I’m lonely but no one can tell. — The Platters, “The Great Pretender,” November, 1955 It was a monumental bluff, as huge as Mount Rushmore, seemingly impervious to destruction, where he imagined ...

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 "The Great Pretender," has died in ...

PROVIDENCE – The smooth harmonies of The Platters helped shift the landscape of music in the 1950s at a time of fierce racial divides in America. It is said that the popular DJ Alan Freed ...