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===Lineups=== '''The Atlantic Years 1953β1972''' (does not include Bill Pinkney's Original Drifters (1959β ), Charlie Thomas's Drifters (1971β ) or the Drifters in the UK (1972β ) which for many years featured Johnny Moore.); nor does it include the various later Drifters groups that used the name but have no connection with the Treadwell Drifters. {| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="float:width:375px; margin:0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse:collapse; border:1px solid #e2e2e2; width:99%;" |- ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| MayβJune 1953 ('embryonic' group, demo recordings) ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| JulyβOct 1953 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Oct 1953 β March 1954 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| AprilβNov 1954 |- | valign=top | * [[Clyde McPhatter]] β lead tenor * David "Little Dave" Baughan β 1st tenor * William "Chick" Anderson β 2nd tenor * David Baldwin β baritone * James "Wrinkle" Johnson β bass * Arthur Hamm, Chauncey Westbrook β guitar | valign=top | * Clyde McPhatter β lead tenor * [[Bill Pinkney]] β 1st tenor * Andrew Thrasher β 2nd tenor * Gerhart Thrasher β baritone * Willie Ferbee β bass * Walter Adams β guitar | valign=top | * Clyde McPhatter β lead tenor * Gerhart Thrasher β 2nd tenor * Andrew Thrasher β baritone * Bill Pinkney β bass * Jimmy Oliver β guitar | valign=top | * Clyde McPhatter β lead tenor (studio, occasionally live) * Gerhart Thrasher β 2nd tenor * Andrew Thrasher β baritone * Bill Pinkney β bass * Jimmy Oliver β guitar * David Baughan β lead tenor (live) |- ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Nov 1954 β March 1955 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| MarchβJuly 1955 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| JulyβAugust 1955 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Sept 1955β August 1956 |- | valign=top | * Clyde McPhatter β lead tenor (studio, occasionally live) * Gerhart Thrasher β 2nd tenor * Andrew Thrasher β baritone * Bill Pinkney β bass * Jimmy Oliver β guitar * David Baughan β lead tenor (live) * [[Johnny Moore (musician)|Johnny Moore]] β alternate lead tenor (live) | valign=top | * Clyde McPhatter β lead tenor (studio, occasionally live) * Gerhart Thrasher β 2nd tenor * Andrew Thrasher β baritone * Bill Pinkney β bass * Jimmy Oliver β guitar * David Baughan β lead tenor (live) | valign=top | * David Baughan β lead tenor * Gerhart Thrasher β 2nd tenor * Andrew Thrasher β baritone * Bill Pinkney β bass * Jimmy Oliver β guitar | valign=top | * Johnny Moore β lead tenor * Gerhart Thrasher β 2nd tenor * Andrew Thrasher β baritone * Bill Pinkney β bass * Jimmy Oliver β guitar |- ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| August 1956-mid 1957 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Mid 1957 β Oct 1957 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| OctβDec 1957 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| JanβMarch 1958 |- | valign=top | * Johnny Moore β lead tenor * Gerhart Thrasher β 2nd tenor * 'Carnation Charlie' Hughes β baritone * Tommy Evans β bass * Jimmy Oliver β guitar | valign=top | * Johnny Moore β lead tenor * Gerhart Thrasher β 2nd tenor * 'Carnation Charlie' Hughes β baritone * Bill Pinkney β bass * Jimmy Oliver β guitar | valign=top | * [[Bobby Hendricks]] β lead tenor * Gerhart Thrasher β 2nd tenor * 'Carnation Charlie' Hughes β baritone * Bill Pinkney β bass * Jimmy Oliver β guitar | valign=top | * [[Bobby Hendricks]] β lead tenor * Gerhart Thrasher β 2nd tenor * 'Carnation Charlie' Hughes β baritone * Tommy Evans β bass |- ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| MarchβApril 1958 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| May 1958 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| May 1958 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| June 1958 β March 1959 (touring only) |- | valign=top | * [[Bobby Hendricks]] β lead tenor * Gerhart Thrasher β 2nd tenor * Jimmy Milner β baritone * Tommy Evans β bass | valign=top | * Gerhart Thrasher β 2nd tenor * Jimmy Milner β baritone * Tommy Evans β bass | valign=top | * Gerhart Thrasher β 2nd tenor * Jimmy Milner β baritone * Tommy Evans β bass Stand-ins for Dr. Jive Show * [[Bobby Hendricks]] β lead tenor * Jimmy Oliver β guitar | valign=top | * [[Charlie Thomas (musician)|Charlie Thomas]] β lead tenor * Benny Nelson ([[Ben E. King]]) β 2nd tenor * Dock Green β baritone * Elsbeary Hobbs β bass * Reggie Kimber β guitar |- ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| MarchβJune 1959 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| July 1959 β May 1960 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Summer 1960 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Summer 1960 |- | valign=top | * Ben E. King β lead tenor * Charlie Thomas β 2nd tenor * Dock Green β baritone * Elsbeary Hobbs β bass * ? β guitar | valign=top | * Ben E. King β lead tenor (studio only) * Charlie Thomas β 2nd tenor (lead on tour) * Johnny Lee Williams β 1st tenor * Dock Green β baritone * Elsbeary Hobbs β bass * Bill Davis aka Abdul Samad β guitar | valign=top | * Charlie Thomas β lead tenor * Johnny Lee Williams β 1st tenor * Dock Green β baritone * Elsbeary Hobbs β bass * Abdul Samad β guitar | valign=top | * Charlie Thomas β lead tenor * James Poindexter β 2nd tenor * Dock Green β baritone * Elsbeary Hobbs β bass * Abdul Samad β guitar |- ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Summer 1960 β Nov 1960 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| December 1960 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| January 1961 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Feb 1961-Mid 1962 |- | valign=top | * Charlie Thomas β lead tenor * [[Rudy Lewis]] β 2nd tenor * Dock Green β baritone * Elsbeary Hobbs β bass * Abdul Samad β guitar | valign=top | * Charlie Thomas β lead tenor * Rudy Lewis β 2nd tenor * Dock Green β baritone * Constantine Van Dyke β bass * Abdul Samad β guitar | valign=top | * Charlie Thomas β lead tenor * Rudy Lewis β 2nd tenor * Dock Green β baritone * George Grant β bass * Abdul Samad β guitar | valign=top | * Rudy Lewis β lead & tenor * Charlie Thomas β lead & tenor * Dock Green β baritone * Tommy Evans β bass * Abdul Samad β guitar |- ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Mid 1962β Feb 1963 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| March 1963 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| April 1963 β May 1964 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| May 1964-Mid 1966 |- | valign=top | * Rudy Lewis β lead & tenor * Charlie Thomas β lead & tenor * Gene Pearson β baritone * Tommy Evans β bass * Abdul Samad β guitar | valign=top | * Rudy Lewis β lead & tenor * Charlie Thomas β lead & tenor * Gene Pearson β baritone * Johnny Terry β bass * Abdul Samad β guitar | valign=top | * Rudy Lewis β lead & 2nd tenor * Johnny Moore β lead & 1st tenor * Charlie Thomas β lead & 2nd tenor * Gene Pearson β baritone * Johnny Terry β bass * Abdul Samad β guitar | valign=top | * Johnny Moore β lead & tenor * Charlie Thomas β lead & tenor * Gene Pearson β baritone * Johnny Terry β bass * Abdul Samad β guitar |- ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Summer/Autumn 1966 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Autumn 1966 β Nov 1966 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Dec 1966 β August 1967 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| August 1967-Autumn 1967 |- | valign=top | * Johnny Moore β lead & tenor * Charlie Thomas β lead & tenor * Eddie Bowen β baritone * Dan Dandridge β bass * Abdul Samad β guitar | valign=top | * Johnny Moore β lead tenor * Charlie Thomas β lead & tenor * Rick Sheppard β tenor/baritone * Bill Brent β bass * Abdul Samad β guitar | valign=top | * Johnny Moore β lead & tenor * Charlie Thomas β lead & tenor * Rick Sheppard β tenor/baritone * Bill Fredericks β baritone/bass * Abdul Samad β guitar | valign=top | * Johnny Moore β lead & tenor * Bill Fredericks β lead & baritone/bass * Rick Sheppard β tenor/baritone * Charles Baskerville β tenor * Abdul Samad β guitar |- ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| November 1967 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Dec 1967-late 1969 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Late 1969 β March 1970 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| March 1970β? breakaway Drifters |- | valign=top | * Johnny Moore β lead & tenor * Bill Fredericks β lead & baritone/bass * Rick Sheppard β tenor/baritone * ? β guitar | valign=top | * Johnny Moore β lead tenor * Bill Fredericks β lead baritone * Rick Sheppard β tenor/baritone * Milton Turner β baritone * Butch Mann β guitar | valign=top | * Michael Howard- singer (died 2019) * Johnny Moore β lead tenor * Bill Fredericks β lead baritone * Rick Sheppard * Don Thomas * Butch Mann β guitar | valign=top | * Johnny Moore β lead tenor * Rick Sheppard- tenor/baritone * Don Thomas β baritone |- ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1970 breakaway Drifters ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Dec 1970?-April 1971 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| May 1971β ? 1972 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| Jan 2023βpresent |- | valign=top | * Johnny Moore β lead tenor * Don Thomas β baritone * Butch Leake β second tenor | valign=top | * Johnny Moore β lead tenor * Bill Fredericks β lead baritone * (Butch Leake?) second tenor (live) * (Don Thomas?) β baritone (live) * (Ronald Quinn) (studio) | valign=top | * Johnny Moore β lead tenor * Bill Fredericks β lead baritone * Butch Leake β second tenor * Grant Kitchings β first tenor baritone * Butch Mann β guitar | valign=top | * Louis Bailey β lead tenor * Stephen Brown β lead baritone * Jerome Manning β second tenor * Jeff Hall β second baritone |- |}
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