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Aug 15, 1925Bass vocalist Bill Pinkney is born in Sumter, North Carolina. An original member of The Drifters, he sings on the R&B hit "Honey Love," covered by country's The Carlisles in 1954. Pinkney leaves The Drifters in 1958, just before the group reaches its commercial peakAug 15, 2005Leon Everette joins several members of The Orioles and Maurice Williams to play an 80th birthday party for The Drifters' Bill Pinkney in Sumter, South CarolinaJul 4, 2007Bill Pinkney, the last original member of The Drifters, is found dead at the Hilton Daytona Beach, Florida. He appeared on their R&B hit "Honey Love," which was remade as a country hit by The Carlisles in 1954
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