Charlie Thomas (musician)

Charlie Thomas
Charlie Thomas
	Charlie Thomas Performing Live.
Background information
Birth name	Charles Thomas
Also known as	Charlie
Born	April 7, 1937 (age 84); Lynchburg, Virginia
Origin	United States
Genres	Pop, Rock & Roll, R&B
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1957–present
Labels	Atlantic Records
Associated acts	The Drifters, Elsbeary Hobbs, Terry King, The Five Crowns, Johnny Moore, Ben E. King, Bobby Hendricks
Website	Charlie Thomas' Drifters Official Site

Charles Thomas (born April 7, 1937, Lynchburg, Virginia) is an American rhythm and blues singer best known for his work with The Drifters. Thomas was performing with The Five Crowns at the Apollo Theater in 1958 when George Treadwell fired his group, called The Drifters. Treadwell recruited the Five Crowns^[1] to become the new Drifters.

The new Drifters' first release was the 1959 hit "There Goes My Baby". Charlie was lead singer on two of the group's top 40 hits, "Sweets for My Sweet" and "When My Little Girl Is Smiling".^[2]^[3]

Family[]

He is the father of Charles "Happy" Thomas Jr. and grandfather to hip-hop producer Charlie "Bambu" Thomas.^{[citation needed]}

Charlie Thomas was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and was given a Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1999. On May 21, 2011, in Cranston, Rhode Island, Thomas and The Drifters performed at the Vintage New England Theater.^[4]

^ "The Five Crowns - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic.
^ Cylist. "Billboard Top 40 Hits (1962) at cyList". www.cylist.com.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2010-01-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Baptista, Todd (May 21, 2011). "Go back to the boardwalk with The Drifters Charlie Thomas". Go back to the boardwalk with The Drifters' Charlie Thomas. Goldmine Magazine. Retrieved January 3, 2016.

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show v t The Drifters
Past members	Clyde McPhatter Gerhart Thrasher Andrew Thrasher Bill Pinkney Willie Ferbee Walter Adams Ben E. King Doc Green Beary Hobbs Rudy Lewis Charlie Thomas Tommy Evans Eugene Pearson Johnny Terry Johnny Moore Bobby Hendricks Rudy Ivan Jimmy Lewis Ray Lewis Louis Price Maurice Cannon Prentiss McNeil
Compilation albums	The Drifters' Golden Hits
Songs	"Drip Drop" "Honey Love" "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" "Like Sister and Brother" "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies" "Money Honey" "On Broadway" "Please Stay" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Some Kind of Wonderful" "Sweets for My Sweet" "There Goes My Baby" "This Magic Moment" "Treasure of Love" "Under the Boardwalk" "Up on the Roof" "Vaya con Dios" "When My Little Girl Is Smiling"
Discography Category:The Drifters

show v t Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Class of 1988
Performers	The Beach Boys Al Jardine, Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson The Beatles George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr The Drifters Ben E. King, Rudy Lewis, Clyde McPhatter, Johnny Moore, Bill Pinkney, Charlie Thomas, Bob Dylan The Supremes Florence Ballard, Diana Ross, Mary Wilson
Early influences	Woody Guthrie Lead Belly Les Paul
Non-performers (Ahmet Ertegun Award)	Berry Gordy