tracks 2, 8, 15, 17, 21 arranged by Ray Ellis tracks 1, 5, 9 to 12, 14 to 19 baritone vocals Andrew Thrasher tracks 22, 23 baritone vocals Billy Kennedy tracks 2, 8, 21 baritone vocals Jimmy Milner tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 20 baritone vocals Sir Charles Hughes tracks 1, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 22, 23 bass vocals Bill Pinkney tracks 2 to 4, 6 to 8, 13, 20 bass vocals Tommy Evans tracks 1 to 21 guitar Jimmy Oliver tracks 12, 16 to 18 lead vocals Bill Pinkney tracks 2, 8, 21 to 23 lead vocals Bobby Hendricks tracks 1, 14 lead vocals Gerhart Thrasher tracks 3 to 7, 9 to 11, 13, 19, 20 lead vocals Johnny Moore tracks 21 lead vocals Tommy Evans tracks 15 lead vocals [uncredited] David Baughan liner notes Cliff White liner notes Peter Burns tracks 3 to 7, 11, 13 to 20 producer Ahmet Ertegun tracks 10 producer Jerry Leiber tracks 3 to 7, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18 to 20 producer Jerry Wexler tracks 2, 8, 21 producer Leiber & Stoller tracks 1, 9, 12 producer Nesuhi Ertegun tracks 3, 7 producer [assisted by] Leiber & Stoller tracks 1, 9, 10, 12 producer [basic tracks] Jerry Wexler tracks 1, 8 to 10, 12, 15, 17, 22, 23 tenor vocals Bobby Hendricks tracks 17 tenor vocals David Baughan tracks 22, 23 tenor vocals Dee Ernie Bailey tracks 2 to 13, 15 to 21 tenor vocals Gerhart Thrasher tracks 1, 12, 14, 16, 18 tenor vocals Johnny Moore Record Company Warner Music UK Ltd. Phonographic Copyright (p) Sequel Records Copyright (c) Sequel Records Phonographic Copyright (p) Atlantic Recording Corporation Copyright (c) Atlantic Recording Corporation Designed At Echo Designworks Published By Carlin Music Corp. Published By Copyright Control Published By Peermusic Published By Redwood Music Ltd. Published By Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd. Published By Warner Chappell Music Ltd. Published By Cecil Lennox Ltd Published By Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd. Recorded At Coastal Studios Recorded At Atlantic Studios Recorded At Perch Studios Recorded At Master Studios, Los Angeles Recorded At Beltone Studios Recorded At Capitol Studios, New York City Made By WMME Alsdorf Glass Mastered At WMME Alsdorf The liner notes erroneously include Bobby Hendricks as singing on two 1955 sessions (tracks 1, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17). His first Atlantic sessions were in 1956, as lead singer of Bill Pinkney's group, The Flyers (tracks 22, 23). He joined the Drifters in Nov 1957.
Publishers and dates, per-track: 1. Copyright Control; recorded 1955-09-19 at Master Studios, Los Angeles; ℗ 1957 2. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1958-04-28 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1958 3. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1956-11-08 at Beltone Studios, New York; ℗ 1956 4. Peermusic; recorded 1957-04-16 at Perch Studios, New York; ℗ 1957 5. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1956-06-21 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1956 6. Copyright Control; recorded 1957-04-16 at Perch Studios, New York; ℗ 1957 7. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1956-11-08 at Beltone Studios, New York; ℗ 1957 8. Redwood Music Ltd; recorded 1958-04-28 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1958 9. Peermusic; recorded 1955-09-19 at Master Studios, Los Angeles; ℗ 1955 10. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1955-09-19 at Master Studios, Los Angeles; ℗ 1956 11. Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd; recorded 1956-06-21 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1956 12. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1955-09-19 at Master Studios, Los Angeles; ℗ 1955 13. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1957-04-16 at Perch Studios, New York; ℗ 1957 14. Warner Chappell Music Ltd/Copyright Control/Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1956-02-16 at Coastal Studios, New York; ℗ 1956 15. Copyright Control; recorded 1955-04-21 at Capitol Studios, New York; ℗ 1961 16. Warner Chappell Music Ltd; recorded 1956-02-16 at Coastal Studios, New York; ℗ 1961 17. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1955-04-21 at Capitol Studios, New York; ℗ 1961 18. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1956-06-21 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1960 19. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1956-06-21 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1960 20. Cecil Lennox Ltd; recorded 1957-04-16 at Perch Studios, New York; ℗ 1960 21. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1958-04-28 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1960 22. Copyright Control; recorded 1956-08 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1957 23. Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd; recorded 1956-08 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1957