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: Four Platters And One Lovely Dish (CD2)
Artist: The Platters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll
Title: Four Platters And One Lovely Dish (CD6)
Artist: The Platters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll
Title: The Legend of the Platters (Re-Recorded Version)
Artist: The Platters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop
Title: Best of The Platters (Re-Recorded Versions)
Artist: The Platters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop
Collections
Title: Best Loved Wedding Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Best Romantic Love Songs of All Time
Genre: Jazz
Title: Love Letters Straight From Your Heart
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 '50s & '60s Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Night Ride
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Cruisin' to the Hits of the '50s & '60s
Genre: Pop
Title: I Love the 50's Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: 20 Best Songs From the Movies
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Definitive Love Collection (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop
Title: Black Power - '60s & '70s
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Super Hits of the 1960s (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: All Our Yesterplays
Genre: Pop
Title: R & B Soul Christmas Party 2
Genre:
Title: 100 Soul Hits
Genre: Rock
Title: Retro Christmas - '70s & '80s
Genre:
Title: Rhythm & Blues 1960-1975 - Music Sampler, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: 100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Hits from the 50s & 60s
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: 100 Slow Jams (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Pop
Title: A Jazzy Christmas Time
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Moochin' Abouts Stateside Hitlist 1959
Genre: Pop
Title: '60s Time Machine
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 '60s Hits (Re-Recorded Version) [Remastered]
Genre: Rock
Title: I Love the 60s
Genre: Rock
Title: The Greatest Soul Hits of All Time Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Crooners & Divas
Genre: Jazz
Title: 50's Souvenirs
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Hits: Essential Rock 'N' Roll Classics Live
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Ultimate Memories
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Hits Vintage Nº4 / 100 Hits Vintage N?4
Genre: Pop
Title: Soul Jazz Blues Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Rockabilly Blues Christmas (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre:
Title: 100 Big Time Christmas Songs
Genre:
Title: Platinum Trax Classic Love Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Soul Greatest Hits
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Love Songs for Valentines Day Lovers
Genre: Pop
Title: Music From Beyond the Galaxy (Re-Recording)
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: 60s Rock 'N' Roll (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Rock
Title: American Made Malt Shop Classics
Genre: Rock
Title: #1 Monster Hits (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Happy Holidays: Legends of Blues & Soul
Genre: Blues, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Rock n Roll
Genre: Rock
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1957, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Rock & Roll Doo Wop, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Adn & Rock 'N' Roll
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best Ever Soul Revival (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 101 Soul Classics (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul Christmas
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
