1958: Following a series of arguments (over money, what else?), manager George Treadwell fires every member of the group, the Drifters. He replaces them with another group that had been calling themselves the Five Crowns.
This new set of Drifters quickly becomes the most successful line-up to perform under that name, scoring hits with “There Goes My Baby,” “This Magic Moment” and “Save the Last Dance for Me.”
The Five Crowns’ lead singer who became the Drifters’ lead singer on this day was a young man named Ben E. King.
