There Goes My Baby / Oh My Love

by The Drifters

There Goes My Baby / Oh My Love cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 24 April 1959
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 4:31
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Co-written by Ben E. King and featuring a highly unorthodox, swirling string arrangement. This sweeping, operatic track completely redefined the boundaries of R&B and laid the essential groundwork for the 'Wall of Sound' era.

Genres

Descriptors: breakup, melodic, wall-of-sound, vocal, strings

Tracklist

  1. There Goes My Baby (2:11)
  2. Oh My Love (2:20)

Credits

  • The Drifters - primary artist
  • Benjamin Nelson - written-by
  • George Treadwell - written-by
  • Lover Patterson - written-by
  • Lewis Lebish - written-by

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