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- JUL 4, 2024
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- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Series: The Best of The Platters (Remastered) · 1955
- The Magic Touch Anthology · 1956
- Remember When? · 1958
- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Series: The Best of The Platters (Remastered) · 1955
- The Platters · 1956
- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Series: The Best of The Platters (Remastered) · 1958
- The Platters · 1956
- I Love You 1000 Times · 1966
- All-Time Greatest Hits · 1956
- Christmas With The Platters · 1963
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- Caramel-coated harmonies perfectly soundtrack '50s romance.
About The Platters
One of the most successful Black vocal groups of the ’50s, The Platters reached a massive mainstream audience with their smooth, sophisticated harmonies. The group scored four No. 1 pop hits, including “The Great Pretender.” • The Platters formed in Los Angeles in 1952. By 1954, the group had come to feature Herb Reed, Tony Williams, Zola Taylor, David Lynch, and Paul Robi. • The quintet scored a Top 5 hit with “Only You” in 1955. Later that year, they notched their first No. 1 on the Billboard pop charts with “The Great Pretender.” • The group returned to the pop summit with “My Prayer” (1956), “Twilight Time” (1958), and “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” (1958). • Their reputation took a hit after the four male members were arrested on drug and prostitution charges in 1959. But none of the singers were convicted. • The Platters reached the Top 10 with their 1960 version of “Harbor Lights” but spent the remainder of the decade amassing only minor hits. After the group disbanded in 1969, a number of competing Platters lineups led to much legal wrangling. Reed won ownership of the Platters’ name in 2011 and died the following year. • The Platters were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998.
- ORIGIN
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- FORMED
- 1953
- GENRE
- R&B/Soul