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Clyde Lensley McPhatter (November 15, 1932 - June 13, 1972) was an American rhythm and blues, soul and rock and roll singer. He was one of the most widely imitated R&B singers of the 1950s and early 1960s and was a key figure in the shaping of doo-wop and R&B.

McPhatter's high-pitched tenor voice was steeped in the gospel music he sang in much of his early life. He was the lead tenor of the Mount Lebanon Singers, a gospel group he formed as a teenager. He was later the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes and was largely responsible for the initial success of the group. After his tenure with the Dominoes, McPhatter formed his own group, the Drifters, and later worked as a solo performer. Only 39 at the time of his death, he had struggled for years with alcoholism and depression and was, according to Jay Warner's On This Day in Music History, "broke and despondent over a mismanaged career that made him a legend but hardly a success."

McPhatter left a legacy of over 22 years of recording history. He was the first artist to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first as a member of the Drifters and later as a solo artist.

Below is a list of Clyde McPhatter songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Atlantic 1092
chart position: RandB #1, US #16, UK #27
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Joe Shapiro, Lou Stallman
album: Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters
Clyde McPhatter Treasure of Love
1956 Atlantic
2 record label: Atlantic 1081
chart position: RandB #2, US #44
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Willis Carroll, Carmen Taylor
album: Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters
Clyde McPhatter Seven Days
1956 Atlantic
3 record label: Atlantic 1199
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
written by: Brook Benton and Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams]
album: Clyde
Clyde McPhatter A Lover's Question
1958 Atlantic
4 record label: Mercury 71660
chart position: RandB #7, US #23
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Clyde McPhatter & Jimmy Oliver
album: Ta Ta!
Clyde McPhatter Ta Ta
1960 Mercury
5 record label: Atlantic 1117
chart position: RandB #4, US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Danny Small
album: Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters
Clyde McPhatter Without Love (There Is Nothing)
1957 Atlantic
6 record label: MGM 12843
chart position: RandB #13, US #48
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Billy Smith
Clyde McPhatter Let's Try Again
1960 MGM
7 record label: Atlantic 1133
chart position: RandB #6, US #26
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Don Robey, Paul Perryman
album: Love Ballads
Clyde McPhatter Just to Hold My Hand
1957 Atlantic
8 record label: Atlantic 1149
chart position: RandB #1, US #49
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Doug Henderson, Jerry Abbott, Lee Andrews and Mimi Uniman
album: Love Ballads
Clyde McPhatter Long Lonely Nights
1957 Atlantic
9 record label: Mercury 71941
chart position: Cashbox R&B #3, US #7
written by: Bill Swan
album: Lover Please!
Clyde McPhatter Lover Please
1962 Mercury
10 record label: Atlantic 1185
chart position: RandB #3, US #43
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Frank Tableporter
album: Love Ballads
Clyde McPhatter Come What May
1958 Atlantic
11 record label: Atlantic 2018
chart position: RandB #12, US #49
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Eddie Curtis (as Memphis Edward Curtis), Ahmet Ertegun
album: Clyde
Clyde McPhatter Lovey Dovey
1959 Atlantic
12 record label: Atlantic 2028
chart position: RandB #14, US #38
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield
album: Clyde
Clyde McPhatter Since You've Been Gone
1959 Atlantic
13 record label: Mercury 71987
chart position: Cashbox R&B #13, US #25
written by: Robert Byrd
album: Lover Please!
Clyde McPhatter Little Bitty Pretty One
1962 Mercury
14 record label: Atlantic 2038
chart position: RandB #13, US #72
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Brook Benton, Bobby Stevenson
Clyde McPhatter You Went Back on Your Word
1959 Atlantic
15 record label: Mercury 72220
chart position: RandB #10, US #90
written by: Jimmy Radcliffe and Carl Spencer
album: Songs Of The Big City
Clyde McPhatter Deep In The Heart Of Harlem
1964 Mercury
16 record label: Mercury 71841
chart position: RandB #17, US #56
written by: Jimmy Oliver and Clyde McPhatter
Clyde McPhatter I Never Knew
1961 Mercury
17 record label: Mercury 72407
chart position: RandB #22, US #117
written by: Ed Townsend
Clyde McPhatter Crying Won't Help You Now
1965 Mercury
18 record label: MGM 12780
chart position: Cashbox R&B #34, US #70
written by: Jimmy Williams, Otis Blackwell
Clyde McPhatter I Told Myself a Lie
1959 MGM
19 record label: MGM 12816
chart position: US #91
written by: Charles Singleton
Clyde McPhatter Twice As Nice
1959 MGM
20 record label: Atlantic 1158
chart position: US #93
written by: Joyce Heath
album: Love Ballads
Clyde McPhatter Rock and Cry
1957 Atlantic
21 record label: Atlantic 2049
chart position: US #96
written by: Clyde McPhatter
Clyde McPhatter Just Give Me a Ring
1960 Atlantic
22 record label: MGM 12877
chart position: US #66
written by: Ray Stanley
Clyde McPhatter Think Me a Kiss
1960 MGM
23 record label: Mercury 71783
chart position: US #103
written by: Gene Pitney
Clyde McPhatter Tomorrow Is a-Comin'
1961 Mercury
24 record label: Mercury 71783
chart position: US #110
written by: Joy Kennedy
Clyde McPhatter I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home
1961 Mercury
25 record label: Mercury 72051
chart position: US #118
written by: Ruth Batchelor and Bob Roberts
Clyde McPhatter The Best Man Cried
1962 Mercury
26 record label: Decca 32753
chart position: Cashbox RandB #60
written by: Bobby Stevenson, Jimmy Williams
album: Welcome Home
Clyde McPhatter Why Can't We Get Together
1970 Decca
27 record label: Mercury 72166
chart position: US #127
written by: Lincoln Chase
Clyde McPhatter From One To One
1963 Mercury




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