1959

    OH MY LOVE * THE DRIFTERS * ATLANTIC 2025 * USA

Recorded New York, March 1959 with a completely new line up (The Five Crowns) from all previous Drifters recordings. The session produced four tracks: Hey Senorita, There Goes My Baby, Baltimore and Oh My Love; lead singer on Oh My Love and There Goes My Baby was Benjamin Earl Nelson, aka, Ben E King.

A Leiber-Stoller production Oh My Love - a Soulful ballad - is another class double sided record from Atlantic's premier group. Writers credits for  are given to the previous manager of The Five Crowns and now road manager of The Drifters, Lover Patterson and Lewis Lebish

See also:

I Gotta Get Myself A Woman Somebody New Dancin’ With You When My Little Girl Is Smiling Up In The Streets Of Harlem
Answer The Phone He’s Just A playboy I Don’t Want To Go On Without You I Count The Tears I Feel Good All Over
I'll Take You Home Lonely Winds Mexican Divorce On Broadway Nobody But Me
One Way Love Room Full Of Tears Rat Race Some Kind of Wonderful Please Stay
Adorable Under The Boardwalk Up On The Roof Vaya Con Dios Sweets For My Sweet
Bip Bam Dance With Me Drip-Drop Honey Love Money Honey
Ruby Baby There Goes My Baby Soldier Of Fortune Like Sister And Brother White Christmas

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