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: Heartbreakers (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: More Songs for Mum & Dad (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: 25 Years of Rhythm and Blues Hits
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Ultimate Unity & Love Album
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure Love Moods Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1956, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Explosion Vol. 2
Genre: Rock
Title: Pure Rock 'N' Roll
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best Ever Rock & Roll Revival
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Music That Shook the World Up! - Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 2
Genre: Rock
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 20
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest Hits of 1959, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Top 40 Rock n Roll
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: A Very '70s Christmas
Genre:
Title: Alan Freed Rock N' Roll Radio (Live)
Genre: Rock
Title: The Sound Of Love Volume 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmasbox
Genre:
Title: Rock and Roll Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: 50's Hits, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Greatest Hits of 1959, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Legends of Christmas
Genre:
Title: Old Gold Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Jubilee Classic Anthems
Genre: Pop
Title: French Pop
Genre: Pop
Title: The Oldies Vol 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Hound Dog.- The early days of Rock' n' Roll
Genre: Rock
Title: Los Años 60 / Los Anos 60
Genre: Pop
Title: 50's Dance Party - Vol .2
Title: 50' American Dinner (Best Fifty Music)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Greatest R & B Hits of 1959, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Rhythm & Blues History
Genre: Jazz
Title: Summer Loving
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Great Vocal Groups of the 50's (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Great Memories Vol 1
Genre: Pop
Title: It's Time for a Holiday
Title: 1959 Made in U.S.A.
Genre: Rock
Title: Christmas Songs Through the Years
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Merry Christmas (3CD Econopak)
Genre:
Title: Shake, Rattle & Roll - Rock'n'Roll's Finest
Genre: Rock
Title: A Box Full of Love, Vol. 3 (Re-recorded Version)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: White Christmas - Vintage Christmas Classics
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1957, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Merriest Christmas Songs
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Stars of the London Palladium
Genre: Pop
Title: 50's Favorite Love Songs Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Thanksgiving - A Celebration
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1957, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1955, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Halfway to Paradise (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Christmas Greats (Digitally Remastered)
Genre:
Title: Retro Christmas Songs
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Doo Wop Serenade
Title: So Much In Love (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Remembering - As Time Goes By
Genre: Latin
Title: Highschool Hits - Doo Wop
Genre:
Title: Doo-Wop
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: The 50's Hits Back
Genre: Pop
Title: The Rock N' Roll Collection Vol. 4
Genre: Rock
Title: 50's Greatest Singles - The 50's
Genre: Rock
Title: Movie Hits And Themes - Original Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, 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