When Marion Collier heard that the Platters, the Coasters and the Drifters would be performing in the Chicago area, she snapped up two tickets, eager to be whisked back to a time when every romantic ...

Let your mind wander back in time this weekend. Reminisce about the 1950s and ’60s, when ponytails and flat-top haircuts, poodle skirts, sock hops and drive-in movies were the fads. Even though some ...

The Platters were an influential American vocal group known for their contributions to the early development of rock and roll ...

The Platters, known for such songs as “The Great Pretender,” “Only You” and “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” will make a one-night stop in DeLand today. The famous foursome, led by Paul Robi, will perform ...

MILTON-FREEWATER — BJ the DJ will spin hits from The Platters during Oldies Night in Milton-Freewater. The free event is Saturday, Feb. 5, 7-10 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church, 816 S. Main St., ...

WINTER HAVEN -- Songs from the 1950s and '60s will be the highlight of this year's Fall Gala fund-raising event for the Mid-Florida Medical Services Foundation. Musical legends the Platters, Coasters ...

Mark Spiteri Lucas and Marie Benoît converse about Spiteri Lucas Entertainment's forthcoming Golden Oldies production featuring some of the most memorable tunes from the ’50s and early ’60s MB: The ...

The last original member of vocal group The Platters has died. Herb Reed was 84; he died after a short illness in a hospital near his home in Massachusetts. Reed was there at the beginning when The ...

An oft-quoted Chinese saying goes that the best love songs are the old ones. For those who are enamored of old love songs, listening to the melodious songs by the world-famous band, The Platters, is a ...