1953 debut singles

"Money Honey" is a song written by Jesse Stone, which was released in September 1953 by Clyde McPhatter backed for the first time by the newly formed Drifters. McPhatter's voice, but not his name, had become well known as the lead singer for Billy Ward and the Dominoes. The song was an immediate hit and remained on the rhythm and blues charts for 23 weeks, peaking at #1. Rolling Stone ranked it #252 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The recording was reported to have sold in excess of two million by 1968.

"Gomen-nasai" is a 1951 song with music by Raymond Hattori, a Japanese conductor and musical director for Nippon Columbia, and lyrics by Benedict Mayers a Roosevelt University professor serving in the U.S. Army.