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The Flying Platters Around the World "You're Making a Mistake" b/w "My Old Flame" (from The Flying Platters Around the World) June 1958 51 — — — — Non-album single "I Wish" September 1958 42 — — — — More Encore of Golden Hits "It's Raining Outside" 93 — — — — The Flying Platters Around the World "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ...
He continued to perform with the Platters intermittently until 1960 but then won a legal action against Ram which allowed him to formally leave the group. Ram signed him as a solo singer for Reprise Records in 1961, recording Tony Williams Sings His Greatest Hits , including re-recordings of some of the Platters' songs, but returned to Philips ...
In the 1956 film Rock Around the Clock, the Platters participated with both songs. The Platters re-recorded a slightly longer version of the song for Musicor Records in 1966, which features on the album I Love You 1,000 Times (MM 2091). In 1999, the 1955 recording on Mercury Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [5]
"The Great Pretender" is a popular song recorded by the Platters, with Tony Williams on lead vocals, and released as a single in November 1955. The words and music were written by Buck Ram, [1] the Platters' manager and producer who was a successful songwriter before moving into producing and management.
Herbert Reed (first from right) as part of The Platters in 1955. Herbert Reed (August 7, 1928 – June 4, 2012) was an American musician, vocalist, and founding/naming member of The Platters, known for songs such as "Only You (and You Alone)" and "The Great Pretender".
"You'll Never Never Know" is a single by the Platters released in 1956. The song reached number 11 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. On the Most Played R&B in Jukeboxes chart, the song peaked at number 9. [2] Outside the US, "You'll Never Never Know" went to number 23 on the UK Singles Chart. [3]
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Prior to his work with The Platters, Turner was the lead singer of a local vocal group called The Metrotones.While performing in a local club in Cleveland as the opening act for Redd Foxx, Turner was approached by local DJ Bill Crane and asked if he would be interested in auditioning for The Platters, as their lead singer as Tony Williams was soon to be leaving the group.