The Drifters’ Charlie Thomas dies, aged 85

Charlie Thomas of The Drifters has died from liver cancer at the age of 85.
The singer passed away last week, The New York Times has reported. He was a member of the R&B and soul group during their commercial success in the early 1960s.
Thomas, who was born in Virginia, US in 1937, joined the band in the late 1950s after The Drifters’ manager George Treadwell fired all the existing bandmembers following a disastrous concert at the Apollo in Harlem, New York City.
Although Thomas was si