The Very Best Of The Platters / Audio CD 1991 / Only You, Twilight time, Smoke gets in your eyes, The Great pretender / American vocal group: Tony Williams, David Lynch, Paul Robi, Herb Reed, and Zola Taylor

The Platters are an American vocal group formed in 1952. They were one of the most successful vocal groups of the early rock and rollera. Their distinctive sound was a bridge between the pre-rock Tin Pan Alley tradition and the burgeoning new genre. The act went through several personnel changes, with the most successful incarnation comprising lead tenor Tony Williams, David Lynch, Paul Robi, Herb Reed, and Zola Taylor. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart between 1955 and 1967, including four number-one hits. The Platters were one of the first African-American groups to be accepted as a major chart group and were, for a period of time, the most successful vocal group in the world.