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The Drifters

Only in America

Songwriters: Leiber, Jerry; Mann, Barry; Stoller, Mike; Weil, Cynthia

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When The Drifters recorded "Only In America," their version stayed in the Atlantic vaults, because, let's face it, the irony of the Mann & Weil/Leiber & Stoller song sung by a black group would have sailed over the heads of the kids listening to Top 40 radio.The track was given to Jay & The Americans, a white group, who had a modest hit with it."Only in America," Jay sang, "could a kid without ...

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Rockin' & Driftin': The Drifters Box

  1. Let the Boogie Woogie Roll
  2. Money Honey
  3. Lucille
  4. The Way I Feel
  5. Such a Night
  6. Gone
  7. Don't Dog Me
  8. Bip Bam
  9. The Bells of St. Mary's
  10. White Christmas
  11. Honey Love
  12. What' Cha Gonna Do
  13. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
  14. Three Thirty Three
  15. Adorable
  16. Your Promise to Be Mine
  17. Ruby Baby
  18. Steamboat
  19. Driftin' Away from You
  20. Treasure of Love
  21. Without Love (There Is Nothing)
  22. Fools Fall in Love
  23. Long Lonely Nights
  24. Drip Drop
  25. A Lover's Question
  26. Baltimore
  27. There Goes My Baby
  28. Oh My Love
  29. (If You Cry) True Love, True Love
  30. Dance With Me
  31. This Magic Moment
  32. Lonely Winds
  33. Save the Last Dance for Me
  34. Nobody But Me
  35. I Count the Tears
  36. Sometimes I Wonder
  37. Spanish Harlem
  38. Young Boy Blues
  39. Stand by Me
  40. Room Full of Tears
  41. Please Stay
  42. Sweets for My Sweet
  43. Some Kind of Wonderful
  44. Loneliness or Happiness
  45. Mexican Divorce
  46. When My Little Girl Is Smiling
  47. Lover Please
  48. Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
  49. Stranger on the Shore
  50. Another Night With the Boys
  51. Up on the Roof
  52. I (Who Have Nothing)
  53. Let the Music Play
  54. On Broadway
  55. Only in America
  56. Rat Race
  57. If You Don't Come Back
  58. I'll Take You Home
  59. In the Land of Make Believe
  60. One Way Love
  61. Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)
  62. Under the Boardwalk
  63. He's Just a Playboy
  64. I Don't Want to Go on Without You
  65. I've Got Sand in My Shoes
  66. Saturday Night at the Movies
  67. On Broadway [Live]
  68. The Christmas Song
  69. At the Club
  70. Come on Over to My Place
  71. I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing
  72. Up in the Streets of Harlem
  73. Memories Are Made of This
  74. Like Sister and Brother
  75. Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies
  76. Down on the Beach Tonight
  77. There Goes My First Love
  78. Can I Take You Home Little Girl?
  79. You're More Than a Number (In My Little Red Book)

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