PLATTERS The Magic Touch 1954-56

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PLATTERS: The Magic Touch 1954-56

CD with 24 early recordings by the US vocal group The Platters from 1954 to 1956. It includes their major hits »Only You« and »(You've Got) The Magic Touch«.
Led by the voice of lead singer Tony Williams and shaped by manager and composer Buck Ram, the Platters were among the most successful black vocal groups of their era. Released on Jasmine Records.

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Interpret: PLATTERS
Album titlle: The Magic Touch 1954-56
Preiscode JAS
Genre R&B, Soul
Label Jasmine Records
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0604988260427
weight in Kg 0.1

Platters, The - The Magic Touch 1954-56 CD 1
01	Only You (#1)	PLATTERS
02	You Made Me Cry	PLATTERS
03	Hey Now	PLATTERS
04	Give Thanks	PLATTERS
05	I'll Cry When You're Gone	PLATTERS
06	I Need You All The Time	PLATTERS
07	Roses Of Picardy	PLATTERS
08	Beer Barrel Boogie	PLATTERS
09	Tell The World	PLATTERS
10	Love All Night	PLATTERS
11	Shake It Up Mambo	PLATTERS
12	Voo-Vee-Ah-Bee	PLATTERS
13	Take Me Back	PLATTERS
14	Maggie Doesn't Work Here Anymore	PLATTERS
15	The Great Pretender	PLATTERS
16	I'm Just A Dancing Partner	PLATTERS
17	(You've Got) The Magic Touch	PLATTERS
18	Winner Takes All	PLATTERS
19	My Prayer	PLATTERS
20	Heaven On Earth	PLATTERS
21	You'll Never Know	PLATTERS
22	It Isn't Right	PLATTERS
23	On My Word Of Honor	PLATTERS
24	One In A Million	PLATTERS

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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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