Trust me the list is long. Yet those who have any knowledge of the history
of this musical institution can tell you everyone is in the game on making
money on the Drifters trademark.
They know who they are from pirate groups, former group members, agents
and promoters all compete for this lucrative mark.
Management many years ago started the trend on what was to be a sad story
in the history of the this most notable musical group.
Leaving all of it's members for the most part broke and with no recognition
no work for all the time served in establishing the name.
Exploitation is the name of the game and it continues in this day and time.
Amazing the wanabees that are around. Just the other day standing in Port
Authority New York listening to a conversation of some individuals particularly
from one who claimed to sing with the group for a number of years even claiming
his performance on songs out of the 60s. What a joke when I inquired about his
claims and his subsequent tirade I new nothing about Drifters history.
Let's dont for get some of the commentators and writers of the history who truly
have a distorted understanding of this Drifters Brand which has been a Brand
since the day management acquired the name from Clyde McPhatter back
in the early 50s.
The stupidity of those who think the group was no more after the 50s period or
the 60s and that of the 70s and it's members who claim to be the last living
Drifter. Maybe for there era, granted, but not for the Brand. That continues and
will continue into the future.
Butch Leake for (CORNER TALK REPORT)
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Gold Awards at Sony Music NY Front: Butch Leake, Lyn Koppe (Marketing) Joe Blunt
Rear: John Jackson, (Vice President) A&R and content development....
January 24th 2012 NYC
After 27 years of absence from the musical charts the Drifters Brand
has gone Gold with a Sony Music release in the UK of a CD titled
"The Drifters the very best of" .
Selling over 100,000 units the timed released has pushed the 60yr.
brand back into the spotlight prior to it's Anniversary in 2013.
The CD is a compilation early Bell/Arista and Atlantic tracks with two
new tracks recorded by the current Drifters lineup in the UK. but it's
the strong back catalog particularly of the Bell/Arista years which is the
foundation for the success of this CD.
Most of the Bell/Arista tracks have never been released in the United States but
were available through imports from Virgin record stores for a number of years
yet many US Drifter fans were not aware of them.
January 24th The Drifters Legends Joe Blunt, Butch Leake and Clyde Brown
all living members of the The Drifters from the 70s through the 80s received
Gold awards for their musical contributions to the catalog during those years.
The Drifters Legends to include Rick Sheppard a member from the latter
Atlantic Record period are currently gearing up to possibly return to the
stage late 2012 into 2013.
Under new guidance by PMG Music after these many years of fraudulent
groups passing themselves off as the real thing and former member violation
of trademark issues to include management negligence of the group over
the year has successfully Re-branded The Drifters for the future to include
introduction to a younger generation of fans.
As far a the PR campaign the Legends are looking at inroads here in the
United States to finally establish the legitimate performing act under
"The Drifters Legends"
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For info e-mail Butch Leake at ventura11@me.com /Tel-9173254424
Booking info please contact management Kathy Mashadi prismmusicgroup.com
or log into http://www.theofficialdrifters.com
Your all I want for Christmas is a beautiful smooth Love Ballard which takes
us back to the days when The Ojay's, Blue Magic and Stylistic ruled
the air waves. Three music veterans The voices of Leonard, Coleman and Blunt
are dynamic blend of the Legacy of those years......"A perfect gift for Christmas"
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