Bill
Pinkney’s
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2003 - 50th Anniversay Photograph
Dr. Bill
Pinkney (rt) with vocalists
(l-r) Vernon Young, Ron McPhatter,
(Yes, Clyde's
son), Chuck Cockerham,
and Richard Knight Dunbar
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Hear
Bill
Pinkney sing "White Christmas", recorded
in
1954 and
used in the hit movie "Home Alone"
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and
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the
seven
significant contributors to The Drifters' legacy - originals
Clyde
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subsequent
members Ben E. King, Charlie Thomas, Rudy Lewis,
and
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