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: Jubilee Hits of 1950's
Genre: Pop
Title: Songs for Mother - 20 Super Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 11
Genre: Pop
Title: Going to a Go Go + More Smash Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Lost & Found Oldies (Volume 4)
Genre: Pop
Title: Doo Wop Dance Hits
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: R&B Chartbusters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soda Fountain Songs, Vol. 3 (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Rock N' Roll Collection Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: 20 X-Mas Hits (Remastered)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Best Vintage Valentine Ever!
Genre: Alternative
Title: A Sentimental Christmas
Genre:
Title: Absolute Radio Classics, Vol. 13
Genre: Pop
Title: Dedicated to the One I Love
Genre: Pop
Title: ΤΑ BLUES ΤΟΥ ΠΑΡΤΙ CD 3 / TA BLUES TOU PARTI CD 3
Genre: Blues
Title: Compact Disc Club - Forever Dreamers CD 3
Genre:
Title: Compact Disc Club - Magic Moments (New Edition) CD 3
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Title: Compact Disc Club - Magic Moments (New Edition) CD 4
Genre:
Title: The Memories CD 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Pop
Title: 30 Rare Black Doo - Wop Sounds Vol. 42
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Yesterday'S Gold - Vol. 1
Genre:
Title: Yesterday'S Gold - Vol. 2
Genre:
Title: Yesterday'S Gold - Vol. 3
Genre:
Title: YESTERDAY'S GOLD - VOL. 4
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Title: Yesterday'S Gold - Vol. 5
Genre:
Title: Yesterday'S Gold - Vol. 6
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Title: Yesterday'S Gold - Vol. 7
Genre:
Title: Yesterday'S Gold - Vol. 9
Genre:
Title: 100 Love Classics CD 4
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Oldie Collection CD 33
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Hits Radio Best FM CD 5
Genre: Club/Dance, Pop
Title: Greatest Oldies Collectors Edition Vol. 1
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Mega Chansons D'Amour CD 5
Genre: World Music
Title: 100 Songs - The Memories CD 3
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: This Is My Song 115 Classic Favourites CD 3
Genre: Pop
Title: The Teen Years - My Special Angel CD 1
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: The Teen Years - My Special Angel CD 2
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: The Teen Years - Hey Baby CD 1
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Beautiful Ballads CD2
Title: Merry Christmas CD2
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Ladies & Gentlemen CD2
Genre: Jazz, World Music, Pop
Title: Las Baladas De Oro Del Rock & Roll Vol 5
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Enjoy Nr. 1 Hits CD3
Genre: Pop
Title: Rock'N'Roll Love Songs (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: Lifetime Of Romance: Falling In Love (Disc 2)
Genre: Rock
Title: 50 Baladas Inolvidables
Genre: Pop
Title: The Spirit Of Christmas CD2
Genre: Pop
Title: Top Of The Spot 2010
Genre: Pop
Title: Las 101 Canciones Del Siglo XX CD1
Genre: Pop
Title: Los 100 Mejores Lentos De La Historia Cd5
Genre: Pop
Title: Th'Is Rock & Roll. Rock Around The Clock
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Rock And Roll Music
Genre: Pop
Title: Vol. 08 - Falling Into You
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