The Platters

 started out as a Los Angeles-based

 doo wop group with little identity of their own to

 make them stand out from the pack. They made

 their first records for Federal, a subsidiary of

 Cincinnati's King Records. These early sides

 don't sound anything like the better-known sides

 that would eventually emerge from this group,

 instead merely aping the current R&B trends and

 styles of the day. What changed their fortunes

 can be reduced down to one very important

 name: their mentor, manager, producer,

 songwriter, and vocal coach, Buck

 Ram. Ram took what many would say were a

 run-of-the-mill R&B doo wop vocal group and

 turned them into stars and one of the most

 enduring and lucrative groups of all time.

Band Members

David Lynch

Herb Reed

Joe Jefferson

Nate Nelson

Paul Robi

Sandra Dawn

Sonny Turner

Tony Williams

Zola Taylor

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