The Platters had splintered into several different groups operating under the same name by the mid-'60s, with former members Paul Robi, Herb Reed, Tony Williams, and Edward...
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After Tony Williams left the Platters in 1959, a new replacement was found in Charles "Sonny" Turner. But the group's label (Mercury) brought Turner in for album sessions...
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For too many years, there was no single-disc collection of the Platters' greatest hits. Mercury's Magic Touch offered two discs' worth of prime material, but it was really...
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The Very Best includes an even ten of the Platters' best-loved hits, like "Magic Touch (You've Got)," "You're Making a Mistake," "Twilight Time," "My Serenade" and "The...
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Going Back to Detroit was a complete turnaround from the previous year's I Love You 1,000 Times. New lead, Sonny Turner's exciting tenor is the prominent voice, and the...
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Have the Magic Touch revisits the Platters' '50s roots when, with Tony Williams' classy tenor as the vehicle, they were chart regulars. Old tracks such as "My Prayer,"...
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Multi-talented musical guide Buck Ram and his biggest act, the Platters, delivered an astonishing run of vocal hits during the latter half of the '50s and early '60. Perfect...
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This is a copy of their King Federal recording containing some of their finest pre-Mercury gospel-inspired ballads and jumps recorded between 1954 and 1956, when Paul Robi...
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Old-school doo wop and R&B enthusiasts should note this baker's dozen of seasonal offerings from the incipient incarnation of the Platters. The quintet serves up distinct...
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Both the favored group of inspiration point denizens and one of the classiest of doo wop outfits, the Platters transcended their early R&B beginnings in L.A. to become one...
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New Golden Hits of the Platters was the fourth album and first compilation on the Musicor label which garnered the last two of 23 Top 40 hits for the reconstituted group...
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A double-disc, 50-track extravaganza from one of the paragons of smooth soul, The Magic Touch: An Anthology is the most complete look at the Platters, barring only Bear...
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The '60s Musicor Platters' featured the magnetic, powerful leads of Sonny Turner a product of Cleveland, OH, and East Technical High School. Turner first recorded with a...
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Intercontinental's Golden Hits is a budget-priced collection of re-recordings of such hits as "Only You," "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," "You've Got (The Magic Touch)," "The...
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Originally issued in 1974, this ten-track package features Tony Williams and the Platters at their zenith. The Los Angeles warblers' deadliest chart predators are here to...
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Like any record company worth their salt, MCA knows a good gimmick when they see it, and when the millennium came around, the 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium...
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While this single-disc distillation of the Platters' biggest hits is superb, it's almost identical to Rhino's 1998 comp Enchanted: The Best of the Platters, except that the...
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This holiday collection, which clocks in at just less than 30 minutes in length, was originally released in this same sequence in 1963 as Christmas With the Platters, and...
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