The Platters
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Biography
[Edit]The Platters started out as a Los Angeles-based doo wop group with little identity of their own to make them stand out from the pack. They made their first records for Federal, a subsidiary of Cincinnati's King Records. These early sides don't sound anything like the better-known sides that would eventually emerge from this group, instead merely aping the current R&B trends and styles of the day. What changed their fortunes can be reduced down to one very important name: their mentor, manager, producer, songwriter, and vocal coach, Buck Ram. Ram took what many would say were a run-of-the-mill R&B doo wop vocal group and turned them into stars and one of the most enduring and lucrative groups of all time. By 1954, Ram was already running a talent agency in Los Angeles, writing and arranging for publisher Mills Music, managing the Three Suns — a pop group with some success — and working with his protégés, the Penguins. The Platters seemed like a good addition to his stable.
After getting them out of their Federal contract, Ram placed them with the burgeoning national independent label Mercury Records (at the same time he brought over the Penguins following their success with "Earth Angel"), automatically getting them into pop markets through the label's distribution contacts alone. Then Ram started honing in on the group's strengths and weaknesses. The first thing he did was put the lead vocal status squarely on the shoulders of lead tenor Tony Williams. Williams' emoting power was turned up full blast with the group (now augmented with Zola Taylor from Shirley Gunter & the Queens) working as very well-structured vocal support framing his every note. With Ram's pop songwriting classics as their musical palette, the group quickly became a pop and R&B success, eventually earning the distinction of being the first black act of the era to top the pop charts. Considered the most romantic of all the doo wop groups (that is, the ultimate in "make out music"), hit after hit came tumbling forth in a seemingly effortless manner: "Only You," "The Great Pretender," "My Prayer," "Twilight Time," "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," "Harbor Lights," all of them establishing the Platters as the classiest of all.
Williams struck out on his own in 1961 and, by the decade's end, the group had disbanded with various members starting up their own version of the Platters. This bit of franchising now extends into the present day, with an estimated 125 sanctioned versions of "the original Platters" out on the oldies show circuit.
Title: Choice Soul Cuts: The Platters (Re-Recorded Versions)
Artist: The Platters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Four Platters And One Lovely Dish (CD4)
Artist: The Platters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll
Title: Soul Masters: The Platters (Re-Recorded Versions)
Artist: The Platters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Collections
Title: Dreamboats And Petticoats (Disc 1)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: 1000% Gold Ballads
Title: 1955 Top 30
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: 1958 Top 50
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Billboard Top 100 Hits Of 1960 CD3
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best Of Soul And Rhythm & Blues Collection CD6
Genre: Pop
Title: I Love Christmas (CD1)
Title: I Love Christmas (CD2)
Title: I Love Christmas (CD3)
Title: The Ultimate Christmas Album, Vol 4
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas Duets
Title: Rock Christmas Vol. 3
Title: Christmas - Silent Night
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 350 Christmas Songs
Genre: New Age, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas Soul Disc 1
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas Soul CD2
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas Soul CD3
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Generation - CD2
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Time Life Music - All I Have To Do Is Dream
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Greatest Hits From The Movies (CD1)
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 50 Golden Oldies
Genre: Pop
Title: Lifetime Of Romance - Be My Love (CD1)
Genre: New Romantic, Instrumental
Title: Lifetime Of Romance - Be My Love (CD2)
Genre: New Romantic, Instrumental
Title: Slow Dancing Original Super - Hits Collection (CD1)
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Slow Dancing Original Super - Hits Collection (CD2)
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Slow Dancing Original Super - Hits Collection (CD3)
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Slow Dancing Original Super - Hits Collection (CD4)
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Kiss (60 Romantic Songs) (CD1)
Genre: Latin
Title: Kiss (60 Romantic Songs) (CD2)
Genre: Latin
Title: Kiss (60 Romantic Songs) (CD3)
Genre: Latin
Title: Kiss (60 Romantic Songs) (CD4)
Genre: Latin
Title: Rock 'N' Roll Love Songs - Unchained Melody
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop Rock
Title: 100 Unforgettable Love Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Momentos Inesquecíveis / Momentos Inesqueciveis
Genre: Pop
Title: Old Fashioned Love Songs CD3
Title: Century Gold - Golden 50s
Genre: Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: All Time Greats
Genre: World Music, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Memories Evergreen (CD3)
Genre: Electronica, Pop
Title: Evergreen Memories (CD7)
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: Golden 50s
Genre: Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Malt Shop Memories - All I Have To Do Is Dream (CD2)
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Camay Love Collection
Genre: Soul, Gospel, Byzantine/Relegious, World Music, Disco, Theatre/Soundtrack, Acoustic
Title: Sounds Of The Sixties - 1960 (CD2)
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: # 1 Hits Of The 50s
Title: 60s Les Annees Jukebox 2012
Title: 101 Love Songs 2003 (CD3)
Title: Happy Days Are Back Again! Volume 2 (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Retro
Title: Happy Days Are Back Again Volume 5 (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Retro
Title: Absolute Audiophile Voices
Featuring albums
Title: R & B Soul Christmas Party (Re-Recording) [feat. Various Artists]
Artist: The Drifters
Genre:
Title: American Graffiti (Soundtrack (Highlights))
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Best of Rock 'n' Roll & Jukebox Music: 100 Greatest Hits from the 50s & 60s
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock
Title: 8 Best of 50s Rock N' Roll (Original Artist Re-Recordings)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop
Title: Malt Shop Favorites (New Stereo Recordings by the Original Artists)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock
Title: Best of Rock 'n' Roll Music - 100 Greatest Originals Hits from the 50s & 60s
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock
Title: 22 Great American Classics
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Xmas Classics - Essential Christmas Songs
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: James Brown Presents A Soulful Christmas
Artist: James Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Pop, Traditional Pop Music, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Hearts in Atlantis - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Edited Version)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Classical
Title: Broken Hearted - A Collection of the World's Best Heartbreakers
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap