Performance
Bill Pinkney
Dalzell, United States
Bill Pinkney is credited on 57 releases across 10 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
57
Pressings credited
10
Albums
8
Decades active
20
In collections
Biography
Willie "Bill" Pinkney (August 15, 1925 – July 4, 2007) was an American performer and singer. Pinkney was the last surviving original member of The Drifters, who achieved international fame with numerous hit records. He was chiefly responsible for its early sounds. The Drifters have had a strong influence on soul, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll music. As an original group member, Bill Pinkney was a 1988 inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with The Drifters.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
57 releases · 10 albums · active 1954–2024
- Performance · 69
Studios: Atlantic Studios · Crocket Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina · Sun Studios · Coastal Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- The Drifters
- Various
- Bill Pinkney And The Originals
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