The Platters Heroes Collection (2-CD)

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The Platters: Heroes Collection (2-CD)

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Interpret: The Platters
Album titlle: Heroes Collection (2-CD)
Genre R&B, Soul
Artikelart CD
Label Pegasus Entertainment
EAN: 5052171205710
weight in Kg 0.2

Platters, The - Heroes Collection (2-CD) CD 1
01	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	The Platters
02	Only You	The Platters
03	My Prayer	The Platters
04	The Great Pretender	The Platters
05	Love All Night	The Platters
06	Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered	The Platters
07	But Not Like You	The Platters
08	Don't Forget	The Platters
09	For The First Time (Come Prima)	The Platters
10	Give Thanks	The Platters
11	The Glory Of Love	The Platters
12	Winner Take All	The Platters
13	Goodnight Sweetheart, It's Time To Go	The Platters
14	Have Mercy	The Platters
15	He's Mine	The Platters
16	Take Me Back, Take Be Back	The Platters
17	Heaven On Earth	The Platters
18	Helpless	The Platters
19	Hey Now	The Platters
20	Whispering Wind	The Platters
21	You'll Never Know	The Platters
22	I Need You All The Time	The Platters
23	Time And Tide	The Platters
24	You Made Me Cry	The Platters
25	(You've Got) The Magic Touch	The Platters

Platters, The - Heroes Collection (2-CD) CD 2
01	I'm Sorry	The Platters
02	I'll Cry When You're Gone	The Platters
03	In The Middle Of Nowhere	The Platters
04	Indiff'rent	The Platters
05	It Isn't Right	The Platters
06	It's Raining Outside (Chove La Fora)	The Platters
07	Love All Nigh	The Platters
08	Love, You Funny Thing	The Platters
09	Maggie Doesn't Work Here Anymore	The Platters
10	Mean To Me	The Platters
11	My Dream	The Platters
12	My Old Flame	The Platters
13	My Serenade	The Platters
14	The Mystery Of You	The Platters
15	Try A Little Tenderness	The Platters
16	Oh Promise Me	The Platters
17	On My World Of Honor	The Platters
18	Only Because	The Platters
19	Someone To Watch Over Me	The Platters
20	Sweet Sixteen	The Platters
21	Voo-Bee-Ah-Bee	The Platters
22	Tell The World	The Platters
23	Twilight Time	The Platters
24	Why Should I?	The Platters
25	I Wanna	The Platters

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"The Platters"

The Platters

The Platters were among the most successful African-American vocal groups of the rock 'n' roll era. As an avalanche of Black vocal groups surged into the charts in the mid-1950s, none achieved a pop crossover as complete as this finely honed quintet from Los Angeles. Two things set them apart from their rivals: the stratospheric lead tenor of Tony Williams and the writing and managerial skills of Buck Ram.

The group's roots reach back to 1952, when a loose-knit Los Angeles aggregation called The Flamingoes took shape, at times including Cornel Gunter, Curtis Williams and the brothers Alex and Gaynel Hodge. Bass singer Herb Reed (born August 7, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri) was the first 'real' Platter to join, followed by second tenor David Lynch (born July 3, 1929 in St. Louis). It was Reed who, flipping through a stack of records, hit upon the group's name.

In 1953, Reed, Lynch and the Hodge brothers sang backing vocals at a Federal Records session for saxophonist Big Jay McNeely. There, A&R man Ralph Bass introduced them to Samuel E. 'Tony' Williams (born April 5, 1928 in Elizabeth, New Jersey), whose operatically trained voice supplied the missing piece. On September 15, 1953 the group cut its first Federal single as Tony, David, Herb and Alex Hodge.

Only under the direction of Buck Ram, and with young singer Zola Taylor, did the classic line-up come together. Ram steered the Platters firmly toward the pop market and wrote them timeless hits such as 'Only You' and 'The Great Pretender'. With ballads like 'My Prayer', 'Twilight Time', 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes' and 'The Magic Touch', they became the most popular vocal group of their day and defined the passage from rhythm & blues to pop.

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