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The Drifters

The Drifters is a group from the US, active since 1953.

Group US since 1953 doo-wop pop soul
TOTAL PLAYS
1,382
SONGS PLAYED
57
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-05-28 04:17 · 6 Music — "You Gotta Pay Your Dues"
LAST PLAYED
2 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "Under the Boardwalk"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
200 150 100 50 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,302 94%
6 Music 78 6%
Radio 1 2 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 06:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 This Magic Moment 189 2026-05-23
2 Save the Last Dance for Me 172 2026-05-25
3 Saturday Night At The Movies 159 2026-07-26
4 Under the Boardwalk 121 2026-08-25
5 Up On The Roof 109 2026-08-23
6 Come On Over To My Place 81 2026-03-14
7 Down On The Beach Tonight 56 2025-11-18
8 On Broadway 55 2026-03-07
9 Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies 49 2026-08-15
10 There Goes My First Love 46 2025-01-01
11 Dance with Me 44 2026-04-26
12 You're More Than a Number in My Little Red Book 42 2026-01-24
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-25 12:22 Under the Boardwalk Radio 2
2026-08-23 02:36 Up On The Roof Radio 2
2026-08-17 21:54 Up On The Roof Radio 2
2026-08-15 02:22 Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies Radio 2
2026-08-09 17:22 Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies Radio 2
2026-07-31 09:14 Up On The Roof Radio 2
2026-07-26 09:57 Saturday Night At The Movies Radio 2
2026-07-25 00:36 Up On The Roof Radio 2
2026-07-16 13:56 Under the Boardwalk Radio 2
2026-07-12 14:53 Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies Radio 2
2026-05-25 13:14 Save the Last Dance for Me Radio 2
2026-05-23 05:27 Under the Boardwalk Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

57 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
At the Club — 33 ▶
Baby I Dig Love — 1 ▶
Baby What I Mean — 5 ▶
Baltimore — 1 ▶
Can I Take You Home Little Girl? — 1 ▶
Come On Over To My Place — 81 ▶
Dance with Me — 44 ▶
Dance With Me — 6 ▶
Down On The Beach Tonight — 56 ▶
Drip Drop — 1 ▶
Every Night's a Saturday Night With You — 1 ▶
Follow Me — 2 ▶
Fools Fall in Love — 3 ▶
Fools Fall In Love — 1 ▶
Hello Happiness — 6 ▶
I Can't Believe It's Over — 1 ▶
I Count the Tears — 6 ▶
I Need You Now — 1 ▶
I'll Take You Home — 3 ▶
I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing — 3 ▶
I've Got Sand in My Shoes — 4 ▶
Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies — 49 ▶
Kissin' In The Back Row Of The Movies — 20 ▶
Like Sister & Brother — 14 ▶
Like Sister And Brother — 13 ▶
Love Games — 1 ▶
Mexican Divorce — 2 ▶
Money Honey — 1 ▶
More — 1 ▶
No Sweet Lovin' — 1 ▶
Nobody but Me — 1 ▶
On Broadway — 55 ▶
On The Street Where You Live — 1 ▶
One Way Love — 1 ▶
Please Stay — 5 ▶
Rat Race — 1 ▶
Room Full of Tears — 1 ▶
Ruby Baby — 1 ▶
Saturday Night At The Movies — 159 ▶
Save the Last Dance for Me — 172 ▶
Some Kind of Wonderful — 4 ▶
Stand by Me — 2 ▶
Stranger On the Shore — 1 ▶
Such a Night — 3 ▶
Sweets For My Sweet — 2 ▶
There Goes My Baby — 14 ▶
There Goes My First Love — 46 ▶
This Magic Moment — 189 ▶
Under the Boardwalk — 121 ▶
Under The Boardwalk — 33 ▶
Up In The Streets Of Harlem — 2 ▶
Up On The Roof — 109 ▶
When My Little Girl Is Smiling — 13 ▶
White Christmas — 25 ▶
You Gotta Pay Your Dues — 3 ▶
You're More Than a Number in My Little Red Book — 42 ▶
You're More Than A Number In My Little Red Book — 14 ▶