Bobby Hendricks (b. February 22, 1938, Columbus, Ohio) is an American R&B singer who charted two hits in the late 1950s. However, before embarking on a solo career, Bobby Hendricks was a member of The Swallows and recorded with The Flyers before becoming a successful solo act. (He also sang lead on The Drifters' Drip Drop). His single Itchy Twitchy Feeling, which was covered by his former band soon after it began attracting radio airplay, hit the U.S.

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  • Bobby Hendricks (b. February 22, 1938, Columbus, Ohio) is an American R&B singer who charted two hits in the late 1950s. However, before embarking on a solo career, Bobby Hendricks was a member of The Swallows and recorded with The Flyers before becoming a successful solo act. (He also sang lead on The Drifters' Drip Drop). His single Itchy Twitchy Feeling, which was covered by his former band soon after it began attracting radio airplay, hit the U.S. charts, reaching #5 on the Black Singles chart and #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958. Hendricks's only other charting single, Psycho, was a novelty song depicting a psychiatrist talking with a patient. Psycho peaked at #73 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960. From 1961, off and on, through 2008, Bobby Hendricks worked as lead singer with Bill Pinkney's original Drifters and appeared with them on PBS in the ever popular Doo Wop 51 television broadcast.
  • Bobby Hendricks ist ein afro-amerikanischer Soulsänger. Nachdem er zuvor bei The Flyers gesungen hatte, wurde er 1956 Mitglied der The Swallows. 1957 trat er in einer Vorgruppe (The Five Crowns ?) für The Drifters auf, dabei beeindruckte sein Leadgesang im Stil von Clyde McPhatter derart, daß ihm umgehend die Nachfolge für Johnny Moore in deren Band angeboten wurde. Sie nahmen im selben Jahr an der "The biggest show of stars for 1957" teil und tourten mit Stars wie Paul Anka, The Diamonds, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, The Big Bopper und The Everly Brothers. Mit dieser Drifters-Formation nahm Bobby Hendricks Drip Drop, Moonlight Bay und Suddenly There's A Valley auf. Im Herbst 1958 verließ er sie und unterzeichnete einen Solovertrag bei Sue Records, die u.a. das Duo Ike Turner und Tina Turner und Don Covay unter Vertrag hatten. Er hatte bis 1960 dort drei Hits mit Itchy Twitchy Feeling, A thousand dreams und Psycho. Danach war er bis 1977 Mitglied von "Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters". Seine Solokarriere nahm er erneut 1977 auf und absolvierte seitdem zahlreiche Auftritte, meist für Wohltätigkeitsorganisationen. Zu Ehren des neuen Jahrtausends kam es im Jahr 2000 zu einer Wiedervereinigung mit "Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters" im Rahmen der landesweit übertragenen Fernsehshow "Doo Wop 51". Am 13. April 2001 wurde er Mitglied der "Doo Wop Hall Of Fame of America".
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  • Bobby Hendricks (b. February 22, 1938, Columbus, Ohio) is an American R&B singer who charted two hits in the late 1950s. However, before embarking on a solo career, Bobby Hendricks was a member of The Swallows and recorded with The Flyers before becoming a successful solo act. (He also sang lead on The Drifters' Drip Drop). His single Itchy Twitchy Feeling, which was covered by his former band soon after it began attracting radio airplay, hit the U.S.
  • Bobby Hendricks ist ein afro-amerikanischer Soulsänger. Nachdem er zuvor bei The Flyers gesungen hatte, wurde er 1956 Mitglied der The Swallows. 1957 trat er in einer Vorgruppe (The Five Crowns ?) für The Drifters auf, dabei beeindruckte sein Leadgesang im Stil von Clyde McPhatter derart, daß ihm umgehend die Nachfolge für Johnny Moore in deren Band angeboten wurde.
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