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: Friendly Persuasion, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop Easy Listening Vol 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Timeless Love Songs of the Fifties
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Valentine Love Songs of the 50's
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1956, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: #1 R&B Album
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 100 Love Songs
Genre: Jazz
Title: 40 Doo Wop Classics
Genre: Alternative
Title: Poppin' the Jukebox
Genre: Alternative
Title: Vocal Group Pops Standards Eternal Collection
Genre:
Title: Back in Time - A Collection of Love
Genre: Alternative
Title: Top Rock Collection, Vol. 2
Genre: Rock
Title: The Greatest St. Valentines Day Love Songs, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: R&B Collection, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: In Love With Doo Wop
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Best of Vocal Groups
Genre: Pop
Title: Doo Wop, Soul, And Early Rock and Roll
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Fabulous 50s (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Classic Essential Hits, Vol. 14
Genre: Pop
Title: Wonderful World of the 50's - 100 Hit Songs
Genre: Rock
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1957 Volume 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1957, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: Doo Wop Deluxe
Genre: Alternative
Title: Doo Wop Diamonds
Genre: Alternative
Title: American Jukebox Gems
Genre: Alternative
Title: Heart & Soul of Doo Wop, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Doo Wop Hits, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: The Love Hits of 1957
Genre: Rock
Title: Britain's Best Hits of 1959, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Oldies & Doo Wops, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Doo Wop Precious Gold, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Doo Wop Precious Gold, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Doo Wop Intimate Dance Jukebox Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1956, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Doo Wop Classics
Genre:
Title: American Doo-Wop Essentials
Genre: Alternative
Title: Gleaming Doo Wop
Genre:
Title: Doo-Wop Love
Genre:
Title: American Doo Wop Hits
Genre:
Title: This is Doo-Wop
Genre: Alternative
Title: Essential Oldies - The Real Boy Bands
Genre: Alternative
Title: Traditional Pop, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Britain's Greatest Hits 1959
Genre: Pop
Title: Hits Collection - The Year That Was 1959
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Songs of Inspiration
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 15
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1959, Vol. 7
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1959, Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: The Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Presents of the Past: Christmas Songs
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Smooth Jazz Christmas 2013
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Britain's Greatest Hits 1958
Genre: Pop
Title: 1958.Made in U.S.A.
Genre: Rock
Title: Valentine's Day Special
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Love Is In The Air
Genre:
Title: Hot Summer Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: All American Boys
Title: 100 Timeless Love Songs (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: 50 #1 Hits (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: A Collection of Golden Hits
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Scrapbook of Golden Hits
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Hits Vintage Nº 3 / 100 Hits Vintage N? 3
Genre: 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