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The Platters were the first rock and roll era group to have a Top Ten album in the United States. They were also the only act to have three songs included on the American Graffiti soundtrack that fueled an oldies revival already underway in the early to mid-1970s: " Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ", " The Great Pretender ", and " Only You (and You ...
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". Reed was the last surviving original member of the group, which he co ...
Members of the doo wop group The Platters. Pages in category "The Platters members" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The group changed members a few times, and the version of the group that recorded “There Goes My Baby” was the third version of the group. The song is a sweet serenade to a lost lover, and it ...
Zola Taylor was a member of The Platters until 1962, when she was replaced by singer Barbara Randolph. Taylor was the second of Frankie Lymon's three wives. In 1984, on behalf of Emira Lymon, a lawyer and artists' agent sued to wrest the copyright of Frankie's hit song "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" away from the current owner. The case became ...
That push and pull — Mintz as the secret keeper to two of the most famous people in the world vs. Mintz the independent human being with his own dreams and ambitions — is at the center of his ...
In a dispute over money, Williams left the Platters in 1959 to pursue a solo career, and continued to work with Ram as his manager. [5] [7] He recorded an LP, A Girl Is A Girl Is A Girl, but his career faltered after he was arrested with the other men in the group on a morals charge, of which they were later cleared. He continued to perform ...
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.