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9 de jun. de 1996 · Elsbeary Hobbs, the bass singer with the rhythm-and-blues vocal group the Drifters, died on May 31 at Veterans Hospital in Manhattan. He was 59. The cause was throat and lung cancer, said Larry...
Hobbs was drafted for military service and replaced by the returning Tommy Evans (from the first group). Green left in 1962 and was replaced by Eugene Pearson (of The Rivileers and The Cleftones ). Evans left again in 1963 and was replaced by Johnny Terry, who had been an original member of James Brown 's singing group, The Famous Flames (and was co-writer of their first hit, " Please Please ...
Elsbeary Hobbs, a singer with the rhythm-and-blues vocal group the Drifters, has died at 59. The Manhattan native died May 31 in Veterans Hospital in Manhattan. The cause was throat and lung...
Elsbeary Hobbs (1936-1986) was a member of the Drifters during their “golden age”. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside the band in 1990. Popular Elsbeary Hobbs...
September 28, 1938, Henderson, North Carolina—d. April 30, 2015, Hackensack, New Jersey), Charlie Thomas, Elsbeary Hobbs, Rudy Lewis, and Moore. The Drifters were formed in 1953 at the behest of Atlantic Records cofounder Ahmet Ertegun, who approached McPhatter when the popular vocalist was dropped from Billy Ward and the Dominoes.
Ben E. King, Charlie Thomas, Elsbeary Hobbs, Rudy Lewis, and Moore were key members of the second incarnation. The Drifters were created in 1953 at the request of Ahmet Ertegun, co-founder of Atlantic Records, who approached McPhatter after he was fired from Billy Ward and the Dominoes.
9 de jun. de 1996 · June 9, 199612:00 AM ET. Elsbeary Hobbes. Audio will be available later today. Elsbeary Hobbes, who sang with The Drifters, died ten days ago at the age of 59. Hobbes and The Drifters were...
