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Thursday, July 5, 2007

Beach Music Loses Another Great Performer


Last month, while listening to the Surf, 94.9 FM from Myrtle Beach over the internet, I heard that Dink Perry, a founder of the Breeze Band had died quite suddenly. The Breeze Band is one of today's Beach Bands with a big following. Dink Perry had left the group to pursue a solo career.

Today, while listening again, I hear that Bill Pinkney (also spelled Pinckney), age 83, of the Original Drifters died yesterday. He was a member of the first group of Drifters when they formed back in 1953. He was still out on the road performing when his death occurred,

I was fortunate to get to see him do an excellent show in Las Vegas about ten years ago. He still motivated the crowd. He had spent a lot of years battling the large number of groups that claim to be the real Drifters. Over the years, the band had gone through a lot of changes. There biggest hits were probably "There Goes my Baby", and "Under the Boardwalk" although I like a lot of their other songs even better including "Sand in My Shoes" and "Don't Go".

Somewhere in Heaven, that Great Beach Band in the Sky, Just Got Better. --RoadDog


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