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Cat. No. 1961: BEN E. KING AND THE DRIFTERS ~ FIRST TASTE OF LOVE. GVC 1010. (IMPORT).

Cat. No. 1961: BEN E. KING AND THE DRIFTERS ~ FIRST TASTE OF LOVE. GVC 1010. (IMPORT).

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WHEN THE CROWNS EVOLVED INTO THE DRIFTERS IN 1958, THEY WERE CONTINUING THE DYNASTY THAT CLYDE McPHATTER HAD FOUNDED FIVE YEARS EARLIER. DURING 1959-1960 THEY CUT HALF A DOZEN OF THEIR BIGGEST, MOST CELEBRATED HITS AND WHEN LEAD SINGER BEN E. KING QUIT FOR A SOLO CAREER. HE IMMEDIATELY RECORDED A PAIR OF HIS OWN ICONIC, BENCHMARK HITS. ALL ARE INCLUDED ON THIS UNIQUE COMPILATION, ALONGSIDE THE CROWN’S UNFEASIBLY RARE PRE-DRIFTERS SINGLE, AND BEN’S EQUALLY SCARCE DUET WITH LAVERN BAKER.

 

TRACK LISTING: The Crowns – Kiss And Make Up / I’ll Forget About You / The Drifters – There Goes My Baby / Oh My Love / Dance With Me / (If You Cry) True Love, True Love / This Magic Moment / Baltimore / Lonely Winds / Hey Senorita / Ben E. King – Brace Yourself / Show Me The Way / Ben E. King & LaVern Baker – A Help-Each-Other Romance / How Often / The Drifters – Save The Last Dance For Me / Nobody But Me / I Count The Tears / Ben E. King – First Taste Of Love / Spanish Harlem / Young Boy Blues / The Drifters – Sometimes I Wonder / Ben E. King – I Promise Love. BONUS TRACKS ~ The Drifters – Lonely Winds (Alt. take) / Ben E. King – First Taste Of Love (Alt. take).

 

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Kiss And Make Up

There Goes My Baby

Dance With Me

This Magic Moment

Baltimore

Brace Yourself

Show Me The Way

A Help-Each-Other Romance

Nobody But Me

I Count The Tears

First Taste Of Love

Sometimes I Wonder

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