Johnny Moore (musician)

Johnny Moore ( born in 1934 in Selma (Alabama ), † December 30, 1998 in Los Angeles ) was a rhythm-and - blues singer who was best known as a member of the Drifters.

Moore grew up in Chicago, where he gained early experience as a gospel singer. In 1953 he was a founding member of the Hornets, with whom he recorded only one single. In 1955, he was then in Cleveland audience at a performance of the Drifters. After the concert, Moore came to the band forward and asked to be allowed to sing. The band had left at that time problems with their current lead singer David Baughn, so they just took and sing with Moore behind the stage. The very next day he got a call that he was a permanent member of the band now. With Moore as lead singer, the Drifters, among others, the hits Aldorable, I Gotta Get Myself a Woman, Fools Fall in Love and Ruby baby had.

But as early as 1957 had Moore to the military and was stationed in Germany. In 1959 he had his service is stopped and began to make solo recordings for Melic and Sue Records, but it came into existence no hits. The following year he joined the Drapers, which also had little commercial success.

In March 1963 Moore was then a member of the "new" Drifters and shared the lead vocals now with Rudy Lewis. When Lewis died suddenly and unexpectedly on May 20, 1964, Moore was again the sole lead singer of the band. The next day, Under the Boardwalk was recorded and subsequently released; it should be the last big hit of the band, the last time with a single reached the U.S. pop charts in 1967.

In the 1960s, the Drifters occurred regularly. In the 1970s there were a number of different bands, the Drifters called themselves. Moore's band then moved to England, where re-releases of classic Drifters At the club and Come on over to My Place both the Top 10 on the pop charts had reached. With Tony Macaulay as a producer, Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway as a songwriter and Moore as the lead singer came Kissing in the Back Row, There Goes My First Love, You're More Than a Number One in My Little Red Book and three other songs in the Top 10 of the British pop charts.

In the 1980s, Moore left the Drifters and later led to various revival bands, but returned to the band back. On December 30, 1998, he died in Los Angeles.

• R & B singer
• American musician
• Born in 1934
• Died in 1998
• Man