The Buck Ram Platters

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On Federal Records 

Alex and Gaynel Hodge, Cornel Gunter, Joe Jefferson, David Lynch, Herb Reed

Alex Hodge, David Lynch, Herb Reed, Tony Williams - Sign with Buck Ram

Ram moves the group to Mercury

Alex Hodge, David Lynch, Herb Reed Tony Williams, Zola Taylor - Ram adds a Dish

Tony Williams, David Lynch, Paul Robi, Herb Reed, Zola Talor - Alex Hodge replaced

Ram has the group incorporate with each members owning equal shares

Sonny Turner replaces Tony Williams.  Ram buys Tony's stock

Sonny Turner, David Lynch, Paul Robi, Herb Reed, Zola Taylor

Paul Robi gets in trouble with the law once too often and the group fires him.  He sells his stock to David Lynch.  Zola leaves, and Jean Bennett buys her stock.

Sonny Turner, David Lynch, Herb Reed, Barbara Randolph

Sonny Turner, David Lynch, Nate Nelson, Herb Reed, Betty Jackson

Jean Bennett buys Personality Productions from Buck Ram.  David Lynch leaves, and Jean buys his stock and the stock he bought from Robi and becomes the majority stockholder in The Five Platters.

Sonny Turner, David Lynch, Paul Wilson, Herb Reed, Sandra Dawn

Sonny Turner, Nate Nelson, Milton Bullock, Tony High, Herb Reed, Sandra Dawn

Sonny Turner, Milston Bullock, Ron Austin, John Rodgers, Herb Reed, Sandra Dawn, Patricia Taylor

Sonny Turner, John Rodgers, Bruce Caesar, Ron Austin, John Barnes, Duck Richardson, Herb Reed, Sandra Dawn, Ylona Austin, Elizabeth Davis, Sharon Robinson

Sonny Turner takes the bus, the uniforms and the girl and heads out on the tour.  Buck and Jean cancel the tour and replace Sonny with Monroe Powell.  Herb quits.

The group begins being billed as The Platters aka The Buck Ram Platters

Sonny Turner, Monroe Powell, Bruce Casesar, Geroge McCurn, Al Nichols, Sid Nicholas, Duke Richardson, Charles Boyd, Gene Williams, Sharon Robinson, Tammy Winters, Willa Black, Ella Woods

Monroe Powell, Duck Richardson, Sid Nicholas, Chico Lamar, Greg Alexander, Gene Williams, Ella Woods

Monroe Powell, Chico Lamar, Wilkie Lee, Harold Howard, Sherman James, Gene Williams, Ella Woods, Kathleen Lewis, Lolita Fonza

Monroe Powell, Chico Lamar, Harold Howard, Willis Lewis Joe Palmer, Sherman James, Gene Williams, Lolia Fonza

Monroe Powell, Willis Lewis, Ghale Hambrick, Harold Howard, R. Qurban Shurat, Gene Williams, Lolita Fonza

Monroe Powell, Willie Lewis , Ghale Hambrick, R. Quban Shurate, Tommy Eillison, Lolita Fonza