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.
Collections
Title: Golden Classics - Vol. II
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Retro
Title: Romantic Pop Songs (CD2)
Title: Dancehall Days (CD2)
Title: Alle 40 Goed (Easy Listening) (EMI 2013) (CD2)
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: Alle 40 Goed (Easy Listening) (CD2)
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: The Best Of Lemon Popsicle (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Best Of Lemon Popsicle (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Best Of Lemon Popsicle (CD3)
Genre: Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 80 Greatest Songs Of All Times (CD2)
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Nostalgie Îf 60's Vol. 2
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Super Oldie Hits (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Pop
Title: Malt Shop Favorites Collectors Edition
Genre: Latin
Title: Breaking Bad (Season 2)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Florida Lady (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 100 Jazz Essential Masterpieces (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Jazz Essential Masterpieces (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Las 500 Mejores Canciones De La Historia (CD18)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Reggae, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Hit Box Slows (CD1)
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: American Graffiti (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Momentos 5 Vol 3
Title: Momentos 5 Vol 4
Title: Momentos 5 Vol 5
Title: Glory Days Of Rock 'n' Roll Vol 02 - Golden Groups
Genre: Rock
Title: Glory Days Of Rock 'n' Roll Vol 02 - Doo-Wop
Genre: Rock
Title: Dreamboats And Petticoats - At The Hop (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: 100 Essential Christmas Songs 2010 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas Crooners 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Las 101 Mejores Baladas Del Universo (CD4)
Genre: Rock
Title: Merry Christmas 2013 (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Rock N'roll - The Gold Collection (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Rock N'roll - The Gold Collection (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: 25 Super Oldies (CD3)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: 25 Super Oldies (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits 1955
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Funk, Retro
Title: Rare 45's Vol. 4 (CD1)
Title: RTL Weihnachten 2013 (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Disco, Pop
Title: Golden Retro Hits 3 (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Retro Hits 3 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Only You - Romantic Ballads & Songs (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Unchained Melody- Fifites Forever
Genre: Rock & Roll, Country, Pop, Classical
Title: Golden Retro Hits (CD8)
Title: Golden Retro Hits (CD7)
Title: Golden Retro Hits (CD4)
Title: Golden Retro Hits (CD3)
Title: Golden Retro Hits (CD1)
Title: Doo Wop Box Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Oldies But Goodies Vol 14
Title: Autour De Minuit №3
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: 100 Hits Pop Oldies 40s 50s 60s (CD1)
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
