The Platters My Kind Of Music - The Very Best Of The Platters (2-CD)

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The Platters: My Kind Of Music - The Very Best Of The Platters (2-CD)

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Interpret: The Platters
Album titlle: My Kind Of Music - The Very Best Of The Platters (2-CD)
Genre R&B, Soul
Label UNION SQUARE MUSIC
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0698458920829
weight in Kg 0.2

Platters, The - My Kind Of Music - The Very Best Of The Platters (2-CD) CD 1
01	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	The Platters
02	Twilight Time	The Platters
03	The Great Pretender	The Platters
04	(You've Got) The Magic Touch	The Platters
05	Roses Of Picardy	The Platters
06	I Don't Know Why	The Platters
07	Temptation	The Platters
08	You'll Never Never Know	The Platters
09	September In The Rain	The Platters
10	You've Changed	The Platters
11	Love All Night	The Platters
12	Tell The World	The Platters
13	My Dream	The Platters
14	One In A Million	The Platters
15	It Isn't Right	The Platters
16	Remember When	The Platters
17	I Wanna	The Platters
18	Enchanted	The Platters
19	Shake It Up Mambo	The Platters
20	Heaven On Earth	The Platters

Platters, The - My Kind Of Music - The Very Best Of The Platters (2-CD) CD 2
01	Harbour Lights	The Platters
02	Only You (And You Alone)	The Platters
03	My Prayer	The Platters
04	I'm Sorry	The Platters
05	Winner Takes All	The Platters
06	I'm Just A Dancing Partner	The Platters
07	Take Me Back, Take Me Back	The Platters
08	You Made Me Cry	The Platters
09	I Need You All The Time	The Platters
10	I'll Cry When You're Gone	The Platters
11	Voo-Vee-Ah-Bee	The Platters
12	Give Thanks	The Platters
13	He's Mine	The Platters
14	Only Because	The Platters
15	Helpless	The Platters
16	On My Word Of Honour	The Platters
17	You're Making A Mistake	The Platters
18	It's Raining Outside	The Platters
19	I Wish	The Platters
20	Red Sails In The Sunset	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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