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unusual facts about Drifters



Clarence Tex Walker

In Las Vegas, Walker appeared with the Drifters who worked in the same venues with Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett and many major rock, blues and jazz artists including: The Rolling Stones; The Beatles; B.B. King; Aretha Franklin; Louis Armstrong; Count Basie; Herbie Hancock; Miles Davis; Ray Charles and Nat King Cole.

Johnny Moore's Three Blazers

Johnny Moore (who was not related to the singer named John Alfred Moore with The Drifters) and his younger brother Oscar grew up in Texas and then Phoenix, Arizona, where they both started playing guitar and formed their own string band.

Lydia Rose Bewley

In 2013 she appeared in the sitcom Plebs as Metella and Bunny, one of the lead characters in the E4 comedy Drifters.

Self-locating datum marker buoy

The design is based on those of the Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment (CODE) and Davis-style oceanographic surface drifters – National Science Foundation (NSF) funded experiments exploring ocean surface currents.

Stranger on the Shore

One of songwriter and music publisher Robert Mellin's major songwriting success came in 1962, when he wrote lyrics for Acker Bilk's instrumental smash "Stranger on the Shore," allowing it to be covered by vocal acts like Andy Williams and the Drifters.


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