Discography and Biography of The Platters. Listen to all their hits.
The Platters Songs

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The Platters is an American vocal group formed in 1952. They were one of the most successful vocal groups of the early rock and roll era. Their distinctive sound was a bridge between the pre-rock Tin Pan Alley tradition and the burgeoning new genre. The act went through several personnel changes, with the most successful incarnation comprising lead tenor Tony Williams, David Lynch, Paul Robi, Herb Reed, and Zola Taylor. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart between 1955 and 1967, including four number-one hits. The Platters were one of the first African-American groups to be accepted as a major chart group and were, for a period of time, the most successful vocal group in the world.

Below is a list of The Platters songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Mercury 70893
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Georges Boulanger and Jimmy Kennedy
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
The Platters My Prayer
1956 Mercury
2 record label: Mercury 71289
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
written by: Morty Nevins, Al Nevins, Artie Dunn and Buck Ram
The Platters Twilight Time
1958 Mercury
3 record label: Mercury 70753
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
The Platters The Great Pretender
1956 Mercury
4 record label: Mercury 70633
chart position: RandB #1, US #5
written by: Buck Ram (as Ande Rand)
The Platters Only You (And You Alone)
1956 Mercury
5 record label: Mercury 71383
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1
written by: Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern
album: Remember When?
comments: [ballad]
The Platters Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
1958 Mercury
6 record label: Mercury 70819
chart position: RandB #4, US #4
written by: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
The Platters (You've Got) The Magic Touch
1956 Mercury
7 record label: Mercury 71032
chart position: RandB #15, US #11, UK #18
written by: Agnes White, Buck Ram and Peter Tinturin
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
The Platters I'm Sorry
1957 Mercury
8 record label: Mercury 71032
chart position: RandB #5, US #16
written by: Paul Robi, Buck Ram (as Jean Miles) and Zola Taylor
The Platters He's Mine
1957 Mercury
9 record label: Mercury 71093
chart position: RandB #7, UK #7, US #24
written by: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
The Platters My Dream
1957 Mercury
10 record label: Musicor 1229
chart position: RandB #12, US #14
written by: Luther Dixon, Anthony Hester & Popcorn Wylie (as Richard Wylie)
album: Going Back To Detroit
comments: [northern soul]
The Platters With This Ring
1967 Musicor
11 record label: Musicor 1166
chart position: RandB #6, US #31
written by: Luther Dixon & Inez Foxx
The Platters I Love You 1000 Times
1966 Musicor
12 record label: Mercury 71563
chart position: RandB #15, US #8, UK #11
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Will Grosz (as Hugh Williams) & Jimmy Kennedy
album: Reflections
The Platters Harbor Lights
1960 Mercury
13 record label: Mercury 71847
chart position: RandB #17, US #25, US AC #7
written by: Ruth Lowe
The Platters I'll Never Smile Again
1961 Mercury
14 record label: Mercury 71427
chart position: RandB #9, US #12
written by: Buck Ram
album: Come Sing With Us
The Platters Enchanted
1959 Mercury
15 record label: Mercury 70948
chart position: RandB #9, US #11
written by: Buck Ram (as Jeanette Miles), Paul Robi and Tony Williams
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
The Platters You'll Never Never Know
1956 Mercury
16 record label: Mercury 71011
chart position: RandB #7, US #20
written by: Harry Nesbitt, Max Nesbitt, C. Venis
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
The Platters On My Word of Honor
1957 Mercury
17 record label: Mercury 70893
chart position: RandB #13, US #39
written by: Buck Ram
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
The Platters Heaven on Earth
1956 Mercury
18 record label: Mercury 71011
chart position: US #20
written by: Tony Williams, Gene Miles
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
The Platters One In A Million
1957 Mercury
19 record label: Mercury 71467
chart position: UK #25
written by: Buck Ram and Mickey Addy
album: Remember When?
comments: [ballad]
The Platters Remember When
1959 Mercury
20 record label: Mercury 71749
chart position: Cashbox RandB #46, US #30
written by: Jack Lawrence
album: Remember When?
comments: [ballad]
The Platters If I Didn't Care
1961 Mercury
21 record label: Mercury 71353
chart position: US #42
written by: Buck Ram and Tito Madi
The Platters I Wish
1958 Mercury
22 record label: Mercury 71502
chart position: US #44
written by: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Buck Ram (as Lynn Paul)
The Platters Where
1959 Mercury
23 record label: Mercury 71320
chart position: US #51
written by: Jim Williams
comments: [ballad]
The Platters You're Making a Mistake
1958 Mercury
24 record label: Stateside 2042
chart position: RandB #29, US #56
written by: Tony Hester and Popcorn Wylie
comments: [northern soul]
The Platters Washed Ashore (On a Lonely Island in the Sea)
1967 Stateside
25 record label: Mercury 71246
chart position: US #56
written by: Buck Ram
album: Encores!
The Platters Helpless
1958 Mercury
26 record label: Mercury 71184
chart position: US #65
written by: Ralph Yates, John Small and Buck Ram (as Lynn Paul)
The Platters Only Because
1957 Mercury
27 record label: Stateside 2067
chart position: RandB #32, US #70
written by: Vernon Harrell and J.R. Bailey (as Ralph Bailey)
comments: [northern soul]
The Platters Sweet, Sweet Lovin'
1967 Stateside
28 record label: Mercury 70753
chart position: US #87
written by: Cy Crane and Herb Weiner (as Herbert Weiner)
The Platters I'm Just a Dancing Partner
1956 Mercury
29 record label: Musicor 1195
chart position: Cashbox RandB #47, US #111
written by: Luther Dixon and Inez Foxx
album: The Platters Have The Magic Touch
comments: [northern soul]
The Platters Devri
1966 Musicor
30 record label: Musicor 1322
chart position: US #125
written by: Peter Anders (as Peter Andreoli) and Vini Poncia
The Platters Hard to Get a Thing Called Love
1968 Musicor
-- record label: Musicor 3125
written by: B. Scott, L. Dixon
album: Going Back To Detroit
comments: [album cut]
The Platters I Can't Get Used To Sharing You
1967 Musicor
-- record label: Buck Ram 1004
written by: Brooks
The Platters My Ship Is Coming In
1975 Buck Ram




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