /"Hot Ziggety" — — — —Non-album tracks "Adorable" /Johnny Moore — 1 — —Rockin' & Driftin''' |- ! scope="row" | "Steamboat" |Bill Pinkney | — | 5 | — | —
! scope="row" | "Ruby Baby" /"Your Promise to Be Mine" | rowspan="2" |1956 |A: Johnny MooreB: Gerhart Thrasher | — | 10 | — | —
! scope="row" | "I Gotta Get Myself a Woman" /"Soldier of Fortune" |A: Johnny Moore & Bill PinkneyB: Johnny Moore | — | 11 | — | —
! scope="row" | "Fools Fall in Love" /"It Was a Tear" | rowspan="4" |1957 |Johnny Moore | 69 | 10 | — | —
! scope="row" | "Drifting Away from You" / |Gerhart Thrasher | — | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "Hypnotized" |rowspan="2"|Johnny Moore | 79 | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "I Know" /"Yodee Yakee" | — | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "Drip Drop" / | rowspan="2" |1958 |Bobby Hendricks | 58 | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "Moonlight Bay" |Group Ensemble | 72 | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "There Goes My Baby" /"Oh My Love" | rowspan="3" |1959 |Ben E. King | 2 | 1 | — | — | | rowspan="6"|The Drifters' Greatest Hits|- ! scope="row" | "(If You Cry) True Love, True Love" / |Johnny Lee Williams | 33 | 5 | — | —
! scope="row" | "Dance with Me" |rowspan="2"|Ben E. King | 15 | 2 | — | 17
! scope="row" | "This Magic Moment" / | rowspan="6" |1960 | 16 | 4 | — | —
! scope="row" | "Baltimore" |Charlie Thomas & Elsbeary Hobbs | — | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "Lonely Winds" /"Hey Senorita" |rowspan="3"|Ben E. King | 54 | 9 | — | —
! scope="row" | "Save the Last Dance for Me" /"Nobody but Me" | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | BPI: Silver | rowspan="2"|Save the Last Dance for Me|- ! scope="row" | "I Count the Tears" / | 17 | 6 | — | 28
! scope="row" | "Suddenly There's a Valley" |Tommy Evans & Bobby Hendricks | — | — | — | — | |The Drifters' Greatest Hits|- ! scope="row" | "Some Kind of Wonderful" /"Honey Bee" (Non-album track) | rowspan="4" |1961 |A: Rudy LewisB: David Baughn | 32 | 6 | — | — | | rowspan="5"|Save the Last Dance for Me|- ! scope="row" | "Please Stay" /"No Sweet Lovin'" | Rudy Lewis | 14 | 13 | — | —
! scope="row" | "Sweets for My Sweet" /"Loneliness or Happiness" (from Up on the Roof – The Best of the Drifters) |rowspan="3"|A: Charlie ThomasB: Rudy Lewis | 16 | 10 | — | —
! scope="row" | "Room Full of Tears" /"Somebody New Dancin' with You" | 72 | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "When My Little Girl Is Smiling" /"Mexican Divorce" | rowspan="4" |1962 | 28 | — | — | 31
! scope="row" | "Stranger on the Shore" /"What to Do" |Rudy Lewis | 73 | — | 19 | — | |Up on the Roof – The Best of the Drifters|- ! scope="row" | "Sometimes I Wonder" /"Jackpot" (from Save the Last Dance for Me) |A: Ben E. KingB: Rudy Lewis | — | — | — | — | |All Time Greatest Hits and More – 1959–1965|- ! scope="row" | "Up on the Roof" /"Another Night with the Boys" (from Up on the Roof – The Best of the Drifters) |rowspan="2"|Rudy Lewis | 5 | 4 | — | — | BPI: Silver | rowspan="7"|Our Biggest Hits|- ! scope="row" | "On Broadway" /"Let the Music Play" | rowspan="4" |1963 | 9 | 7 | — | —
! scope="row" | "If You Don't Come Back" / |Johnny Moore | — | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "Rat Race" |Rudy Lewis | 71 | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "I'll Take You Home" /"I Feel Good All Over" |A: Johnny MooreB: Charlie Thomas | 25 | 24 | — | 37
! scope="row" | "Vaya con Dios" /"In the Land of Make Believe" | rowspan="6" |1964 |A: Rudy LewisB: Rudy Lewis & Johnny Moore | 43 | 10 | — | —
! scope="row" | "One-Way Love" /"Didn't It" |Johnny Moore | 56 | 12 | — | —
! scope="row" | "Under the Boardwalk" /"I Don't Want to Go On Without You" (from I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing) |A: Johnny MooreB: Charlie Thomas | 4 | — | — | 45 | BPI: Silver |Under the Boardwalk|- ! scope="row" | "I've Got Sand in My Shoes" /"He's Just a Playboy" |rowspan="4"|Johnny Moore | 33 | 21 | — | — | |I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing|- ! scope="row" | "Saturday Night at the Movies" /"Spanish Lace" (from I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing) | 18 | 8 | — | 3 (in 1972) | BPI: Silver |The Good Life with the Drifters|- ! scope="row" | "The Christmas Song" /"I Remember Christmas" | — | — | — | — | |Non-album tracks |- ! scope="row" | "At the Club" /"Answer the Phone" | rowspan="5" |1965 | 43 | 10 | — | 3 (in 1972) | | rowspan="4"|I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing|- ! scope="row" | "Come On Over to My Place" /"Chains of Love" |rowspan="2"|A: Johnny MooreB: Charlie Thomas | 60 | — | — | 9 (in 1972)
! scope="row" | "Follow Me" /"The Outside World" | 91 | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing" /"Far from the Maddening Crowd" |rowspan="3"|Johnny Moore | 51 | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "Nylon Stockings" /"We Gotta Sing" | — | — | — | — | | rowspan="9"|Non-album tracks |- ! scope="row" | "Memories Are Made of This" /"My Islands in the Sun" | rowspan="3" |1966 | 48 | — | 29 | 57
! scope="row" | "Up in the Streets of Harlem" /"You Can't Love Them All" |A: Johnny MooreB: Charlie Thomas | — | — | — | 52
! scope="row" | "Baby What I Mean" /"Aretha" |Johnny Moore | 62 | 37 | — | 49
! scope="row" | "Ain't It the Truth" /"Up Jumped the Devil" |1967 |rowspan="2"|A: Johnny MooreB: Bill Fredericks | — | 36 | — | —
! scope="row" | "Still Burning in My Heart" /"I Need You Now" |1968 | 111 | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "Steal Away" /"Your Best Friend" | 1969 |A: Bill FredericksB: Johnny Moore | — | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "You Got to Pay Your Dues" /"Black Silk" | 1970 |A: Johnny MooreB: Bill Fredericks | — | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "A Rose by Any Other Name" /"Be My Lady" | 1971 |rowspan="3"|Johnny Moore | — | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "Everynight" /"Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)" |1972 | — | — | — | — | | rowspan="2"|The Drifters Now|- ! scope="row" | "You've Got Your Troubles" /I'm Feeling Sad (and Oh So Lonely)" | rowspan="2" |1973 | — | — | — | —
! scope="row" | "Like Sister and Brother" /"The Songs We Used to Sing" |A: Bill FredericksB: Johnny Moore | — | — | — | 7 | | rowspan="4"|Love Games|- ! scope="row" | "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies" /"I'm Feeling Sad (and Oh So Lonely)" (from The Drifters Now) | rowspan="2" |1974 |rowspan="7"|Johnny Moore | — | 83 | — | 2 | BPI: Silver |- ! scope="row" | "Down on the Beach Tonight" /"Say Goodbye to Angelina" (from The Drifters Now) | — | — | — | 7
! scope="row" | "Love Games" /"The Cut Is Deep" | rowspan="3" |1975 | — | — | — | 33
! scope="row" | "There Goes My First Love" /"Don't Cry on a Weekend" | — | — | — | 3 | BPI: Silver | rowspan="3"|There Goes My First Love|- ! scope="row" | "Can I Take You Home Little Girl" /"Please Help Me Down" | — | — | — | 10
! scope="row" | "Hello Happiness" / "I Can't Get Away from You" (from Love Games) | rowspan="3" |1976 | — | — | — | 12
! scope="row" | "Every Nite's a Saturday Night with You" /"I'll Get to Know Your Name Along the Way" | — | — | — | 29 | | rowspan="2"|Every Nite's a Saturday Night|- ! scope="row" | "You're More Than a Number in My Little Red Book" /"Do You Have to Go Now" |A: Johnny Moore & Clyde BrownB: Johnny Moore | — | — | — | 5 | BPI: Silver |- ! scope="row" | "Save the Last Dance for Me" /"When My Little Girl Is Smiling" |1979 |A: Ben E. KingB: Charlie Thomas | — | — | — | 69 | |Save the Last Dance for Me'' "The Whole World"2013Michael Williams — — — —"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Billboard Year-End performances Year Song Year-Endposition 1959 "There Goes My Baby" 29 1960 "Save the Last Dance for Me" 26 1961 "Please Stay" 100 1963 "Up on the Roof" 64 1964 "Under the Boardwalk" 20
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