Name: Up on the Roof: The Best of the Drifters by The Drifters
Brand: The Drifters
SKU: 081227864866
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (98 reviews)

COMPILATION

These are not the original Drifters recordings from their most fertile and commercially successful period (1959-64). Instead, they're soundalike remakes made in the '90s by the then-current Drifters' touring ensemble, plus a few bonus covers of more recent songs like Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover."

Authenticity notwithstanding, if you want all-stereo versions of the Drifters hits this is a good buy. Nobody would ever mistake these remakes for the originals, but they're very well done, and the songs themselves--timeless classics like " Up on the Roof," Gerry Goffin and Carole King's gorgeous romantic ode to working class escape and freedom--are of course unarguable.

1. Up on the Roof

by The Drifters

Bass Guitar: George Duvivier; Performer
Bass Guitar: George Duvivier; Performer
Primary Artist: The Drifters; Main Performer
Drums: Gary Chester; Performer
Guitar: Al Casamenti
Don Arnone; Performer
Keyboard: Carole King
Ernie Hayes; Performer
Percussion: Bobby Rosengarden
George Devens; Performer
Trombone: Jimmy Cleveland
Frank Saracco; Performer
Trumpet: Jimmy Nottingham
Jimmy Sedar; Performer
Vocals: The Drifters; Performer
Composer: Carole King
Gerry Goffin; Composer
Producer: Mike Stoller
Mike Leiber
Jerry Leiber; Production

2. There Goes My Baby

by The Drifters

Primary Artist: The Drifters; Main Performer
Drums: Sticks Evans; Performer
Piano: Mike Stoller; Performer
Vocals: The Drifters; Performer
Arranger: Stan Applebaum; Composer
Composer: Ben Nelson
Lover Patterson
George Treadwell
Patterson
Leiber
Stoller
Lieber
Benjamin Nelson
Lewis Leiber; Composer
Lyricist: Leiber
George Treadwell; Composer
Producer: Stoller
Lieber
Jerry Leiber
Mike Stoller; Production

3. Sweets for My Sweet

by The Drifters

Primary Artist: The Drifters; Main Performer
Group Member: Dock Green
Johnny Williams
Tommy Evans
Charlie Thomas; Performer
Guitar: Billy Davis; Performer
Vocals: Rudy Lewis; Performer
Composer: Mort Shuman
Schuman
Doc Pomus
Pomus; Composer
Producer: Mike Stoller
Jerry Leiber; Production

4. This Magic Moment

by The Drifters

Bass Guitar: George Duvivier; Performer
Bass Guitar: George Duvivier; Performer
Primary Artist: The Drifters; Main Performer
Guitar: Bucky Pizzarelli
George Barnes; Performer
Piano: Ernie Hayes; Performer
Vocals: Ben E King
The Drifters; Performer
Composer: Mort Shuman
Doc Pomus; Composer
Lyricist: Doc Pomus; Composer
Conductor: Stan Applebaum; Conductor
Producer: Jerry Wexler
Ahmet Ertegun
Jerry Leiber
Mike Stoller; Production

5. Mexican Divorce (Single Version)

by The Drifters

Primary Artist: The Drifters; Main Performer
Group Member: Johnny Williams
Dock Green
Charlie Thomas
Tommy Evans; Performer
Guitar: Billy Davis; Performer
Vocals: Rudy Lewis; Performer
Composer: Hilliard
Burt Bacharach; Composer
Producer: Mike Stoller
Jerry Leiber; Production

6. Stranger on the Shore (Single Version)

by The Drifters

Group Member: Johnny Williams
Dock Green
Charlie Thomas
Tommy Evans; Performer
Primary Artist: The Drifters; Main Performer
Guitar: Billy Davis; Performer
Vocals: Rudy Lewis; Performer
Arranger: Claus Ogerman; Composer
Composer: Mellin
Bilk
Acker Bilk
Robert Mellin; Composer
Conductor: Claus Ogerman; Conductor

7. What to Do (Single Version)

by The Drifters

Primary Artist: The Drifters; Main Performer
Composer: A. Samad
F. Davis
F. Treadwell
Abdul Samad
Faye Treadwell
Florence Davis; Composer
Conductor: Claus Ogerman; Conductor
Producer: Ahmet Ertegun
Jerry Wexler; Production

8. Save the Last Dance for Me

by The Drifters

Primary Artist: The Drifters; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Lloyd Trotman; Performer
Bass Guitar: Lloyd Trotman; Performer
Drums: Gary Chester; Performer
Guitar: Alan Hanlon
Bucky Pizzarelli; Performer
Vocals: The Drifters; Performer
Composer: Mort Shuman
Doc Pomus; Composer
Producer: Mike Stoller
Jerry Leiber; Production

9. Loneliness or Happiness

by The Drifters

Primary Artist: The Drifters; Main Performer
Group Member: Johnny Williams
Dock Green
Charlie Thomas
Tommy Evans; Performer
Guitar: Billy Davis; Performer
Vocals: Rudy Lewis; Performer
Composer: David
Burt Bacharach
Hal David; Composer
Producer: Mike Stoller
Jerry Leiber; Production

10. Another Night With the Boys (Single Version)

by The Drifters

Group Member: Johnny Williams
Dock Green
Charlie Thomas
Tommy Evans; Performer
Primary Artist: The Drifters; Main Performer
Guitar: Billy Davis; Performer
Vocals: Rudy Lewis; Performer
Composer: Goffin
King
Carole King
Gerry Goffin; Composer
Conductor: Gary Sherman; Conductor
Producer: Mike Stoller
Jerry Leiber; Production

11. (If You Cry) True Love, True Love (Single Version)

by The Drifters

Primary Artist: The Drifters; Main Performer
Vocals: The Drifters; Performer
Composer: Doc Pomus
Mort Shuman; Composer
Producer: Mike Stoller
Jerry Leiber; Production

12. Room Full of Tears (Single Version)

by The Drifters

Primary Artist: The Drifters; Main Performer
Group Member: Johnny Williams
Dock Green
Charlie Thomas
Tommy Evans; Performer
Guitar: Billy Davis; Performer
Vocals: Rudy Lewis; Performer
Composer: Shuman
Pomus
Doc Pomus
Mort Shuman; Composer
Producer: Mike Stoller
Jerry Leiber; Production

13. When My Little Girl Is Smiling (Single Version)

by The Drifters

Primary Artist: The Drifters; Main Performer
Group Member: Johnny Williams
Dock Green
Charlie Thomas
Tommy Evans; Performer
Guitar: Billy Davis; Performer
Vocals: Rudy Lewis; Performer
Composer: Goffin
King; Composer
Producer: Mike Stoller
Jerry Leiber; Production

14. Ruby Baby

by The Drifters

Primary Artist: The Drifters; Main Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Plas Johnson; Performer
Vocals: The Drifters; Performer
Composer: Mike Stoller
Jerry Leiber; Composer
Producer: Jerry Wexler
Ahmet Ertegun; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

14 tracks available

Type

COMPILATION

Format

Digital Media

Duration

35 minutes and 40 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1000x1000 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

12/14 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

11/14 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Pop/Rock, Rhythm & Blues, '50s Rock 'n' Roll

Label

Rhino Atlantic

Music Distribution Service

Warner

Country

United States

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Jan 31, 1962

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

81227864866

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Up on the Roof: The Best of the Drifters

1. Up on the Roof

2. There Goes My Baby

3. Sweets for My Sweet

4. This Magic Moment

5. Mexican Divorce (Single Version)

6. Stranger on the Shore (Single Version)

7. What to Do (Single Version)

8. Save the Last Dance for Me

9. Loneliness or Happiness

10. Another Night With the Boys (Single Version)

11. (If You Cry) True Love, True Love (Single Version)

12. Room Full of Tears (Single Version)

13. When My Little Girl Is Smiling (Single Version)

14. Ruby Baby

Technical Specifications

Up on the Roof: The Best of the Drifters

Product information

Release options

1. Up on the Roof

2. There Goes My Baby

3. Sweets for My Sweet

4. This Magic Moment

5. Mexican Divorce (Single Version)

6. Stranger on the Shore (Single Version)

7. What to Do (Single Version)

8. Save the Last Dance for Me

9. Loneliness or Happiness

10. Another Night With the Boys (Single Version)

11. (If You Cry) True Love, True Love (Single Version)

12. Room Full of Tears (Single Version)

13. When My Little Girl Is Smiling (Single Version)

14. Ruby Baby

Technical Specifications