Album Review: Let The Boogie Woogie Roll: Greatest Hits 1953-1958 (The Drifters)
THE DRIFTERS
LET THE BOOGIE WOOGIE ROLL: GREATEST HITS 1953-58
1988-ATLANTIC
Produced By KIM COOKE & BOB PORTER
Lucille
Money Honey
The Way I Feel
Let The Boogie Woogie Roll
Gone
Such A Night
Warm Your Heart
Don't Dog Me
Bip Bam
What'cha Gonna Do
Honey Love
White Christmas
Bells Of St. Mary's
If I Didn't Love You Like I Do
There You Go
Some Day You'll Want Me To Want You
Try Try Baby
Everyone's Laughing
Hot Ziggety
Three Thirty Three
Honey Bee
No Sweet Lovin'
Adorable
Your Promise To Be Mine
Steamboat
Ruby Baby
Drifting Away From You
I Should Have Done Right
Soldier Of Fortune
Honky Tonky
Sadie My Lady
I Gotta Get Myself A Woman
It Was A Tear
Fools Fall In Love
Yodee Yakee
I Know
Hypnotized
Souvenirs
Drip Drop
Suddenly There's A Valley
The Drifters have been around for over 60 years now, with more than 60 different members. It's become over the years more of a corporation than a group, but their employees are all really good. This collection goes back to the very beginning, before the years of Ben E. King. It's one of the more impressive collections of 50's doo wop you'll ever find. The first disc covers the time of Clyde McPhatter, a Rock & Roll Hall Of Famer who is maybe the best singer from that time. Disc 2 covers the years leading up to King.
McPhatter's vocals are angelic, and the rest of the group's harmonies are just as good. You'll be hooked by the end of the first line on "Lucille". Disc 2 is almost as good. Also included are good (but very small) liner notes. If you're a fan of music from this period, it's as good as it gets.
This is album #56 in an ongoing series.
