When We Took On The Name The Drifters, We Became The New Drifters, And Signed A Contract To Be Put On Salary, Which I Think Was Like A Hundred Dollars A Week, A Piece, Five Hundred Dollars For All Five Of Us. - SearchQuotes

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When we took on the name The Drifters, we became the new Drifters, and signed a contract to be put on salary, which I think was like a hundred dollars a week, a piece, five hundred dollars for all five of us.

Ben E King

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