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The Drifters: Drifting With An Endless Identity Crisis

Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 31 August 1974

"BELL RECORDS and Henry Sellers Ltd., on behalf of Faye Treadwell, manager of the Drifters, wish to make known that Charlie Thomas and the Drifters are not in any way connected with the hit Bell recording of 'Kissin' In The Back Row Of The Movies' by the worldwide-known group the Drifters", reads the adverts. So what's the story behind it all?

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