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Under Ram's guidance, The Platters recorded eight songs for Federal in the R&B/gospel style, scoring a few minor regional hits on the West Coast, and backed Williams' sister, Linda Hayes. One song recorded during their Federal tenure, " Only You (And You Alone) ", originally written by Ram [ 4 ] for the Ink Spots , was deemed unreleasable by ...
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 Records the following year.
This was the only Platters recording on which songwriter and manager Ram played the piano. [ 1 ] The song held strong in the number 1 position on the U.S. R & B charts for seven weeks, and hit number five on the Billboard Top 100 chart. [ 4 ]
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"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.
Billboard Hot 100 & Best Sellers in Stores number-one singles by decade Before August 1958 1940–1949 1950–1958 After August 1958 1958–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029 US Singles Chart Billboard magazine The Billboard Hot 100 chart is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During ...
The Platters had three songs on the year-end top 50. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top 50 singles of 1956 according to retail sales. [1] No. Title Artist(s) 1
In 1957 it was a Top 20 hit for the Platters, peaking at number 19 on the Billboard charts. [2] References