All-Time Greatest Hits The Platters

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  • Release Date: 04/13/2004
  • Sales Rank: 1,968
  • Label: ISLAND / MERCURY
  • UPC: 602498614389

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All-Time Greatest Hits

1LISTENOnly You (And You Alone) 2:40
2LISTENThe Great Pretender 2:41
3LISTEN(You've Got) The Magic Touch 2:31
4LISTENMy Prayer 2:48
5LISTENHeaven on Earth 2:35
6LISTENYou'll Never, Never Know 2:41
7LISTENIt Isn't Right 2:27
8LISTENOn My Word of Honor 2:45
9LISTENOne in a Million 2:55
10LISTENI'm Sorry 2:54
11LISTENHe's Mine 2:25
12LISTENMy Dream 2:40
13LISTENTwilight Time 2:47
14LISTENSmoke Gets in Your Eyes 2:40
15LISTENEnchanted 2:55
16LISTENHarbor Lights 3:14
17LISTENI Love You 1,000 Times 2:45
18LISTENWith This Ring 2:39

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While this single-disc distillation of the Platters' biggest hits is superb, it's almost identical to Rhino's 1998 comp Enchanted: The Best of the Platters, except that the Rhino disc actually has everything here plus three additional tracks. None of those three extra songs are among the group's more familiar numbers, though, so in all honesty All-Time Greatest Hits will be just as sufficient for most fans. It has all 15 of their first Top Forty hits, an astonishing run that went from 1955's "Only You (And You Alone)" through 1960's "Harbor Lights," and adds the more modern soul-pop successes they landed in 1966 and 1967 with "With This Ring" and "I Love You 1000 Times." It's some of the finest, and certainly the most successful, pop-doo wop crossover music ever made, though Mercury's two-CD, 50-track The Magic Touch: An Anthology is the preferred compilation for more serious enthusiasts. Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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April 22, 2004: The Platters run of hits was not only among the most successful of the doo-wop groups, but also one of the most iconic. Their songs have become representatives of the era, with their dramatic delivery and romantic (both happy and sad) lyrics gracing seminal films like "American Graffitti," countless reissues and '50s compilations, and endless replays on oldies radio. // At 18 tracks, this collection doesn't have too much room to present anything beyond the band's hits - which speaks positively to the chart impact that the Platters maintained. All 18 of these tracks were Top-20 on either the Pop or R&B charts, or often, both. #1s include "Only You (And You Alone)," "The Great Pretender," "My Prayer," "Twilight Time," and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." Surprisingly, essential tunes like "(You've Got) The Magic Touch," as familiar as they are, never made it to the top spot. // The combination of Buck Ram's songwriting, arranging and producing and lead vocalist Tony Williams' distinctive tenor elevated the group above the mass of one-hit doo-wop wonders from Los Angeles and New York. Mercury's collection pulls together hits from the original line-up, and several later tracks (recorded for Musicor) waxed by a later edition of the group.