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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 ...
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 songs made the Platters one of the most successful doo-wop groups of the 1950s, and a British reviewer described Williams' voice as "unearthly". [4] 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.
Pages in category "The Platters songs" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
"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.
Sung by the Pop/R&B group The Drifters, “There Goes My Baby” came out in the summer of 1959. ... “Only You” by The Platters (1955) One of the doo-wop songs that defined the decade was ...
The song also reached No.3 in the United Kingdom. [4] In 1963, the Platters recorded a Spanish version of the song entitled "La Hora del Crepúsculo", sung in a rhumba-style tempo. The Platters version of the song was featured in the official trailer for the Disney+ show WandaVision ; [ 5 ] it also serves as a plot point in the The X-Files ...
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 ...