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That's precisely what Xindi Zhang, a recent graduate of the program and winner of a Student Academy Award for her short film "The Song of Drifters," did.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Peter Wolf’s memoir, "Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters and Goddesses," is a powerful meditation on the music business.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2025

In 1962, they spotted a backup singer for the Drifters, Warwick, who had a “very special kind of grace and elegance,” Bacharach recalled.

From Washington Times • Feb. 9, 2023

“The story of the Drifters is more than the story of a single group’s success,” Michael Hill wrote in their hall-of-fame induction essay.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2023

When they finished, they cleared their plates, stood on the tables, and sang, in perfect five-part harmony, a doo-wop version of the old Drifters song “Under the Boardwalk.”

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper