Quote Originally Posted by lockhartgary View Post
Good point, Marv. One of my favorite singers is Clyde McPhatter. During, his Dominoes days, he, along with the other members of the Dominoes not named Billy Ward, were given a salary while Ward and his partner kept the lion's share of the group's earnings. Because of fines and other deductions, the salary was not much. After forming the Drifters, Clyde ended up wit the lion's share of the earnings! And once George Treadwell got control things went from bad to worse.
Clyde McPhatter was one of my favorites too. I always hated how he ended up. The drinking didn't help him at all! Now when George Treadwell got involved it was all about the MONEY.......the music [[although great) was secondary to him. He replaced the whole group of Drifters with the Crowns!