OH-OH, YES
I'M THE GREAT PRETENDER
PRETENDING THAT
I'M DOING WELL
MY NEED IS SUCH,
I PRETEND TOO MUCH
I'M LONELY
BUT NO ONE CAN TELL
The Platters
are an American
vocal group
formed in 1952.
They are one
of the most successful
vocal groups
of the early
rock and roll era.
Their distinctive
sound bridges
the pre-rock
Tin Pan Alley
tradition and the
new burgeoning genre.
The act has gone
through multiple
line-ups
over the years,
earning it the
branding tag
"Many Voices One Name",
with the most
successful incarnation
comprising
lead tenor
Tony Williams,
David Lynch,
Paul Robi,
founder and
naming member
Herb Reed,
and
Zola Taylor.
The group had
40 charting singles
on the
Billboard
Hot 100
between
1955 and 1967,
including
four number-one hits.
In 1990,
the Platters
were inducted into
the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame.
The Platters continue
to perform
around the world
with
Herb Reed Enterprises
an LLC set up by Reed
in response to numerous
fake Platters groups
owning the rights
and trademark to the name.
The group was inducted
into the
Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame
in 1990
and into the
Vocal Group
Hall of Fame
in its inaugural year
of 1998.
The Platters
were the first
rock and roll era group
to have a
Top Ten album
in the United States.
They were also
the only act
to have three
songs included on
the American Graffiti soundtrack
that fueled an
oldies revival
already underway
in the early to
mid-1970s:
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes",
"The Great Pretender",
and
"Only You (and You Alone)".
The group had four
top 100
compilation albums
in the Australian
top 100 between
1975 and 1986.
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