Editing The Drifters (section)

=== Former members ===
* [[Clyde McPhatter]] (1953–1955; died 1972)
* David "Little Dave" Baughan (1953, 1954–55; died 1970)
* William "Chick" Anderson (1953)
* David Baldwin (1953)
* James "Wrinkle" Johnson (1953; died 2001)
* [[Bill Pinkney]] (1953–1956; died 2007)
* Gerhart Thrasher (1953–1958; died 1977)
* Andrew Thrasher (1953–1956; died 1978)
* Willie Ferbee (1953)
* Walter Adams (1953; died 1953)
* Jimmy Oliver (1953–1958)
* [[Johnny Moore (musician)|Johnny Moore]] (1954–1957, 1963–1978, 1980, 1983, 1987–1998; died 1998)
* Tommy Evans (1956–1958, 1960–1962; died 1984)
* Charles "Charlie Carnation" Hughes (1956-1958, died 1998)
* [[Bobby Hendricks]] (1957–58; died 2022)
* Jimmy Milner (1957–58; died 2008)
* [[Ben E. King]] (1958–1960, 1981–1985; died 2015)
* [[Charlie Thomas (musician)|Charlie Thomas]] (1958–1967, 1988–2023; died 2023)
* Dock Green (1958–62; died 1989)
* Elsbeary "Beary" Hobbs (1958–1960; died 1996)
* James Clark (1958–59)
* Johnny Lee Williams (1959–60; died 2004)
* Reggie Kimber (1959–60)
* James Poindexter (1960)
* [[Rudy Lewis]] (1960–1964; died 1964)
* Eugene "Gene" Pearson (1962–1966; died 2000)
* John Winford "Johnny" Terry (1963–1965; died 2005)
* [[Jimmy Lewis (musician)|Jimmy Lewis]] (1963–1965; died 2004)
* Dan Dandridge (1966)
* [[Clarence Tex Walker]] (1966–1973; died 2007)
* William Brent (1966)
* Rick Sheppard  (1966–67)
* Bill Fredericks  (1966–??, 1982–83; died 1999)
* Charles Baskerville (1967)
* Luddy Samms
* Butch Leake (1970–1976)
* Derek Ventura (1972–1984)
* Bernard Jones (1972–1984)
* Lloyd Butch Phillips (1972–1984; died 2002)
* Billy Lewis (1975-1979, 1986-1989)
* Joe Blunt (1976–1980, 1983–1986)
* Terry King<ref>{{cite news|last1=Josephine|first1=Deiry|title=Terry King – Discography|url=http://solocreators.com/biography/terry-king-the-drifters-biography/|website=Solo Creators|date=11 August 2014 |publisher=Deiry Josephine|access-date=5 November 2015}}</ref> (1978–Retired 1989)
* Rudy Ivan (19??–1982)
* [[Louis Price]] (1980–1983, 1986)
* Peter Lamarr (1990, 1991, 1998–2001, 2004–??)
* Roy Hemmings (1990–2003)
* Rohan Delano Turney (1991–????)
* Patrick Alan (1990, 1998–????)
* Jason Leigh (1995–2001)
* Victor Bynoe (2002–??)
* Steve V. King (2008–2010)
* Maurice Cannon (2008–2011)
* Damion Charles (2008–2012)
* Carlton Powell (2011–2014)
* Pierre Herelle (2012–2014)
* Daniel Bowen-Smith (2014–2016)
* Bobby Charles Taylor (born August 13, 1940 – died on October 14, 2018, in Moreno Valley, California)
* Gil Hamilton aka. [[Johnny Thunder (singer)|Johnny Thunder]]
* Emmanuel Dadey (2015)
* Jerome Bucknor (2015)
* Lee Anderson (2015)
* Edward Stenlund (2023)