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Gunter was an original member of The Platters. [2] He had recorded with the yet-unnamed Platters, singing back-up on Big Jay McNeely's recording "Nervous Man Nervous" on Federal Records in 1953. [3] Gunter also was a member of The Flairs and The Coasters. The title song from the 1957 Susan Oliver film, The Green Eyed Blonde, was sung by Gunter.
The Drifters are an American pop and R&B/soul vocal group. They were originally formed as a backing group for Clyde McPhatter, formerly the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes in 1953. The second group of Drifters, formed in 1959 and led by Ben E. King, were originally an up-and-coming group named The Five Crowns. After 1965, members ...
Those rights were stripped from Robi's widow in 1997, and required her to destroy all Platters' promotional material, and the exclusive right to tour as "The Platters" was awarded to Reed. A series of rulings in 1999, 2002, and 2004 gave Bennett and The Five Platters, Inc,, the only entity who had used the name consistently since 1954, the ...
The Coasters also joined the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. Several groups used the name in the 1970s, touring throughout the country, though original member Carl Gardner held the legal rights to it. [4] Gardner continued to tour with the Coasters and made many attempts to stop bogus groups with no connection to the original group using the ...
7/19/19 – The Drifters, The Platters and Cornell Gunter’s Coasters; 7/20/19 – One Giant Leap — “The Planets” and Beyond, 50th anniversary celebration of the first crewed Moon landing; 7/26/19 – The Beach Boys; 7/27/19 – PSO Rocks! “Still Stardust, Still Golden, Woodstock at 50” 8/9/19 – The Oak Ridge Boys; 8/10/19 – Home ...
The Platters and The Coasters; The Drifters; 2004 [12] Bowling For Soup; Lonestar with Buddy Jewell; Clay Aiken; Live; Lynyrd Skynyrd; Kid Rock; Negative Space; Parade of high school bands; 2005 [12] The Allman Brothers Band; Gretchen Wilson; Tim McGraw; 2006 [12] Carrie Underwood; Brad Paisley [citation needed] Larry the Cable Guy; Staind ...
In 1976, he recorded an album with "The World Famous Coasters" which included Will "Dub" Jones. This album was released on American International Records (In Europe on DJM). In 1998, a CD called "Leon Hughes: One Of The First Original Coasters" was released on Oldie CD, and a VHS tape called "The Coasters: Tribute To Their Greatest Hits" was ...
The concert ended with an extended performance by Chuck Berry, [2] [3] who at the time was enjoying major chart success in Britain and the US with his "My Ding-a-Ling". Originally billed rock and roll era acts The Platters , The Drifters and The Coasters were unable to perform due to work permit issues.