Buck Ram's Music is Here to Stay
Welcome to the official Platters site!
Jean Bennett and Personality have been promoting and booking The Platters since 1954. There have been many personnel changes over the years, but the music and standards set by Buck Ram, when he put the group together more than five decades ago, have remained the same. As writer, arranger and producer, Ram demanded the quality of performance that made the The Platters the #1 group of the '50s and the most imitated group of all time. He wrote their hits including: "Only You," "The Great Pretender," "You've Got the Magic Touch," and "Twilight Time," and produced all of The Platters records.
Becoming known not only as The Platters but The Buck Ram Platters was a natural progression. In the 60's when bogus groups began to spring up around the world, bookers started to ask "Is this the Buck Ram group" to ensure that their audiences would get the quality of performance their audiences expected. It was only natural that the group became known to savvy buyers as The Buck Ram Platters.
We have never attempted to mislead the public into believing that anyone in the group has been there for 55 years.* We are the common law owners of the name and have 54 years experience in bringing you a show that will have your audiences on their feet asking for more.
*Herb Reed is the only surviving member of the original group. He lives in Boston and still performs with his own group
