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The Platters

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Aliases
Les Platters
The Platters featuring Tony Williams
Years active
since 1953
Country
United States
Comments
Vocal group
Members
Paul Robi
Tony Williams [US1] Lead vocals (1955-1959)
Zola Taylor (1954-1962)
Herb Reed
Elmer Hopper Vocals, guitar (1974-1995)
Sonny Turner
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Covers by The Platters

Title Performer Release date Originally by
A Heart of Stone Platters (The Platters) December 1956 Unverified
July 1960 Carl Brisson
September 1963 Spike Jones and His City Slickers - Vocal Refrain by George Rock
1966 Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats
  December 1961 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
September 1959 Andy Williams
  June 1963 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
January 1959 (unknown), Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald
  April 1956 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Vivienne Segal PRF
September 1963 Doye O'Dell
  June 1963 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
June 1963 Bing Crosby
  1961 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
1974 The Everly Brothers
March 1960 Lloyd Keating and His Music [Fred Rich] - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty
1969 Donovan
March 1964 Darrell Glenn
June 1957 Six Brown Brothers
July 1964 Edric Connor and The Caribbeans, Harry Belafonte
Deck the Halls The Platters 1998 Unverified
  1969 P.J. Proby REC, Tom Jones REL
October 1964 Elvis Presley
  April 1958 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
March 1960 Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Johnny Marvin
February 1965 Martha Tilton with Orchestra directed by Gordon Jenkins
March 1960 Robert Maxwell, Vic Damone - With Orchestra conducted by Richard Hayman
  1961 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orch. [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
  1961 Frances Demarest and John Reinhard PRF, M. Mayew and Henry Burr REC
September 1963 Emile Berliner
April 1958 I Campioni - Canta Tony Dallara
Covered by (10 artists)
January 1963 (unknown), Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Roy Lanson
April 1956 Willie Bryant and His Orchestra
1957 The Spaniels
1995 Mina [IT]
December 1959 Roy Fox and His Orchestra (Vocal Refrain by Barry Gray)
February 1965 Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike)
July 1968 Tony Bruno
June 1963 Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
July 1960 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
February 1965 Ashley and Foster
  1984 Jane Froman with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sid Feller REC, Jane Froman BRD
  January 1959 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
December 1956 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone)
December 1956 Sleepy Hall and His Collegians [Red Nichols]
January 1959 Ink Spots
1966 The Piccadilly Players [GB] (Al Starita)
October 1968 Jackie Wilson
I Give You My Word The Platters December 1956 Unverified
1966 The Flamingos
September 1963 Bing Crosby
  May 1960 Charles Harrison [US] REC, Campbell and Burr REL
December 1956 Ted Wallace & His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Radio Imps
  January 1959 Percy Faith PRF, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC,REL
Sampled by Dickie Goodman
January 1963 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
April 1958 Mr. Ernest Pike with Orchestral Accompaniment
1966 Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra, Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats
June 1957 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
April 1956 Bobby Wayne [US3]
January 1963 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
December 1956 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
June 1963 Dick Powell
  February 1965 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
  June 1963 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
  December 1961 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of George Siravo REL, Doris Day and Nestor Amaral REC
April 1958 Tito Madi
March 1964 The Four King Sisters with Orchestra conducted by Alvino Rey
July 1960 Gene Austin
September 1963 Bobby Helms
1974 (unknown), Leadbelly, The Weavers
March 1960 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
  July 1960 Ben Bernie and His Orchestra REC, Ethel Merman PRF
October 1964 Kitty Kallen - Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
January 1959 Bing Crosby with Irving Aaronson and His Commanders
  December 1961 Pickens Sisters REC, Bing Crosby BRD
  1974 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
1966 Debbie Reynolds
October 1964 Geo. Campbell, Elvis Presley
June 1957 Art Kahn's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Elmer Feldkamp
1994 Gloria Swanson
July 1960 Adrian Schubert & His Orch. ‑ Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
June 1957 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
November 1962 Harry McClaskey (Henry Burr)
January 1963 Mark Andrews [US1], Henry Halstead and His Orchestra
  June 1963 Dorothy Lamour BRD, Red Jessup and His Melody Makers REC
March 1960 Bud Billings—Carson Robison (Carson Robison, Frank Luther)
January 1963 Roy Smeck and His Serenaders - Vocal Chorus by Clark Ross
  1961 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
  January 1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
1961 Mary Martin
April 1958 Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  April 1956 Orchester Georges Boulanger, Joe Loss and His Band (Vocalist: Chick Henderson) REL, Ambrose and His Orchestra REC
January 1963 Germaine Alexandre, Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
June 1963 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
1969 Claude François, Frank Sinatra
January 1963 California Melodie Syncopators
March 1960 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Al Hendrickson
January 1963 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet
  July 1960 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REL, Raúl Roulien BRD
  June 1963 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
  1961 Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts PRF
1974 Lloyd Price and His Orchestra
January 1968 Johnny Ace - Johnny Otis Orchestra
1961 Elizabeth Spencer
January 1959 Russ Columbo
March 1960 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo
March 1960 Lew Stone and His Band
March 1960 Green Brothers' Novelty Orchestra
May 1959 The Platters
October 1964 Sonny Dae and His Knights
April 1954 Hubert Eisdell
March 1964 Pete Seeger with Audience Participation
September 1963 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
September 1963 Harry Reser and His Orchestra
January 1963 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
  December 1956 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bobby Goday REC, The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD
  1961 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
January 1963 Miss Walton and Mr. Macdonough
September 1963 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
  June 1963 Cliff Edwards, Brox Sisters, Rounders and MGM Chorus BRD, The Rounders [US1] REC
1957 Merle Travis
December 1959 Eric Coates and Symphony Orchestra, Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
April 1958 Carlyle Stevenson's El Patio Orchestra
  November 1958 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
  January 1959 Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
  April 1956 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
1961 The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
  February 1965 Jerry Gray and His Orchestra - Vocal by Tommy Traynor REC, Nat "King" Cole REL
October 1964 (unknown), Percy Faith & His Orch., featuring Felicia Sanders
February 1965 Ernie Andrews
  June 1963 Lanny Ross BRD, Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1961 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC, Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF
  1961 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
June 1963 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Debutantes and Muzzy Marcellino
June 1957 The Colts
December 1956 Emil Roósz und sein Orchester v. Hotel Adlon, Berlin - Gesang: Austin Egen, Owen Fallon and His Californians - Vocal Chorus by Harlan Lattimore
  October 1964 Debbie Reynolds REC,REL,BRD
December 1956 Bing Crosby with Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra
  January 1959 Dorothy Lamour - Orchestra under direction of Cy Feuer REC, Bob Hope & Shirley Ross BRD
1961 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
April 1958 Virginia Verrill
February 1965 Jack Payne with His Orchestra (Vocalist: Jane Lee)
  January 1968 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC, Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL
  February 1965 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
July 1964 Edith Piaf & Les compagnons de la chanson, The Melody Maids
October 1964 Hank Ballard and The Midnighters
January 1968 Ray Peterson - Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Shorty Rogers
October 1960 Eddy Howard and His Orchestra
July 1960 Ernestine Schumann-Heink
April 1958 Jack Payne & His Band
  July 1960 Sons of the Pioneers REC, The Ranch Boys REL
1974 LaVern Baker and The Gliders with Orchestra
April 4, 1958 The Three Suns
  1969 Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD
January 1959 Ethel Waters, Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
1974 Anita O'Day - Orchestra conducted by Larry Russell
October 1964 Domenico Modugno with Fonit Orchestra, Dean Martin
  December 1956 Everett Marshall PRF, George Olsen and His Music – Vocal Refrain by Joe Morrison and Quartet REC
1974 Gogi Grant - Orch. under direction of Buddy Bregman
February 1965 Victor Young, Jeri Southern with Victor Young and His Orchestra
July 1960 American Quartet
August 1959 (unknown)
July 1960 The Rolling Styles of Reggie Childs and His Orchestra - Vocal by Marion Kaye
  September 1963 Bing Crosby BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
September 1963 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
June 1957 Al Jolson
December 1956 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
December 1961 Alice Faye
1974 Ric Cartey with The Jiva-Tones
December 1956 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes

Web Covers by The Platters

Sampled songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
10th Anniversary Album The Platters October 1964 Mercury
20 Golden Pieces of The Platters The Platters 1984 Astan
Christmas with The Platters The Platters September 1963 Mercury
Encore of Broadway Golden Hits The Platters 1961 Mercury
(Encore of) Golden Hits of the Groups The Platters March 1964 Mercury
Encores! The Platters September 1959 Wing
Four Platters and One Lovely Dish The Platters 1994 Bear Family Records
I Get the Sweetest Feeling The Platters October 1968 Musicor Records
I Love You 1,000 Times The Platters 1966 Musicor Records
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries! The Platters July 1960 Mercury
Moonlight Memories The Platters January 1963 Mercury
Our Way The Platters 1969 Musicor Records
Reflections The Platters - Orchestra conducted by David Carroll March 1960 Mercury
Remember When? The Platters January 1959 Mercury
Song for the Lonely The Platters December 1961 Mercury
Sweet, Sweet Lovin' The Platters January 1968 Musicor Records
The Flying Platters The Platters June 1957 Mercury
The Flying Platters Around the World The Platters April 1958 Mercury
The New Soul of The Platters - Campus Style The Platters February 1965 Mercury
The Platters The Platters April 1956 Mercury
The Platters Have the Magic Touch The Platters 1966 Musicor Records
The Platters Now The Platters 1974 Fontana
The Platters Sing All Time Movie Hits The Platters - Arranged and conducted by David Carroll June 1963 Mercury
The Platters - Volume Two The Platters December 1956 Mercury

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Ebb Tide The Platters featuring Tony Williams May 1960 Mercury
Harbor Lights The Platters December 1959 Mercury
Hard to Get a Thing Called Love The Platters July 1968 Musicor Records
Heartbreak The Platters - Orchestra conducted by Bill Ramal November 1962 Mercury
Helpless The Platters December 11, 1957 Mercury
If I Didn't Care The Platters December 1960 Mercury
I'll Never Smile Again The Platters July 1961 Mercury
I'm Sorry The Platters January 30, 1957 Mercury
It's Magic The Platters January 1962 Mercury
I Wish The Platters August 1958 Mercury
Java Jive The Platters March 1964 Mercury
My Prayer The Platters June 6, 1956 Mercury
Once in a While The Platters March 1963 Mercury
One in a Million The Platters November 15, 1956 Mercury
Only You (And You Alone) The Platters June 1955 Mercury
Please Have Mercy Linda Hayes and The Platters February 1955 King [US]
Red Sails in the Sunset The Platters featuring Tony Williams - Orchestra conducted by David Carroll July 3, 1960 Mercury
Remember When The Platters - Solo vocal by Tony Williams May 1959 Mercury
Roses of Picardy The Platters April 1954 Federal [US2]
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes The Platters November 1958 Mercury
The Great Pretender The Platters November 3, 1955 Mercury
The Sound and the Fury The Platters March 1959 Mercury
To Each His Own The Platters October 1960 Mercury
Trees The Platters 1961 Mercury
Twilight Time The Platters April 4, 1958 Mercury
Wish It Were Me The Platters August 1959 Mercury
With This Ring The Platters February 1967 Musicor Records
You'll Never Never Know The Platters August 17, 1956 Mercury
(You've Got) The Magic Touch The Platters February 20, 1956 Mercury

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