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: Jukebox Hits Of 1958 Volume 1
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1960 Volume 4
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1957 Volume 4
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1956 Volume 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1956 Volume 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1956 Volume 4
Genre: Pop
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Era - Collection 1955-56
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Era - Collection 1956
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Era - Collection 1954 Al 1955
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Era - Collection Vintage Hits
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Era - Collection 1960
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1955 Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1963 Volume 4
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: After Hours - The King Records Story 1956-1959 (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: Romantic Collection - Voulme 5
Genre: Pop
Title: The Very Best Of Lemon Popsicle (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: The Very Best Of Lemon Popsicle (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: The Very Best Of Lemon Popsicle (CD3)
Genre: Rockabilly, Pop
Title: American Heartbeat 1957 (CD1)
Genre: Rockabilly, Pop
Title: American Heartbeat 1958 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop, Pop Rock, Classical
Title: American Rock 'N' Roll Anthems (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Pop, Funk, Folk
Title: American Rock 'N' Roll Anthems (CD3)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Pop, Funk, Folk
Title: American Heartbeat 1959 (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: Soul Christmas 2014
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Pop
Title: American Heartbeat 1960 (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: The Most Essential Christmas Soul
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Romantic Collection Pack 1982-2007, Volume 3
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Instrumental
Title: Romantic Collection Pack 1982-2007, Volume 4 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Instrumental
Title: Greatest Hits Of Christmas
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Traditional Pop Music, Classical
Title: True Love Ways (CD3)
Title: Anthology Of American Music Vol. 1
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Anthology Of American Music Vol. 2
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Anthology Of American Music Vol. 5
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Anthology Of American Music Vol. 6
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: RTL Weihnachten 2014 (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Nice N Easy (CD2)
Title: Cool Jazz Christmas Hits
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Dreamers (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Soul Collection (50 Classici Soul)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Funk
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1967 Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Crooners - Best Of
Title: Christmas Crooners (CD3)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Lifestyle2 - Bar Jazz Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Lounge
Title: Golden Oldies Vol. 01 (40 Hit Singles)
Genre: Pop
Title: Simply Rock'n'Roll Love Songs (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Simply Rock'n'Roll Love Songs (CD4)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: 100 Gold Lyrical Love Songs (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Pop
Title: 100 Classic Rock And Roll Songs (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: 100 Rock 'n' Roll Classics (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: I Love Rock 'n' Roll Love Songs (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: I Love Rock 'n' Roll Love Songs (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: 100 Rock'n'Roll Hits 2015 (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: 100 Rock'n'Roll Hits 2015 (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: 100 R&B Gold Classics (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Unforgettable Love Songs (CD2)
Genre: Industrial, Club/Dance, Disco House, EBM
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Title: R & B Soul Christmas Party (Re-Recording) [feat. Various Artists]
Artist: The Drifters
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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
