Charlie Thomas, who is best known for his work in The Drifters, has died aged 85. Thomas died on 31 January after suffering with liver cancer, his friend Peter Lemongello Jr told the New York Times.

Charlie Thomas, who as part of The Drifters kept alive such hits as “There Goes My Baby” and “Under the Boardwalk” for new generations, died on Jan. 31 at his home in Bowie, Md. He was 85. His friend, ...

Charlie Thomas knows he is the real deal, and doesn't care what anybody else thinks. Decades after Thomas and the doo-wop and R&B group The Drifters' smash hit “There Goes My Baby” topped the charts ...