The Drifters sing 3 pop classics. Memories Are Made Of This+

Selections:
1) Vaya Con Dios - 1964 single charted #43, on the Under the Boardwalk album, Rudy Lewis lead. A hit for Les Paul and Mary Ford 1953.
2) Temptation - on the Good Life 1964 album. A 1930s and 40s big hit, also by the Everly Brothers.
3) Memories Are Made Of This - 1966 single #48, Johnny Moore lead, not on album. The 1956 Dean Martin classic.

From the end of their 1960s hit period. Vaya Con Dios was not a big hit, but I felt it might have been if radio had given it more of a chance. Memories was after We Gotta Sing and before Up In the Streets Of Harlem.
The Good Life LP was the only one where they recorded songs especially for album, all others only consisted of single sides. It included Saturday Night At the Movies, plus pop and Broadway standards. I notice that the album is available for download now, but it doesn't show up in just a search for "Drifters" at itunes.

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Music

Tags:

• r&b
• 1960s
• Drifters
• oldies

[BigIronOnHipMan]

Wow, that sure enough is one wicked infectious arrangement on "Memories Are Made Of This" it damn near had me dancing on the ceiling! ... Say, GEO is there any chance you can post "Sweets For My Sweets" by The Drifters? ... Clayton Moore rode a white horse...

[GeoSilverAway]

Ya mean no fool has put it up here yet? Maybe I'll put together another Drifters as the weeks go by. Need to be careful with copyright since Sweets should be readily available. I like to show what's not otherwise available. Marty Robbins meets Clayton Moore.

[GeoSilverAway]

I just found that Sweets is up by loucacciot. It didn't show up in a search for Drifters Sweet for some reason.

Also notice that Some Kind Of Wonderful is not the original hit master.

[GeoSilverAway]

That's useful info. Lieber and Stoller! I never tried to collect all their second phase songs. I'll look for Moonlight Bay. It seems that it was on their 1958 LP Rockin and Driftin. It must have been on the 1980s 2-LP set "Let the Boogie-Woogie Roll".

There's a very complete CD set now of their 1959-1965, but it stops short of their last few good singles like MemoriesMThis.

It's like the Everly complete set of 1960-65. Along comes geosilver and says "there were good ones after that too".

[Dickneeds]

Vaya and Memories are great covers but temptation leaves a lot to be desired.

[laaangsam]

the song Temptation starts at 3:11

(thanks for uploading!)

[EdFugg]

Listening to some fine versions of "Memories are Made of This," including Dean Martin's hit, but this version knocked them all out of my head. Great job, these guys.

[certificate18flix]

This is a hugely underrated album by The Drifters. Be sure to get the Sequel 'Definitive Anthology' CD version of this album- packed with extras.

I have been listening to this album alone in the car for the last few weeks. I particularly like 'More' and 'Tonight.'

[foxjennifer]

thank you for adding vaya con dias. I have been looking for this song on here for a long time. I even tryed to put it on here cuase I have it but I did not succeed. Really nice and thank you once again..

[vynilistic]

Showcasing 2 of their great lead vocalists: Rudy Lewis on the 1st & Johnny Moore on the 2nd & 3rd.

[BigIronOnHipMan]

Ohhhhhh, don't be so mean!