Posted on 01/11/2018 9:47:40 PM PST by nickcarraway
You can still go see the Platters. They tour constantly.
I remember The Platters well. I had two older sisters, one who graduated high school in ‘58, and the other that graduated in ‘60. Besides their 45 releases, we had some of their albums too. I graduated in ‘65, but will always remember the great music my sisters introduced me to in the 50’s.
I liked Pat Boone’s ‘A White Sportcoat, and a Pink Carnation’.
I think that was Marty Robbins.
Oh Yes I’m the Great Pretender ooh ooh ah.
Your correct that was Marty Robbins hit.. White Sport Coat. Pat Boone had Love Letters in the Sand.
Answer to Work With Me, Annie, Annie Had a Baby, I'm the Father of Annie's Baby, Annie Pulled a Humbug, Annie Kicked the Bucket, etc.
Great Pretender: Meh
I remember Pat Boone’s laughable covers of blues recordings.
Some of the worst music ever recorded.
“SO I smile and say
She a lovely flame
Smoke comes from your thighs....
Or as we used to sing it, “A White Sportcoat and a Pink Crustacean”.
Back in the days when black music was great . Today rap has taken over and it sucks ,,, awful !!!
I often think about that. I’m more of a 70’s R&B guy than 50’s although I could listen to the Mills Brothers all day.
Black musicians had such a huge legacy with Motown and The Philadelphia Sound.
The soul of Teddy Pendergrass singing lead for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STs1QlyawpY
Marilyn McKay with The Fifth Dimension.
Anything from the Spinners. The Four Tops
Amazingly, a white Canadian woman was probably most responsible for introducing great black music to huge white audiences. Rosalie Trombley was music director at CKLW Radio in Windsor Ontario. It was said that on a summer Friday night, your car didn’t need a radio, you could just listen to everyone else’s. The station had a monster signal that blanketed 38 states and six Provinces, registering number one ratings in many of those.
She was the first to have heavy rotation of black music to a largely white demographic. I suspect it wasn’t under some white privilege virtue signaling, but instead because it was incredible music.
Most music today, black, white, whatever is completely bereft of depth and complete forgettable.
The Pretenders should do a song called “The Great Platter.”
“Harbor Lights” and “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” were my favorites.
“You can still go see the Platters. They tour constantly.”
NO, people who call themselves Platters tour constantly, but all the real Platters are dead.I guess they should call themselves The Great Pretenders.
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