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: Greatest R&B Hits of 1955, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1957, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Winter Wonderland - Vintage Christmas Classics
Genre:
Title: Courtship: Oldie Love Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Fabulous 50's
Title: All About Santa
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Doo Wop Collection (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1955, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1958, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Golden Legends: R&B Ballads (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 80 R&B Hits
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 100 Happy Days Classics - '50s & Early '60s
Genre:
Title: 101 Rock 'N' Roll Classics (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Great Memories Vol 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: 1960s Happy Days (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Great Hits, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Shades of Country, Vol. 4
Genre: Rock
Title: Doo Wop Intimate Dance Jukebox Hits Vol 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Oldies & Goodies Favorite Doo Wops Vol 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Smash Soul & R&B Hits, Vol. 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Smash Soul & R&B Hits, Vol. 6
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Songs for the One I Love
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Lion Sleeps Tonight and Other 50s Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Canciones de Amor Vol.3: De Cine
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Silent Night - Vintage Christmas Classics
Genre:
Title: 50's Favorite Love Songs, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: # 1's of the Decade the 50's
Genre:
Title: Christmas Music for Your Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Everybody Hurts: The Best Break up Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Grandma's Christmas Music
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: A Very '50s Christmas
Genre:
Title: 100 Holiday Favorites
Genre:
Title: Valentine's Day (Love Songs)
Title: I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus
Genre: Alternative
Title: Above & Beyond - Rock, Pop and Reggae Heaven, Vol. 16
Genre: Pop
Title: John McCain Favorites
Genre: Pop
Title: Happy Hour Vol. 1 - the Final Straw
Genre: Pop
Title: Happy Holidays from the Stars
Genre:
Title: Only Number One! - The 50's
Genre: Rock
Title: The Love Hits of 1956
Genre: Rock
Title: Soul Classics, Vol.1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Great Covers Volume 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Rhythm & Blues Collection Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: Schellackstars Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Rock'n' Roll Music
Title: Saturday Night Blues, Vol. 7 (Rare Recordings)
Genre: Pop
Title: Happy Valentine's Day!
Genre: Pop, Alternative
Title: Merry Christmas Vol 1.
Genre:
Title: In French or English?
Genre: Pop
Title: Love Songs for Valentine, Vol. 2
Genre:
Title: All Time Gospel
Genre: Gospel
Title: Cheek To Cheek And Back To Back: Classic American Songs
Genre:
Title: Lover Man In Love
Title: Traditional Pop, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Natale 2012, Vol. 3 (Oh Happy Day)
Genre: Pop
Title: Juke Box Playlist, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: The Great Hits Vol 5
Genre: Pop
Title: 50s & 60s, Vol. 3 (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Pop
Title: Swingin' on a Star, Vol. 6
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