1 Contest: Win Opening Night Tickets to TITANIQUE on Broadway Ronn David McPhatter, the son of two rhythm and blues greats, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Ruth Brown and Clyde McPhatter, will perform ...

(CBS11) - In the early 1950's, one of the first R&B groups emerged on the music scene. Formed by a guy named Billy Ward (born Robert L. Williams), his plan was to ride the wave on the emerging vocal ...

With one of the most distinctive voices in classic R&B, a high tenor capable of soaring and grabbing in the same song, Clyde McPhatter was a hard act to follow, both as a member of the Drifters and as ...

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Dear Editor, The Argus: Have you ever heard of Clyde Lensey McPhatter the legendary soul singer with the beautiful tenor voice who belted out his songs with so much emotion it left the listeners ...

Superstars on the 1950s R&B scene, Billy Ward’s Dominoes launched the careers of two amazing singers: Clyde McPhatter, who later fronted the earliest incarnation of the Drifters on such hits as “Money ...

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Bill Pinckney died recently. It was in all the papers. The story was careful to note that, while Pinckney was the bass singer for the original Drifters R&B singing group, he did not participate in ...