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George McKinley Treadwell (December 21, 1918 in New Rochelle, New York – May 14, 1967 in New York City) was an American jazz musician and later the manager of the Drifters. Treadwell, an African-American, managed national recording artists in the 1940s and 1950s during a time when this was not common.
28 de oct. de 2021 · During a performance of at the Harlem Apollo feuds escalated to fights, and in a ruthless move Treadwell sacked all the group and persuaded the manager of The Five Crowns (Lover Patterson) to rebrand them as The Drifters, bringing B E King as lead.
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George Treadwell, el mánager, firmó en el año 1954 un contrato con el Teatro Apollo en que los Drifters aparecerían dos veces al año por un período de 10 años. Pero ahora nunca más habría Drifters. Por una noche, Treadwell vio a un grupo llamado The Five Crowns.
In May, 1967, George Treadwell died unexpectedly at age 48. His widow, Faye Treadwell, bought out George Treadwell's partners' ownership stakes in The Drifters and took ownership of the group. In 1972, the Drifters left the Atlantic roster.
- Louis Bailey, Stephen Brown, Jerome Manning, Jeff Hall
- 1953–present
- New York City, U.S.
George Treadwell was the ironfisted manager and principal owner of the registered trademark for the Drifters, a singing group that formed in the 1950s and went on to record dozens of hit...
American businessman. Learn about this topic in these articles: role in the Drifters. In the Drifters. …name Drifters, to which manager George Treadwell held the copyright, after he dismissed the original contingent. The principal members of the first incarnation were Clyde McPhatter (b. November 15, 1932, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.—d.
14 de jun. de 2011 · The tangled saga of the Drifters has its origins in the day in 1954 when their founding lead singer, Clyde McPhatter, sold his half-interest in the group's name to George Treadwell, a manager...
