As Millevoi and organist Ron Stabinsky launch into the dramatic chords of the Platters’ dreamy 1958 R&B hit, guest vocalist Tara Middleton — often heard with the Sun Ra Arkestra — belts out the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Herb Reed of the Platters, who died Monday in Boston at age 83, was the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Riverside, Calif. – Zola Taylor, the first female member of one of the first major R&B crossover acts in the 1950s, The Platters, has died. She was 69, ...

Great music, great voices, never die. The original members of the group that crooned such hits as “Only You,” “The Great Pretender,” “Twilight Time” and “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” are long gone. But at ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Herb Reed, the last of the founding members of 1950s R&B crooners The Platters, known for hits such as "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and "Twilight Time," has died at the age of ...

Herb Reed, the last surviving original member of the 1950s vocal group the Platters, has died. The group's hits like Only You propelled them to stardom. His manager says Reed died Monday at a ...