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: Soul Masters: The Platters (Re-Recorded Versions)
Artist: The Platters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Four Platters And One Lovely Dish (CD6)
Artist: The Platters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll
Title: Golden Legends: The Platters (Re-Recorded Versions)
Artist: The Platters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Four Platters And One Lovely Dish (CD1)
Artist: The Platters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll
Title: Four Platters And One Lovely Dish (CD8)
Artist: The Platters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll
Collections
Title: A Merry Pop 'N' Soul Christmas
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Dance - Pop 'N' Soul Christmas Party
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: American Graffiti (All Tracks Remastered 2020)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: Oldest Dream Machine (CD2)
Title: Trending Holiday Hits Volume 1 (CD4)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Golden Sixties 2020 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Easy Listening
Title: 50 Timeless International Hits Vol. 1 (All Tracks Remastered)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Pop
Title: 225 DJ Loaded Waiting Celebrate (New Year Chapter!) (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Dancehall, Salsa, World Music, Latin, Country, Folk
Title: 100 Best Jazz Ballads (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Ultimate Rock`n`Roll Party (Vol. 02) (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk, Punk Rock, Alternative
Title: 50s Hits (60 Tracks) (CD2)
Title: 50 Timeless Top Retro Hits (All Tracks Remastered)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Swinging 50s (Original Soundtrack) (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Rockabilly, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Acoustic, Classical, Folk
Title: Swinging 50s (Original Soundtrack) (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Rockabilly, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Acoustic, Classical, Folk
Title: Swinging 50s (Original Soundtrack) (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Rockabilly, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Acoustic, Classical, Folk
Title: Soul Love: 25 Gorgeous Tracks For Lovers, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Soul Love: 25 Gorgeous Tracks For Lovers, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Soul Love: 25 Gorgeous Tracks For Lovers, Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Golden Juke Box (Magic Party Heroes) Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Soul Jazz, Rock, Acoustic, Classical, Easy Listening
Title: Best 50s Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: La Bamba 2021 (Golden Party Classics)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Latin, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 80 Hits Through The Ages (All Tracks Remastered) (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: 80 Hits Through The Ages (All Tracks Remastered) (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: '50s R&B Essentials
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Doo Wop Daze, Volume 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Hear That R&B Music I Love, Vol. 16
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rockabilly
Title: Jazz Standards Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Songs Of The 20th Century (All Tracks Remastered)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Pop
Title: Untitled Playlist Funk (CD2)
Title: Julmusik 100 Klassiker (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: 50s Rock Songs Essentials (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Metal, Alternative
Title: 60s Chill Tunes
Genre: Pop
Title: All Out 50s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: All Out 50s (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: All Out 50s (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: 20 Hits Through The Years (All Tracks Remastered)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Soft 50s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Soft 50s (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Soft 60s (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Low Key Classic R&B For Kids
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Chill Soul For Kids
Genre: Electronica
Title: The Coolest In The World Ever! (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: The Hits Of The Year 1958
Title: Love Songs Souvenir - 50 Romantic Songs
Genre: Jazz
Title: 20 Great Vocal Group Songs (All Tracks Remastered)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Pop
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