Drifters - When My Little Girl Is Smiling (Original)
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Uploaded by Nocaro on Dec 30, 2010
Among the hits that the songwriting duo of Carole King and Gerry Goffin wrote for The Drifters were "Up On The Roof", "Some Kind of Wonderful", and this tune, "When My Little Girl Is Smiling" which went to #28 in March of 1962 for this vocal group that seemed to have many interchangeable parts. The lead on this recording was sung by Charlie Thomas, the only Drifter during their hit-making days still performing today under the banner of The Drifters.
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This has just got to be the best verision of this song by miles
The haunting strings break is brilliant
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@Anneretha1 I found this little piece of information when I was diving into the charts and looking at The Drifters songs.
"Just to add further confusion Cliff Richards backing band, The Shadows recorded some music using the same name." there you have your answer. Not strange that you were confused.
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When the backing band of Cliff Richard got to know the American group The Drifters, they changed their name into " The Shadows".
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@Anneretha1 Same name, no connection whatsoever SO they changed their name to The Shadows to avoid confusion :)
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Such an uplifting song by Goffin and King. And such a great Drifters arrangement -- one of their very best. A wonderful vocal by Charlie Thomas. This deserves a million views!
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argubaly the best vocal group of all time?the Ink Spots and the Mills Brothers are right in there also.i just love the strings and the rock tempo of the Drifters.the vocals were all very good between the groups
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I always felt that when they wrote this they were thinking a bit about "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling". There's just a hint of it in the melody.
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i had the original album that this song was on and i just played it over and over again-every song was so great!!!!! thank you soso much for posting!!!!!!
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Nocaro,you always to have the best stuff on your channel and your bio's are great!Thanks.
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The Drifters according to my sources were the backing band for Cliff Richard also ...
Anneretha1 3 months ago
@Anneretha1 The Drifters played no instruments. They were always just a vocal group.
Nocaro 3 months ago
are you sure about Charlie Thomas. The bio I have on the Drifters says it was Rudy Lewis..lead singer from '61 thru '63....perhaps the bio book is incorrect???
jekiwe 4 months ago
@jekiwe I have two sources for this the most authoritative being Marv Goldberg's notes on The Drifters: "On October 26, 1961, the Drifters were back in the studio, recording "Jackpot" (led by Rudy), "When My Little Girl Is Smiling" (Charlie), and "She Never Talked To Me That Way" (Rudy).
Nocaro 4 months ago