For the American sailor, see Bill Pinkney (sailor).
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Bill Pinkney
Background information
Birth name
Willie Pinkney
Born
(1925-08-15)August 15, 1925 Dalzell, South Carolina, U.S.
Died
July 4, 2007(2007-07-04) (aged 81) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Genres
Rhythm and blues, beach music
Website
originaldrifters.com
Musical artist
Willie "Bill" Pinkney (August 15, 1925 – July 4, 2007) was an American performer and singer. Pinkney was often said to be 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.
Willie "Bill" Pinkney (August 15, 1925 – July 4, 2007) was an American performer and singer. Pinkney was often said to be the last surviving original member...
These groups are usually identified with a possessive credit such as "BillPinkney's Original Drifters", "Charlie Thomas' Drifters". The three golden eras...
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poet. (body discovered on this date) Peter Olds, 79, New Zealand poet. BillPinkney, 87, American Hall of Fame sailor. Clairy Polak, 67, Dutch journalist...
2005 – Hank Stram, American football player and coach (b. 1923) 2007 – BillPinkney, American singer (b. 1925) 2008 – Thomas M. Disch, American author and...
Jerry Pinkney (December 22, 1939 – October 20, 2021) was an American illustrator and writer of children's literature. Pinkney illustrated over 100 books...
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Nimoy, who grew up in the West End of Boston The Incredible Voyage of BillPinkney, Peabody Award winning documentary film about the first African-American...
beach music with Rock & Roll Hall of Famer BillPinkney's Original Drifters, Ronnie McDowell with BillPinkney's Original Drifters. The second project, a...
on and off, through 2008, Bobby Hendricks worked as lead singer with BillPinkney's Original Drifters and appeared with them on PBS in the Doo Wop 51 television...
History Month calendar alongside Merl Code, Tom Feelings, Sanco Rembert, BillPinkney, and other notable black South Carolinians. On June 5, 2008, Johnson...
Barbara Lewis Barbara Lynn The Manhattans Garnet Mimms Johnny Moore BillPinkney Joe Simon Charlie Thomas Dee Dee Warwick 1998 Herb Abramson Faye Adams...
History Month calendar alongside Merl Code, Sanco Rembert, Mamie Johnson, BillPinkney, and other notable black South Carolinians. Connor, Julia Johnson (2003)...
bauman has had help from Joe Terry of Danny & The Juniors, Maxine Pinkney of BillPinkney, The Original Drifters, Veta & Carl Gardner of The Coasters, Herb...
lyricist, 98 July 3 – Boots Randolph, American saxophonist, 80 July 4 – BillPinkney, American vocalist (The Drifters), 81 July 5 – George Melly, British...
(b. 1927) July 4 Johnny Frigo, jazz violinist and bassist (b. 1916) BillPinkney, singer (b. 1925) July 5 – Kerwin Mathews, actor (b. 1926) July 9 – Charles...
Prize winner Bobbie Phillips (born 1972), actress, The Cape, Murder One BillPinkney (1925–2007), born in Dalzell, pitcher in the Negro leagues, served in...
Music Hall of Fame in 1995, along with his peers Maurice Williams and BillPinkney. In 1997, Curry recorded an album titled Tennessee R&B Live with Earl...
Houston Person, jazz tenor saxophonist and bandleader John Phillips BillPinkney, singer Chris Potter, jazz saxophonist and composer Arthur Prysock, jazz...
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