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Tony Williams (singer)

American singer (1928–1992)

This article is about the Platters singer. For the R&B singer, see The WRLDFMS Tony Williams. For other uses, see Tony Williams (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Samuel Edward "Tony" Williams (April 5, 1928 – August 14, 1992)^[1] was an American R&B singer. From 1953 to 1960,^[2] he was the lead vocalist of the Platters.^[3]

Life and career

Williams was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the son of Bertha and Edward Williams.^[1] He served in the United States Army Air Forces around the end of World War II, rising to the rank of sergeant, and after leaving military service moved to Los Angeles, where he joined his older sister Bertha, who was developing a successful singing career under the name Linda Hayes. He worked in menial jobs such as parking lot attendant while competing in evening talent shows.^[3]^[4]

Williams came to the attention of Ralph Bass of Federal Records, who linked him with an existing vocal group, the Flamingos, comprising Gaynel H

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The Platters

American music group

The Platters are an American vocal group formed in 1952. They are one of the most successful vocal groups of the early rock and roll era. Their distinctive sound bridges the pre-rock Tin Pan Alley tradition and the new burgeoning genre. The act has gone through multiple line-ups over the years, earning it the branding tag "Many Voices One Name", with the most successful incarnation comprising lead tenor Tony Williams, David Lynch, Paul Robi, founder and naming member Herb Reed, and Zola Taylor. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 and 1967, including four number-one hits. In 1990, the Platters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Platters continue to perform around the world with Herb Reed Enterprises (an LLC set up by Reed in response to numerous fake Platters groups) owning the rights and trademark to the name.

Band formation and early years

The Platters formed in Los Angeles in 1951^[1] and were initially managed by Federal RecordsA&R man Ralph Bass. The origi

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Keep in Touch

In 1952-53, bass singer Herb Reed founded and named The Platters, later becoming a Rock n’ Roll, Vocal, and GRAMMY® Halls of Fame artist. It is the first black group to be overwhelmingly accepted on the world stage and the first to reach international superstardom (www.theplatters.com). He was the only performing vocalist who performed with the group from its inception until his death in June 2012 and who appeared on all 400+ recordings making him the only group member who performed with The Platters continuously until he died in 2012.

Seventy years after the group’s founding, The Platters live on through Reed’s legacy under the auspices of Frederick J. Balboni Jr. Reed’s hand-picked successor despite a tumultuous history spanning decades of racism and unscrupulous identity thieves in the United States and abroad that have attempted to steal its distinctiveness and make it there own.

To understand The Platters is to appreciate its rich history.

At 15, Herb Reed ran away from a physically and emotionally abusive home in Kansas City, Missouri, to Los Ange