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"The Great Pretender" was also the act's biggest R&B hit, with an 11-week run atop that chart. In 1956, The Platters appeared in the first major motion picture based around rock and roll, Rock Around the Clock, and performed both "Only You" and "The Great Pretender". [7] The Platters' unique vocal style had touched a chord in the music-buying ...
When the Platters track, "The Great Pretender" (which eventually surpassed the success of "Only You"), was released in the UK as Europe's first introduction to the group, "Only You" was included on the B-side. In the 1956 film Rock Around the Clock, the Platters participated with both songs.
Only You (And You Alone)", by the Platters, 1954; covered by the Hilltoppers ... "Only You" (Cheat Codes and Little Mix song), 2018 "Only You" (Commodores song), 1983
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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 ...
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The performance of "Rudy's Rock" is the only Haley song performed live on camera; while an off-air recording from the film would be released in Germany in the 1990s (as part of the Hydra Records Haley compilation album On Screen), a proper studio-quality recording from the set has yet to be released. The band also performs live on camera during ...
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.