Wow . Hard to believe Jay was a rap fan last year . He's gone into this with an open mind . Now he's listening to and enjoying the platters . Hats off to you young man 😀

@avonlave

Жыл бұрын

He's hearing music as a single thing rather than splitting it all up into genres or cool vs not cool or old vs current. In other words he's become a true music lover.

@MrJbabco

Жыл бұрын

"... a rap fan." And a Raps fan, apparently.

@60sbaby456

Жыл бұрын

50s was beautiful, cars and music

@georgemaster4225

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's a beautiful thing.

@zanychris

Жыл бұрын

You can be a rap fan and like other genres. 🤷🏻‍♂️

The Platters are one of the greatest vocal groups of The 20th Century. "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," "The Magic Touch", " My Prayer ", " Twilight Time" are among their best recordings. However, "The Great Pretender" might be the greatest recording of all-time. Legendary group.

@vrvaughn

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, everything he just said

@marymays8846

Жыл бұрын

I remember them as one of the best groups of the 50s. Slow dancing to their songs was dreamy 🤗💙

@sheilameyers152

Жыл бұрын

Isn’t this song romantic….. so old school but so cool ! My mom loved this and would sing it very loudly! My sisters and I would laugh!

@jhonyermo

Жыл бұрын

Yes the GREAT PRETENDER YES YES YES

@amandabispo2949

Жыл бұрын

Yes to all of these and more!! 😍

The look on your faces, when this song started was nothing short of priceless. No auto tune back then. Just PURE TALENT.

@mrjomaled755

Жыл бұрын

hear hear!

@VirginiaPeden-Harrington-qd5zu

Ай бұрын

The Platters were at the top when I started high school in 1957. Loved their music then and even more today at 80 years old.

@adamquark7515

4 күн бұрын

Yeah, but that's clearly not live.

Boy does this bring back memories. As a 73 old white dude, it does not matter what color we are -right?

@kayeruss7313

20 күн бұрын

Nope, doesn't matter one bit. :)

Smoke gets in your eyes is their best.

@melaniewirick6213

Жыл бұрын

Yes, yes, yes! Please react to Smoke gets in your eyes, then react to “Always” on your movie channel. You will NOT regret it. ❤️

@kellylaflash1016

Жыл бұрын

@@melaniewirick6213, I was going to say the same thing. "Always" is a great movie.

@snoodlegirl1794

Жыл бұрын

Great song

@corinnepmorrison1854

Жыл бұрын

I loved “Harbor Lights” as well..❤️🎶

@amandabispo2949

Жыл бұрын

@@melaniewirick6213 such a great movie!!! 😍

Jay & Amber, you'll Love their "The Great Pretender", "My Prayer", "At Twilight Time", "(You've Got) The Magic Touch" and "You'll Never Never Know"!!!! One of my Mom's favorite groups! edit- Tony Williams on lead vocals.

@mikemaricle9941

Жыл бұрын

"At Twilight Time" YES!!!!!

@SLam-ve3yp

Жыл бұрын

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.

@ladydawgfan4832

Жыл бұрын

@@mikemaricle9941 Absolutely agree. I LOVE that song!!

Amber fell in love as soon as the singing started, the look on her face was amazing, her reaction was one of a heart melting. Great reaction as always keep them coming.

@manuelkong10

Жыл бұрын

Totally Agreed....I saw that

@eddiemoulden9018

Жыл бұрын

Loved Amber's jaw dropped.....at the first

@davidhubbert9445

7 ай бұрын

I saw that too great to see that these youngsters are touched by such quality.

You got to admit it ,our music back then was beautiful with so many talented singers !

One of the most beautiful songs of all time. Period. "The Great Pretender" is another classic by them. The singer with the golden voice is Tony Williams.

@matthewhudson5685

Жыл бұрын

Tony Williams is one of the greatest (and sadly overlooked) singers of the 20th Century. His vocals are some of the finest in American music history.

@antonioiniguez1615

Жыл бұрын

Y'all better not forget about Sam Cooke👍

@unvettx790

Жыл бұрын

@@antonioiniguez1615 Sam Cooke. I remember when he died. It just didn't seem possible such a thing could happen to such a great talent.

Lmao!! 😊 I think Amber literally melted in her seat at the sound of his voice. 🫠😍

@lifewuzonceezr

Жыл бұрын

I saw Jay melt!!! XooX

@johnwoodworth9127

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was thinkinging "It's ok Amber you can swoon if you want." :D

@anjiharrell6175

Жыл бұрын

@@johnwoodworth9127 😆

@anjiharrell6175

Жыл бұрын

@@lifewuzonceezr Did he? I miss that.

@lindakoschwitz7098

3 ай бұрын

Yes! I love seeing these young women "swoon" and I am not sure they even knew what swooning was. LOL Love it.

when my baby girl was dying of cancer she decided to sing this song knowing it was her mom and our wedding song she had the voice of an angel

Excellent reaction. Tony Williams was the Greatest! The Platters had so Much CLASS. Just loved them.

@davidpeters3857

6 ай бұрын

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The Platters remain one of the best vocal groups ever!!

In the eighties, I was out with my parents for dinner at a pub with an old juke box and this song came on and I had to watch them make goo goo eyes at each other. They did not listen to music at home so I was surprised by their reaction. An epic love song is unforgettable. Oh. And another epic love song is Unforgettable by Nat K Cole.

Almost angelic,choir like,brings tears to our eyes they were very popular way back many hits

If you enjoyed this, you will REALLY enjoy The Platters version of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." It truly showcases the fantastic voice of lead singer Tony Williams.

@mitchellstevenson8558

Жыл бұрын

Do “My Prayer” please

@johnmoore562

11 ай бұрын

No one to compare with Tony Williams besides rudy Lewis of the drifters

@Awf.lately

11 ай бұрын

My Grandfather. ❤

“Platter” commonly known as a record player’s turntable that spins vinyl discs. Hence, The Platters name was born! Shortly before going into the studio to re-record Only You for Mercury Records, 15-year-old Zola Taylor joined the all-male vocal group breaking the gender divide, a rarity back in the 1950s. In 1955, Only You (and You Alone) was played on the radio by legendary DJ Alan Freed, launching The Platters to the top of the U.S. music charts! Considered the most romantic of all the early rock & roll groups (that is, the ultimate in “make-out music”), The Platters produced hit after hit. The quintet effortlessly achieved domestic and international chart success with multiple tracks, including the timeless hits The Great Pretender, My Prayer, Twilight Time, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Harbor Lights, and many more. This success established The Platters as the classiest, groundbreaking vocal group of the early rock & roll era. Lead singer Tony Williams.

@catwhisperer9489

Жыл бұрын

I love "The Great Pretender"!!

@janethernandez724

Жыл бұрын

I love all of those songs from The Platters!

@brachiator1

Жыл бұрын

@@catwhisperer9489 Oh yes!

@patticrichton1135

Жыл бұрын

That is ALAN FREED who introduced them and then sat down between that couple that arrived during the song. ALAN FREED started out as a DJ in my hometown of CLEVELAND, OHIO and was the person who coined the phrase "ROCK AND ROLL" and held the FIRST "ROCK AND ROLL BALL here in Cleveland at the Cleveland Arena in the early '50s, it was called the "MOONDOG BALL" He grew up in Salem, Ohio which is about an hour drive southeast of Cleveland.

@catwhisperer9489

Жыл бұрын

@@brachiator1 👍

You guys should react to more of The Platters… "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Great Pretender", "You've Got The Magic Touch", "My Prayer", "You'll Never Never Know", "Twilight Time", "Enchanted", "Harbor Lights", "Ebb Tide" 🎸🤘

@rcinsley

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

@sinenominecc

Жыл бұрын

Pretender! Pretender! Pretender!

@a.n.7863

Жыл бұрын

Hard to believe you made it this long without a Platters reaction. (Not being critical.)

@sinenominecc

Жыл бұрын

A bag of great performances.

@daz_n

Жыл бұрын

Love Ebb Tide so much.

My parents, both in Heaven now, used to say that this was their song. Miss them a lot! God bless their souls! 🙏♥️

@manuelkong10

Жыл бұрын

That's beautiful

What I love more than this song is y’all’s facial expressions every time he hit those notes!

Just watched your Fast Tines at Ridgemont High reaction and this song appears in one of my favorite films of all time AMERICAN GRAFFITI which is also a film about high schoolers in their last Sumner before going to college etc. It's a masterpiece directed by George Lucas so I hope you watch it. And the whole soundtrack is tremendous.

@cnatview

Жыл бұрын

I have been hoping that American Graffiti would be showing up on their movie reaction channel. I agree, Robert about the soundtrack from American Graffiti....it is amazing. ✌️

@kenpaden

Жыл бұрын

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@daverudbarg

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@amandabispo2949

Жыл бұрын

Classic movie with classic music and classic cars! They really need to check out American Graffiti. I gotta go watch their Fast Times reaction!! 🤩 I was hoping they would get it suggested to them, but honestly wasn't sure if they would like it or not.

@jacqueline4514

Жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorite movies! Just wrote a comment that I bought the American Graffiti soundtrack album once I had my own money, as I was about 12 when I saw the movie. What a cast, what a soundtrack, and I had a tremendous crush on John Milner in his yellow coupe 😊.

The real beauty in this performance is that it comes directly from the singer’s throat into a microphone and on to acetate. Zero filters or enhancements, just the raw God Given talent of a remarkable human voice. Such a joy ✌️

For people of my generation who danced to this at school "sock hops" the opening of this song STILL gives me goosebumps!!!

Tony Williams had one one of the most beautiful voices this World has ever heard!!

"Ebb Tide", "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", "My Prayer", "Red Sails In the Sunset", "Twilight Time", "The Great Pretender", and "You'll Never Know", are great songs by The Platters...❤❤❤

@daz_n

Жыл бұрын

Ebb Tide is so wonderful.

@richardhenderson9767

Жыл бұрын

@@daz_n I play it every year for my parent's Wedding Anniversary... They loved The Platters

I am so happy you guys are experiencing this music and I can relive it with you

@courtneyhenley681

Жыл бұрын

Yes me too. I never had kids and one of the things I miss the most from not having them is being able to introduce them to these great sounds! I cried and got goosebumps when I first watched these 2 young ones discovering this music.

@vegetabletube7061

Жыл бұрын

@@courtneyhenley681 it is so wonderful watching them react and fall in love with older music. I also enjoy them watching movies now too.

Wow, Look how beautiful they look! They just drip with Class and style back then. And that smooth sound... awesome!

Tony Williams, one of the most beautiful voices of all times. No convincing required. Just closely listen to the quality of the voice. If you can't hear that,, you just haven't been alive long enough to know what astounding voice quality is. I was there. As you get older, you'll see.

@TranslateToEnglish

Ай бұрын

It’s a shame that he was caught in a hotel with white women and you sure couldn’t do that in the 50s.

No duds with The Platters! Twilight Time gives me chills. I've always been fascinated with the fifties because of my folks 45 collection.

@joannetyndall3625

Жыл бұрын

My folks had this on 78!

They were the epitome of this style in the 50s. I have their greatest hits. Any song you select is great. Try the Great Pretender and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.

"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is striking! Tony Williams at his finest.

It's a treat to watch your faces during the first 30 seconds of the song. Gobsmacked, comes to mind. ❤

Tony Williams was the lead singer (until 1960), leaving to begin a solo career. Sadly, he died of emphysema in 1992. This song was on the charts in mid-1955.

Loved the Platters. You should also react to them singing Smoke Gets In Your Eyes. They are magnificent. They had some great hits back in the day. Miss this music. Thanks for your reactions.

@michaelplowman8674

Жыл бұрын

And then they need to watch Always.

@donniemaher511

Жыл бұрын

“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” was my mom’s favorite song. Great songs

Tony Williams, the lead singer, has a great voice, love the Platters, a bunch of great songs.

My mum absolutely loved The Platters...she would melt at his voice...such beautiful voices

His voice is BUTTERY. "Smooth and sweet like butter".

The Platters were THE superstar vocal group of the late '50s and early '60s. Immensely successful on the charts.

Falling in love to the Platters beautiful music (Tony Williams lead) over decades 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️❤️

The lead voice is the late great Tony Williams who was a superb tenor.The man was pure class,great diction,beautiful tone,breathing technique. His transition to the headnote was effortless.I have always suspected that this man had some experience in classical music.You should listen to My Prayer and Harbour Lights. Do this ASAP.

The look on your faces when he started singing was priceless. You should check out more of these guys. You will not be disappointed.

One of the greatest recordings EVER!!!! Thanks for playing it.

Your faces tells it all at 1:51... love your channel!

Always loved the Platters. What a vouce and background. They were class and then some. This is talent. No one today can even come close

"The great pretender" is my best song from The Platters. Love you both!

Please watch American Graffiti!! Jay will love the cars and the soundtrack! Their music is all through the movie.

@cnatview

Жыл бұрын

Agree!!!✌️

There will never be songs and singers like the Platters ever again!! This is music at its best.

My Mom was a Huge Platters fan! She had every album. I got to see them live as a teenager with Mom. ❤ I still love them so much. ❤

The Platters are LEGENDS!!!! (and one of my all time personal Favorites) They have so many amazing songs, TWILIGHT TIME, SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES and THE GREAT PRETENDER , a song covered by the Late Great FREDDIE MERCURY!!!!!!!

My very favorite of this group's hits. Melts my heart every time.

The female in the group, Zola Taylor was one of Frankie Lymon"s wives.

Tony Williams...singer....one of the greatest purest vocals in pop recorded history

You need to listen to "Smoke gets in your eyes " by them . That is my favorite song from them .

Another two great songs in a similar vein are "I Only Have Eyes For You" by The Flamingos and "Stay in My Corner" by The Dells.

"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" is simply beautiful

When I was a kid, every adult had a Platters album. Tony Williams had the best voice from the fifties, period.

The Platters are one of the best groups ever. Smoke gets in your eyes is a must listen to.

@terrypowell9732

2 ай бұрын

Another great singer of this era that I dont believe you have done is Jerry Butler "The Iceman" Wonderful voice. "For Your Precious Love" , " Let it Be Me", "Never Gonna Give You Up" are a few of his top hits.

Oh Ya'll done good !!" My Prayer"" Great Pretender" "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" are some more from this iconic group!! Thank you Thank you!!!

The look on your faces when my man hits that note . Priceless

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, is a MUST!!!!!

“On My Word of Honour” is another great song of theirs

Thank you for the Platters. Had a huge impact on R&B and Rock and Roll. Smoke gets in your eyes is also a great song.

This is one of those groups where you can pick any song of theirs and its amazing…

The Platters are my mom's favorite group. She was in her teens and early 20s when they were at the top of the charts. She used to hum "Twilight Time", "The Great Pretender", "Only You" when she would cook saturday morning breakfast. I'm happy you enjoyed them too. Check out The Ink Spots.

My mom used to listen to The Platters when I was a little girl and I loved them and hearing them now makes me remember sitting on the living room floor while their albums were playing, along with so much other music both my mom & Dad listened to. All genres, I was so lucky they had such eclectic taste on music... Which is where my love of all music comes from. I don't know what I'd do without music everyday in my life. Your reactions are so very real and I love to see you both discover new songs and artists daily and I believe you guys also cannot go a day without listening to a song or a hundred songs each & every day. ✌️❤️ 🎶

The Platters are wonderful!

This is one of the greatest songs of all time

I was 9 years old when this was released in the UK. It made an instant impact on me which has lasted for the last 66 years. It is perfection.

My husband & I were just talking about this fabulous group, after hearing them sing this, one of our old faves from way back. We never knew back in the 50s, 60s & 70s just how fortunate we were to have the opportunities we did to hear the golden music from that time. Oh, we loved & appreciated the songs, singers, bands and all - but we didn't realize it would go away, never to come again in such wonderful quality/quantity. However, we do know just how blessed we are to have our many reactors, and the ability to watch younger people like Rob Squad hear that great music for the first time all over again! It's truly an amazing experience, and we can have it over and over again. Thanks! Love you guys!👏👏

The Platters are absolutely amazing. The great pretender, That magig touch. Just beautiful.

One of the greatest voices of all time ! Tony Williams RIP 🙏

@davidpeters3857

6 ай бұрын

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The Platters are my all time favorite group from the 50s, this is the era when I was growing up in my teen years! Love love love them !

What a gem! Unfortunately there won't be any music like this again. Tony had such an incredible beautiful voice one of the best👍

Important group. This song is a classic. Try Smoke Gets in your

I can’t believe you have never heard of the platters and this song, such harmonies man. Lovely lovely music from the late fifties and early sixties. When the world was good in some ways.

Such an enduring classic. Doesn't really get much better than this.

That's known as song styling. It's an art on its own.

My Dad’s favorite group… I remember him playing this when I was a kid. ❤️

Welcome to the greatest group with the smoothest singer of all time. To this day nobody has ever done it better. They have been my favorite group since I was a kid in the 60s

Back in 1964 I was 14 years old working in a detail shop. Me and 15 black guys. They messed with me for awhile til they heard me sing. I've been a big soul music guy my whole life. Me and 3 other guys used to sing this one on breaks. I miss those guys.

Back when times were more pure and innocent. The Platters were my moms favorite. She passed in January. I’m tearing up. I love them. Smoke gets in your eyes. The great pretender. Those are two more that are just beautiful

Someone already mentioned it in the comments… Legendary group, lots of hits, Lots to look forward to

Platters lead singer Tony Williams could give anyone a run for their money when it cames to singing....easily one of the best, if not the best, of the time

Just gorgeous.

Another great vocal group of the day was The Coasters. "Poison Ivy" and "Charlie Brown" come to mind.

Check out Little Richard - Long Tall Sally, these are my two favourite songs. Released around the same time, 50s. Remember I was in the pub one day a the person I was with put this on, nearly fell out my seat. The amount of vibrato he does in this song is amazing. Great reaction guys

Tony Williams probably the best sweetest perfect sound I’ve ever heard come out of a mouth ever! Perfection rip 🙏❤️

@davidpeters3857

6 ай бұрын

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Two hundred years from now, they'll still be listening to the platters.

The Platters' lead singer is Clyde McPhatter. For your next doo-wop: "I Only Have Eyes For You" by the Flamingos. Probably one of the most beautiful records EVER. It is other worldly!

@ptournas

Жыл бұрын

Clyde McPhatter wasn't with The Platters, but he was an important figure in the doo-wop era. He was in The Domino's, started The Drifters and then went on to a solo career. One of my personal all time favorite doo-wop songs, A Lover's Question, was released by him in 1958.

@tommystormo

Жыл бұрын

@Julie So where did Tony Williams sing lead, if not The Platters?

Tony Williams was not singing falsetto. He was a pure tenor, and smooth as silk.

These guys were even before my time, but my parents had an album with all their biggest hits. I knew every word to every song. Greatness! Thanks for playing the Platters.

My formative years were wrapped in the Platters velvety songs: "Twilight Time", "My Prayer" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes". Enjoy the love they embrace.

“My Prayer” will always be my favorite by them. This is a close second. 💜

Probably my earliest memory-age 6-of sitting and listening to music was of my dad’s Greatest Hits by The Platters. Every song is great.

Louis Jordan - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (My Baby) Big Maybelle - I Don't Want to Cry The Mills Brothers - I Heard Etta James - All I Could Do Was Cry

The unequalled voice of Tony Williams. Sublime.

Sitting here bawling remembering my Mom and Dad dancing to this in our living room in Germany so many years ago. 😢 Oh my heart.

@willowway4104

Жыл бұрын

Remembering my parents dancing to this, too. 😭

Suggestion for your movie reactions: Always- 1989. It's a romantic movie staring Richard Dreyfus and Holly Hunter. Classic movie star Audrey Hepburn's last role was in this movie. She was brilliant, as always. (If you aren't familiar with her, also see Roman Holiday or Sabrina) The reason I mention it is the movie features The Platters throughout. Great tunes used perfectly in this film.

This is the music that moves me ...its loving gentle yet powerful at the same time

The great Tony Williams, one of the 4 great singers of the early do-wop/R&B era, and one of the great pop singers of all time. Listen to The Platters do "Twilight Time", "My Prayer", and of course the great "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes".