The Drifters' Golden Hits

The Drifters' Golden Hits is a 1968 compilation album by American doo wop/R&B vocal group The Drifters. The collection of the bands' later hits charted at #22 on Billboard's "Black Albums" chart and at #122 on the "Pop Albums" chart.

The album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). In 2012, Rolling Stone listed the album at #459 in its list of "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Originally released on the Atlantic label, the album has been re-released on CD by Atlantic. A Drifters' compilation by the same name was released by Intercontinental records in 1996, but it has a different track listing.

The Drifters

 * Ben E. King – lead vocals (tracks 1, 3 – 6); backing vocals (track 2)
 * Johnny Lee Williams – lead vocals (track 2); backing vocals (tracks 3–6)
 * Rudy Lewis – lead vocals (tracks 7 – 9)
 * Johnny Moore – lead vocals (tracks 10 – 12)
 * Charlie Thomas – backing vocals (all tracks)
 * Dock Green – backing vocals (tracks 1 – 8)
 * Gene Pearson – backing vocals (tracks 9 – 12)
 * Elsbeary Hobbs – backing vocals (tracks 1 – 6)
 * Tommy Evans – backing vocals (tracks 7 – 9)
 * Johnny Terry – backing vocals (tracks 10 – 12)
 * Abdul Samad – guitar (tracks 2 – 12)
 * Reggie Kimber – guitar (track 1)

Other personnel

 * Doris Troy – additional backing vocals (tracks 5 – 7)
 * Dee Dee Warwick – additional backing vocals (tracks 5 – 7)
 * Dionne Warwick – additional backing vocals (tracks 5 – 7)
 * Cissy Houston – additional backing vocals (tracks 5 – 7)

Production

 * Stan Applebaum – arranger
 * Bert Berns – producer
 * Charlie Brown – liner notes
 * Ray Ellis – arranger
 * Loring Eutemey – design
 * Jerry Leiber – producer
 * Jonny Meadow – research
 * Zal Schreiber – mastering
 * Garry Sherman – arranger
 * Mike Stoller – producer
 * Teacho Wiltshire – arranger