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• BIGGEST POP SINGLE: "My Prayer" (1956)
• ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE: 1990

• October 1: The Platters hit the Billboard Top 100 Top 40 with "Only You (And You Alone)."
  from the LP The Platters (King)
  Billboard chart run: 21 - 18 - 14 - 10 - 9 - 5 - 9 - 5 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 7 - 5 - 8 - 7 - 10 - 16 - 15 - 22 - 27 - off
  Year-End Chart Position: # 19
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• December 24: The Platters hit the Billboard Top 100 Top 40 with "The Great Pretender."
  from the LP The Platters (Mercury)
  Billboard chart run: 21 - 12 - 5 - 6 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 12 - 16 - 27 - off
  Year-End Chart Position: # 15
  Billboard # 1: Most Played By Jockeys, Most Played In Jukeboxes
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• February 18: The Platters topped the Billboard Top 100 chart for 2 weeks with "The Great Pretender."

• March 31: The Platters hit the Billboard Top 100 Top 40 with "(You've Got) The Magic Touch."
  from the LP Encore Of Golden Hits
  Billboard chart run: 31 - 19 - 14 - 11 - 9 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 6 - 6 - 7 - 10 - 17 - 28 - 24 - off - 37 - off
  Year-End Chart Position: # 38
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• July 7: The Platters hit the Billboard Top 100 Top 40 with "My Prayer."
  from the LP The Platters (Mercury)
  Billboard chart run: 38 - 24 - 14 - 7 - 5 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 7 - 11 - 14 - 22 - 25 - off
  Year-End Chart Position: # 9
  Billboard # 1: Best Sellers In Stores, Most Played By Disk Jockeys, Most Played In Jukeboxes
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• August 11: The Platters hit the Billboard Top 100 Top 40 with "Heaven On Earth."
  Billboard chart run: 39 - off
  from the LP Encore Of Golden Hits
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
• August 18: The Platters topped the Billboard Top 100 chart for 5 weeks with "My Prayer."

• March 23: The Platters hit the Billboard Top 100 Top 40 with "I'm Sorry."
  Billboard chart run: 32 - 24 - 29 - 28 - 25 - 19 - 29 - 25 - 20 - 21 - 38 - off
  from the LP The Platters Golden Hits
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• April 27: The Platters hit the Billboard Top 100 Top 40 with "He's Mine."
  Billboard chart run: 37 - 36 - 31 - 31 - 35 - 23 - 39 - off - 39 - 40 - off
  from the LP All Time Greatest HIts
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• June 10: The Platters hit the Billboard Top 100 Top 40 with "My Dream."
  Billboard chart run:38 - 30 - 29 - 18 - 33 - 26 - 29 - off
  from the LP The Platters - Volume 2
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• April 14: The Platters hit the Billboard Top 100 Top 40 with "Twilight Time."
  Billboard chart run: 5 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 11 - 9 - 13 - 14 - 14 - 21 - off
  from the LP The Platters Golden Hits
  Year-End Chart Position: # 16
  Billboard # 1: Best Sellers In Stores, Most Played By Disk Jockeys
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
• April 21: The Platters topped the Billboard Top 100 chart for 1 week with "Twilight Time."

• December 1: The Platters hit the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 with "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes."
  Billboard chart run: 22 - 11 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 4 - 12 - 16 - 25 - 40 - off
  from the LP Remember When?
  Year-End Chart Position: # 4
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• January 19: The Platters topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 3 weeks with "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes."

• April 6: The Platters hit the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 chart with "Enchanted."
  Billboard chart run: 35 - 22 - 19 - 13 - 12 - 15 - 13 - 16 - 16 - 21 - 32 - off
  from the LP Encore Of Golden Hits
  Year-End Chart Position: # 88
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• August 10: The 4 male members of the group were arrested in Ohio for 'aiding and abetting prostitution.'

• December 10: The 4 male members of the group were acquitted of charge in Ohio of 'aiding and abetting prostituition, lewdness, and assignation.'

• February 15: The Platters hit the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 with "Harbor Lights."
  Billboard chart run: 27 - 21 - 15 - 12 - 10 - 10 - 8 - 8 - 15 - 20 - 34 - off
  from the LP The Golden Hits Of The Platters
  Year-End Chart Position: # 67
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• June 6: Tony Williams left the group to go solo.

• August 22: The Platters hit the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 with "Red Sails In The Sunset."
  Billboard chart run: 36 - off
  from the LP Remember When?

• October 24: The Platters hit the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 with "To Each His Own."
  Billboard chart run: 32 - 24 - 21 - 22 - 22 - 28 - 26 - 37 - off
  from the LP More Encore Of Golden Hits
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• January 30: The Platters hit the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 with "If I Didn't Care."
  Billboard chart run: 40 - 30 - off
  from the LP Remember When?
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• August 21: The Platters hit the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 with "I'll Never Smile Again."
  Billboard chart run: 34 - 31 - 29 - 25 - off
  from the LP Remember When?
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• December 7: Encore Of Golden Hits was certified gold.

• September 1: More Encore Of Golden Hits was certified gold.

• June 4: The Platters hit the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 with "I Love You 1,000 Times."
  Billboard chart run: 39 - 39 - 32 - 31 - 40 - off
  from the LP I Love You 1,000 Times
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• March 25: The Platters hit the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 with "With This Ring."
  Billboard chart run: 37 - 28 - 26 - 18 - 14 - 19 - 27 - off
  from the LP Going Back To Detriot
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• January 2: David Lynch died of cancer at the age of 51.

• June 1: Nate Nelson died of heart disease at the age of 52.

• February 1: Paul Robi died of cancer at the age of 57.

• January 17: The Platters were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

• August 14: Tony Williams died of emphysema at the age of 64.

• April 30: Zola Taylor died of pneumonia after several strokes at the age of 69.

• June 12: Founding member, Herb Reed died of heart diesease at the age of 83.

Top Pop Singles:

1. "My Prayer" 1 (5) / 20 (1956)
2. "The Great Pretender" 1(2) / 19 (1956)
3. "Only You (And You Alone)" 5 / 21 (1955)
4. "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" 1 (3) / 16 (1959)
5. "Twilight Time" 1(1) / 14 (1958)
6. "(You've Got) The Magic Touch" 4 / 16 (1956)
7. "Harbor Lights" 8 / 11 (1960)
8. "You'll Never Know" 14 / 12 (1956)
9. "Enchanted" 12 / 11 (1959)
10. "I'm Sorry" 19 / 11 (1957)
11. "He's Mine" 23 / 9 (1957)
12. "It Isn't Right" 23 / 9 (1956)
13. "With This Ring" 14 / 7 (1967)
14. "To Each His Own" 21 / 8 (1960)
15. "My Dream" 28 / 7 (1957)
16. "On My Word Of Honor" 27 / 6 (1957)
17. "I Love You 1,000 Times" 31 / 5 (1966)
18. "I'll Never Smile Again" 25 / 4 (1961)
19. "One In A Million" 31 / 2 (1957)
20. "Heaven On Earth" 39 / 1 (1956)
21. "If I Didn't Care" 30 / 2 (1961)
22. "Red Sails In The Sunset" 36 / 1 (1960)

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• "Winner Take All" (1956)
• "I'm Just A Dancing Partner" (1956)
• "Only Because" (1957)
• "I Wish" (1958)
• "You're Making A Mistake" (1958)
• "Helpless" (1958)
• "It's Raining Outside" (1958)
• "Remember When" (1959)
• "Where" (1959)
• "Wish I Were Me" (1959)
• "Ebb Tide" (1960)
• "Sleepy Lagoon" (1960)
• "Trees" (1961)
• "It's Magic" (1962)
• "I'll Be Home" (1966)
• "Washed Ashore (On A Lonely Island In The Sea" (1967)
• "Sweet, Sweet Lovin'" (1967)