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: Almost Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 4 (Original Recordings)
Genre: Pop
Title: Rumba Doowop Vol.1 1933-54
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: American Doo Wop Ballads
Genre: Alternative
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1953, Vol. 7
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Drive In Classics V 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 1950's Hits & HIghlights, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Heritage of The Blues 1956, Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1956, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Great Love Songs from the Movies, Vol. 2
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 50's Pop - Hey There
Genre: Pop
Title: True Love - 16 Classic Love Songs from the 50s
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Golden Years - 1955
Genre: Pop
Title: 108 Songs Vintage Music Jukebox
Genre: Pop
Title: I Love the 50's: 1955 (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Doo Wop Era (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Stack A Records
Genre: Rock
Title: That's All Right
Genre: Rock
Title: Friendly Persuasion, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1956, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Lipstick On Your Collar
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1957, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Super Box of Rock, Vol. 2
Title: Greatest R & B Hits of 1960, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Doo Wop Oldies Intimate Dance Classics Vol 5
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Doo Wop Classics
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Summertime Blues - Fifties Favourites
Genre: Pop
Title: Young Love, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: In Private... Love Ballads
Genre: Pop
Title: Rare Gold Doo Wops Vol 8
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Classic Essential Hits, Vol. 14
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1960 British Hit Parade: The B Sides, Pt. 1, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1960, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Doo Wop
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Doo Wop Dance Party
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Those Oldies But Goodies
Title: Fabulous 50's
Title: 50's Music (Remastered)
Genre: Pop
Title: 1950s Greatest Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Alan Freed's Rock and Roll Dance Party
Genre: Rock
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1957, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: '50s Greatest Moments (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: 1950s Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Old King Gold Volume 1 (Original King Recordings)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Year That Was 1958, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Rock 'n' Roll, Pop & Soul Sisters, Vol. 25
Genre: Pop
Title: Heart & Soul of Doo Wop, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Essential Doo Wop Anthems
Genre: Alternative
Title: Oldies Doo Wop, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1958, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: American Jukebox Hits
Genre: Alternative
Title: Soul Patrol
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: When I Fall in Love and Other Dreamy Classics
Genre:
Title: Classic Soul Ballads (Re-recorded Version)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Heartbreakers - Music's Saddest Moments
Genre: Pop
Title: Tonight Show: Soul Legends
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: 25 Classics - Malt Shop Memories Vol. 3
Genre: Rock
Title: Jukebox & Doo Wop Hits, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Smash Soul & R&B Hits, Vol 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Do Doo - Wop, Vol, 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Be My Valentine - R&B's Greatest Love Songs
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Top 20 Doo Wop
Genre: Alternative
Title: Old Time Christmas Classics
Genre:
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1953, Vol. 6
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