Biography:
The Drifters are a long-lived American doo wop Pop R&B band, originally formed by Clyde McPhatter (of Billy Ward & the Dominoes) in 1953 from New York City, NY, USA. There have been over 60 members since 1953. www.theofficialdrifters.com shows the current lineup and tour dates.
The original Drifters
Ahmet Ertegün of Atlantic Records approached Clyde McPhatter after he left The Dominoes and signed him. McPhatter first recruited several members of his former group
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Other songs:
- Dance With Me
- Saturday Night At The Movies
- Save The Last Dance For Me
- Under The Boardwalk
- This Magic Moment
- A Room Full Of Tears
- Adorable
- Can I Take You Home Little Girl
- Come On Over To My Place
- Dont Go Please Stay
- Drip Drop
- Fools Fall In Love
- Harlem Child
- Honey Love
- I Count The Tears
- If You Cry True Love True Love
- Ill Take You Home
- Ive Got Sand In My Shoes
- Kissin In The Back Row Of The Movies
- Moonlight Bay
- On Broadway
- One Way Love
- Please Stay
- Ruby Baby
- Some Kind Of Wonderful
- Spanish Lace
- Stranger On The Shore
- Sweets For My Sweet
- There Goes My Baby
- There Goes My First Love
- True Love True Love
- Up On The Roof
- When My Little Girl Is Smiling
- Youre More Than A Number In My Little Red Book
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A Room Full Of Tears:The Drifters.
#72 on BB Hot 100 on ATLANTIC Records
in 1961.
INTRO:
F C
A room full of tears..a room full of tears..
#1.
C F
Raindrops keep a-falling..(raindrops keep a-falling.)
C
Trickling down my window pane..(trickling down my
window pane.)
C
As I sit here hoping..(as I sit here hoping)..mmmmm
F
that you'll come back home again..(that you'll come
back home again.)
CHORUS:
F
Since you've gone, I can't go on..I know my heart would
Bb F
surely break....here in my lonely..(lonely)..left here
C F
with only (only)..a room full of tears..(a room full of
tears.)
#3.
F
Everyone keeps asking..(everyone keeps asking)..if you're
C
really gone away..(if you're really gone away.)
C
My pride won't let me answer..(pride won't let me answer.)
F
I really don't know what to say..(really don't know what
to say.)
CHORUS:
F
I made you mine, you said goodbye..oh, where did I make
Bb F
my mistake?..here in my lonely..(lonely)..left here with
C F
only..(only)..room full of tears..(a room full of tears.)
(INTERLUDE:) F C F
#4.
F
All this strain and all this pain is just much more than
Bb
I can take.
F C
Here in my lonely..(lonely)..left here with only..(only)..
F
a room full of tears..(a room full of tears.)
OUTRO:
F
A room full of tears..(a room full of tears.)
Bb
A room full of tears..(a room full of tears.)
F
A room full of tears..(a room full of tears.)
C F
A room full of tears..(a room full of tears.)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#72 on BB Hot 100 on ATLANTIC Records
in 1961.
INTRO:
F C
A room full of tears..a room full of tears..
#1.
C F
Raindrops keep a-falling..(raindrops keep a-falling.)
C
Trickling down my window pane..(trickling down my
window pane.)
C
As I sit here hoping..(as I sit here hoping)..mmmmm
F
that you'll come back home again..(that you'll come
back home again.)
CHORUS:
F
Since you've gone, I can't go on..I know my heart would
Bb F
surely break....here in my lonely..(lonely)..left here
C F
with only (only)..a room full of tears..(a room full of
tears.)
#3.
F
Everyone keeps asking..(everyone keeps asking)..if you're
C
really gone away..(if you're really gone away.)
C
My pride won't let me answer..(pride won't let me answer.)
F
I really don't know what to say..(really don't know what
to say.)
CHORUS:
F
I made you mine, you said goodbye..oh, where did I make
Bb F
my mistake?..here in my lonely..(lonely)..left here with
C F
only..(only)..room full of tears..(a room full of tears.)
(INTERLUDE:) F C F
#4.
F
All this strain and all this pain is just much more than
Bb
I can take.
F C
Here in my lonely..(lonely)..left here with only..(only)..
F
a room full of tears..(a room full of tears.)
OUTRO:
F
A room full of tears..(a room full of tears.)
Bb
A room full of tears..(a room full of tears.)
F
A room full of tears..(a room full of tears.)
C F
A room full of tears..(a room full of tears.)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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