Old songs trigger old memories. “The Great Pretender” did just that for me. The occasion was a dance party at a classmate’s home. I was 16 years old that day. I’d just broken up with a girl who’d been ...

Herb Reed, the last surviving original member of 1950s vocal group the Platters who sang on hits like "Only You" and "The Great Pretender," has died. He was 83. By Associated Press Herb Reed, the last ...

When bands split up and reform with new members, custody of the band name often becomes sticky. Here's one example. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large In their heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, ...

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 ...

Herb Reed, the last surviving original member of 1950s vocal group the Platters who sang on hits like “Only You” and “The Great Pretender,” has died. He was 83. Reed died on Monday in a Boston area ...

Led by singer Tony Williams, the Platters were one of the mid- to late-1950s' top vocal groups. In 1955, as rough-edge rock 'n' roll was taking center stage, the Platters' ultra-smooth renditions of ...