Platters ƙungiyar kiɗa ce daga Los Angeles waɗanda suka bayyana a wurin a cikin 1953. Tawagar asali ba kawai masu yin waƙoƙin nasu ba ne, amma kuma sun sami nasarar rufe hits na sauran mawaƙa.
Farkon aikin kungiyar The Platters
A farkon shekarun 1950, salon kidan doo-wop ya shahara sosai a tsakanin masu yin bakaken fata. Siffar sifa ta wannan salon matasa ita ce waƙar murya da yawa-tare da wannan sauti yayin abun da ke ciki, ƙirƙirar bango ga babban muryar soloist.
Ana iya yin irin waɗannan waƙoƙin ko da ba tare da rakiyar kiɗa ba. Taimakon kayan aiki kawai ya dace da haɓaka tasirin aikin. Shahararrun wakilan wannan salon sune kungiyar Amurka The Platters. A nan gaba, ta ba wa masu son kiɗan rai da kuma ballads na soyayya game da soyayya, rayuwa da farin ciki.
Fitowar mawakan na farko ya faru ne a wani shirin gidan talabijin na Ebony Showcase, inda mawakan suka yi wani shiri mai kayatarwa na Old MacDonald Had A Farm. Mawakan sun ci gaba da yin wasa cikin salo mai ban sha'awa har sai da manajan lakabin kiɗan na Federal Records, Ralf Bass ya lura da su. Shi ne ya kammala farkon tabbatar da haɗin gwiwa tare da mawaƙa a hukumance.
Daga baya, mashahurin mawakin Buck Ram, wanda ya riga ya jagoranci ƙungiyoyin kiɗan The Three Suns da Penguins, ya lura da gunkin kiɗan. Bayan mawaki ya zama wakilin hukuma na mawaƙa, ya yi canje-canje masu mahimmanci a cikin rukuni. An nada Tony Williams babban mai kula da kungiyar, kuma wata yarinya ta shiga cikin tawagar.
A lokacin da ya kai shekaru 55, mawaƙin ya tattara sanannun ainihin abun da ke cikin gungu:
- babban jigo - Tony Williams;
- viola - Zola Taylor;
- tenor - David Lynch;
- baritone - Paul Roby;
- bass - Ganye Reed.
Lissafi na The Platters
Masu zane-zane sun yi tare da "ƙungiyar zinare" na shekaru 5. A shekara ta 1959, 'yan ƙungiyar sun fuskanci matsaloli tare da doka - an zargi mawaƙa hudu da rarraba kwayoyi. Ba a tabbatar da zargin ba, amma an zubar da mutuncin mawakan tare da hana wakoki da dama daga gidajen rediyon Amurka.
Shahararriyar kungiyar ta yi tasiri matuka sakamakon ficewar babban mawakin soloist Tony Williams daga kungiyar a shekarar 1960. An maye gurbinsa da Sony Turner. Duk da kyakkyawar iyawar sauti na sabon soloist, mawaƙin ba zai iya maye gurbin Williams gabaɗaya ba. Gidan rakodi na Mercury Records, wanda mawakan suka yi aiki tare da shi, sun ƙi sakin waƙoƙi ba tare da muryar mawaƙin da ya gabata ba.
A 1964, da abun da ke ciki na band ya rabu har ma fiye - kungiyar bar viola soloist Zola Taylor. Baritone Paul Roby ya bi ta. Tsoffin mambobin kungiyar sun yi kokarin kafa nasu makada. Manajan kungiyar ya canza sunan kungiyar zuwa Buck Ram Platters. A 1969, na karshe memba na "zinariya abun da ke ciki" na kungiyar, Herb Reed, bar kungiyar.
Albums
Asalin jerin mawakan sun fitar da kundi fiye da 10 masu nasara, mafi kyawun su shine rikodin 1956: The Platters and Volume Two. Sauran kundi na rukunin ba su ƙara samun nasara ba: The Flying Platters, records na 1957-1961: Kai kaɗai da The Flying Platters Around the World, Tuna Lokacin, Encores da Tunani. Rubuce-rubucen ƙarshe na ainihin layin, wanda aka saki a cikin 1961, suma sun yi nasara: Encore na Broadway Golden Hits da Life is Just Bowl of Cherries.
Tun 1954, tsawon shekaru biyar kungiyar ta samu nasarar fito da albums cewa cinye ba kawai masu sauraro a Amurka, amma kuma a Turai. Ƙungiyar ta kasance sananne har zuwa ƙarshen 1959 - ba a sake fitar da manyan hits a cikin shekaru masu zuwa ba. An haɗa wasu waƙoƙi daga kundin wakoki na farko a cikin fitowar daga baya.
Manyan Hits The Platters
A tsawon kasancewar ƙungiyar, an rubuta waƙoƙi sama da 400. Albums ɗin ƙungiyar an sayar da su a duk faɗin duniya. An sayar da kusan kwafi miliyan 90. Mawakan sun yi balaguro zuwa ƙasashe sama da 80 tare da wasan kwaikwayo kuma sun sami lambobin yabo na kiɗa sama da 200. Har ila yau, wakokin kungiyar sun fito a cikin fina-finan kida da dama kamar: "Rock around clock", "Wannan yarinya ba za ta iya yin wani abu ba", "Rock Carnival".
Mawakan su ne rukuni na farko na Ba-Amurke da za a haɗa su a cikin manyan ginshiƙi masu juyawa a duniya. Sun sami damar karya cin hanci da rashawa na masu yin farar fata. Daga 1955 zuwa 1967 An saka mawaƙa 40 na ƙungiyar a cikin babban ginshiƙi na kiɗan Amurka Billboard Hot 100. Ko da huɗu daga cikinsu sun ɗauki matsayi na 1.
Babban hits na ƙungiyar sun haɗa da duka waƙoƙin asali na ƙungiyar da waɗanda aka rufe na sauran mawaƙa. Shahararrun wakokin sun hada da wakoki kamar haka: Addu'ata, Shi Nawa ne, Yi hakuri, Burina, Ina So, Don Kadai, Mara Taimako, Ba Daidai Ba, Akan Maganata Na Girmama, Taɓan Sihiri, Kuna Yin Kuskure , Lokacin Twilight, Ina So.
Shahararriyar kungiyar a yau
Hit ɗin mawakan sun shahara ba a shekarun 1960 kaɗai ba, amma har yanzu akwai sha'awar aikinsu. Shahararriyar ƙungiyar kuma wacce aka fi sani da ita ita ce kuɗaɗen Kai kaɗai, wanda ya zama farkon fitowar albam ɗin su na farko.
Ta hanyar kuskure, wasu har yanzu sun gamsu cewa buga Kawai Kai ne waƙar Elvis Presley. Mawaƙi da yawa sun rufe ku ɗaya kaɗai. Ya yi sauti a cikin harsuna daban-daban - Czech, Italiyanci, Ukrainian, ko da Rashanci. Babban buga kungiyar ya zama alamar soyayyar soyayya. Babu ƙarancin shahara shine guda ɗaya The Great Pretender. Abun da ke ciki shine waƙar pop ta farko na ƙungiyar kiɗan. Single ya sami gagarumin nasara a cikin 1987, sannan Freddie Mercury ya riga ya yi shi.
Baya ga nasu wakokin, mawakan sun shahara wajen yin wakokin da wasu mawakan ke yi. Sigar murfin waƙar Ton Goma sha Shida ta shahara sosai ta The Platters fiye da na ainihin sautin Tennessee Ernie Ford. A kasashen Yamma, ana tunawa da mawakan da wakar da suka yi a bangon bangon waya Hayaki Ya Shiga Idonka. Mawaka fiye da 10 ne suka yi waƙar, amma sigar baƙar fata ce har yanzu ta zama abin koyi.
Rushewar tawagar
Bayan 1970, manajan ba bisa ka'ida ba ya "inganta" wasan kwaikwayo na kungiyar, wanda ya hada da mutanen da ba su da alaka da asali na asali. A tsawon rayuwar ƙungiyar, ana iya ƙidayar fiye da nau'ikan mawakan 100. Tun daga shekarun 1970, masu fasaha daban-daban sun yi kide-kide a lokaci guda a wurare daban-daban.
Ƙungiyoyin clone da yawa sun yi yaƙi don haƙƙin mallakan alamar kasuwanci, yayin da membobin asali na asali suka wuce ɗaya bayan ɗaya. A shekarar 1997 ne kawai aka warware takaddamar. Wata kotun Amurka ta amince da haƙƙin hukuma na amfani da sunan Herb Reed, mawaƙin bass na The Platters. Memba daya tilo na asalin layin ya yi har zuwa mutuwarsa a 2012.
Abubuwan da suka gada a cikin nau'ikan waƙoƙin soyayya na ƙungiyar har yanzu suna da farin jini. A cikin 1990, an haɗa ƙungiyar a hukumance a cikin Babban Zauren Rukuni na Fame, wanda aka keɓe ga fitattun mutane kuma shahararrun mutane a masana'antar kiɗa. Ayyukan mawaƙa baƙi sun shahara kamar waƙoƙin The Beatles, The Rolling Stones da AC/DC.
