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: Soul Song´s / Soul Song?s
Genre: Blues
Title: The Greatest No. 1 Hits of the 50s
Genre: Pop
Title: Mambo! 100 Popular Latin Dance Classics
Genre: Latin
Title: Jazz and Lounge
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Hits Vintage Nº1 / 100 Hits Vintage N?1
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Baladas Románticas / 100 Baladas Romanticas
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas for Lovers
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 50
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1960, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: The Jukebox Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1959 British Hit Parade the B Sides, Pt. 2, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Ballads Vol 1
Genre: Pop
Title: A Rock & Roll Era
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits, Vol. 10
Genre: Rock
Title: 50's & 60's Radio Magic
Genre: Pop
Title: Party Records of the 50's & 60's
Genre: Pop
Title: Love Songs of the 50's & 60's
Genre: Pop
Title: Sugar Sugar Hits from the 50s & 60s
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Classics - Malt Shop Memories
Genre: Rock
Title: We All Love Our Mums (Classic Mother's Day Songs, Vol. 6)
Genre: Pop
Title: 50s Rock N' Roll Era
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Let's Doo-Wop!
Genre: Rock
Title: We All Love Our Mums (Classic Mother's Day Songs, Vol. 3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Singers of All Time
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Masters of the Last Century: Greatest R&B Singers
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul
Title: The Love Hits of 1958
Genre: Rock
Title: America's Greatest Hits 1956, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: 1950's Birthday Oldies Party Music
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 47
Genre: Pop
Title: America's Greatest Hits 1956, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Juke Box Playlist, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Discover 50s Doo Wop
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 50's - The Real Doo Wop Decade
Genre: Alternative
Title: Remember When - 25 Memorable Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest Rock N Roll, Vol. 1 (Remastered)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: The 1958 British Hit Parade: The B Sides, Pt. 1, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The First US Hot 100 August 1958, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Songs of Love
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1955, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Santa's Bag of Classic Christmas Hits
Genre:
Title: We All Love Mums (Classic Mother's Day Songs, Vol. 5)
Genre: Pop
Title: Top Rock Collection, Vol. 4
Genre: Rock
Title: Top Rock Collection, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: Baby I'm a Want You & More Loving Memories
Genre: Pop
Title: Winter Kisses - Jazz for Young Lovers (Extended Version)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Christmas Concert At Vatican (Live)
Genre:
Title: 100 Songs for Vintage Ambient
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Songs for Romantic Dinner
Genre: Jazz
Title: We Are Family and Other Classic Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop Goes Jazz 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Christmas of Yesteryear
Genre: Pop
Title: 22 Great American Classics
Genre:
Title: Mother's Day
Genre: Pop
Title: Retro Christmas Classics
Genre:
Title: Bassy Rhythm & Blues of the 50s, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Super Hits from 1957
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Christmas Pop Celebration
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
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