Having forged his reputation in three singing groups, the Five Crowns, the Swallows and the Flyers, Hendricks joined the Drifters in 1958, but left for a solo career the same year.
The song "Itchy Twitchy Feeling", on which he was backed by the Coasters, became his biggest hit, reaching #5 on the Black Singles chart and #25 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was covered by his former band, The Swallows, soon after it began attracting radio airplay.
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