Rhythm and Blues Singer. For three years, he was the lead singer for the R&B group "Billy Ward and His Dominoes". He left in 1953 to form "The Drifters", only to be drafted into the U.S. Army in 1954 where he entertained fellow servicemen. Such work prompted a solo career which lasted until the mid-1960s. He was inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: first in 1987 as a solo artist and in 1988 as a member of The Drifters, becoming the first artist to be inducted two times into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Rhythm and Blues Singer. For three years, he was the lead singer for the R&B group "Billy Ward and His Dominoes". He left in 1953 to form "The Drifters", only to be drafted into the U.S. Army in 1954 where he entertained fellow servicemen. Such work prompted a solo career which lasted until the mid-1960s. He was inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: first in 1987 as a solo artist and in 1988 as a member of The Drifters, becoming the first artist to be inducted two times into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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