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The Platters

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

The Platters is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of S.O.U.L., The Ink Spots, The Penguins, Sixteen Tons and Luther Dixon. Those roots explain a lot about how The Platters arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Drifters, Neil Sedaka, Bobby Vinton, Bobby Darin and The Everly Brothers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Groove, Parni Valjak, David Bowie, The Penguins and Tony Williams, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around The Platters, reaching back through S.O.U.L. and forward to The Groove. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The PlattersS.O.U.L.The Ink SpotsThe PenguinsSixteen TonsLuther DixonRupert HolmesThe GrooveParni ValjakDavid BowieThe PenguinsTony WilliamsThe FlamingosThe PretendersMaria MuldaurThe DriftersNeil SedakaBobby VintonBobby DarinThe Everly BrothersThe FleetwoodsBobby VeePerry Como

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The Platters connections

The Platters grew out of S.O.U.L., The Ink Spots, The Penguins and Sixteen Tons, shares an orbit with The Drifters, Neil Sedaka, Bobby Vinton and Bobby Darin, went on to shape The Groove, Parni Valjak, David Bowie and The Penguins. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Platters

Roots6

Sounds and acts that shaped The Platters.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Platters.

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Legacy12

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