I-Platters yiqembu lomculo lase-Los Angeles elavela endaweni yesehlakalo ngo-1953. Iqembu lokuqala lalingeyena nje kuphela umculi wezingoma zalo, kodwa futhi lahlanganisa ngempumelelo izingoma zabanye abaculi.
Ukuqala komsebenzi weqembu I-Platters
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1950, isitayela somculo we-doo-wop sasithandwa kakhulu phakathi kwabaculi abamnyama. Isici sesici salesi sitayela esincane ukucula okuhambisana namazwi amaningi okuzwakala ngesikhathi sokuqamba, okudala isizinda sezwi eliyinhloko lomculi oyedwa.
Izingoma ezinjalo zingaculwa ngisho nangaphandle komculo. Ukusekelwa kwezinsimbi kugcwalise kuphela futhi kwathuthukisa umphumela wokusebenza. Abameleli abavelele balesi sitayela kwakuyiqembu laseMelika i-Platters. Ngokuzayo, wanika abathandi bomculo izingoma ezimnandi nezothando mayelana nothando, impilo nenjabulo.
Ukubonakala kokuqala kwabaculi kwenzeka ohlelweni lwethelevishini i-Ebony Showcase, lapho abaculi benza ingoma ejabulisayo i-Old MacDonald Had A Farm. Abaculi baqhubekile nokucula ngendlela exakile baze babonwa ngumphathi welebuli yomculo iFederal Records, uRalf Bass. Nguye ophethe eyokuqala eqinisekisa ngokusemthethweni ukusebenzisana nabaculi.
Kamuva, iqoqo lomculo laqashelwa umqambi odumile u-Buck Ram, owayesevele ehola amaqembu amabili omculo aphumelelayo i-The Three Suns and Penguins. Ngemva kokuba umqambi esengummeleli osemthethweni wabaculi, wenza izinguquko ezibalulekile ekuqanjweni kweqembu. UTony Williams waqokwa njenge-tenor eyinhloko yeqembu, futhi intombazane yajoyina iqembu.
Lapho eseneminyaka engu-55, umqambi wayesehlanganise ukwakheka okwaziwayo koqobo kweqoqo:
- i-tenor eyinhloko - uTony Williams;
- uViola - Zola Taylor;
- i-tenor - uDavid Lynch;
- i-baritone - uPaul Roby;
- i-bass - I-Herb Reed.
Uhlu lwe-Platters
Abaculi badlale "neqembu labo legolide" iminyaka emi-5. Ngo-1959, amalungu eqembu abhekana nobunzima ngomthetho - abaculi abane babesolwa ngokusakaza izidakamizwa. Lezi zinsolo azizange ziqinisekiswe, kodwa isithunzi sabaculi sonakaliswe futhi izingoma eziningi zavalwa emisakazweni yaseMelika.
Ukuthandwa kweqembu kwathonywa kakhulu ukuhamba komculi ohamba yedwa uTony Williams eqenjini ngo-1960. Uthathelwe indawo nguSony Turner. Naphezu kwamakhono amahle kakhulu omculo we-soloist entsha, umculi akakwazanga ukufaka esikhundleni sikaWilliams ngokugcwele. I-studio yokuqopha i-Mercury Records, lapho abaculi basebenza khona, yenqaba ukukhulula izingoma ngaphandle kwezwi lomculi wangaphambili.
Ngo-1964, ukwakheka kweqembu kwahlukana nakakhulu - iqembu lashiya umculi we-viola uZola Taylor. UBaritone uPaul Roby wamlandela. Abakade bengamalungu eqembu bazama ukusungula awabo amaqembu. Umphathi weqembu ushintshe igama leqembu laba i-Buck Ram Platters. Ngo-1969, ilungu lokugcina "i-golden composition" yeqembu, u-Herb Reed, washiya iqembu.
Ama-albhamu
Uhlu lwangempela lwabaculi lukhiphe ama-albhamu aphumelele angaphezu kwe-10, amahle kunawo wonke okungamarekhodi ango-1956: I-Platters kanye noMqulu Wesibili. Amanye ama-albhamu eqembu awaphumelelanga kangako: I-Flying Platters, amarekhodi ka-1957-1961: Wena Kuphela kanye ne-Flying Platters Around The World, Remember When, Encores and Reflections. Amarekhodi okugcina ohlu lwangempela, akhululwa ngo-1961, nawo abe yimpumelelo: I-Encore of Broadway Golden Hits kanye ne-Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries.
Kusukela ngo-1954, iminyaka emihlanu, iqembu liye lakhulula ama-albhamu ngempumelelo hhayi kuphela abalaleli e-United States of America, kodwa futhi eYurophu. Iqembu lahlala lidumile kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kuka-1959 - akukho hits enkulu eyakhululwa eminyakeni eyalandela. Ezinye izingoma eziphuma kuma-albhamu okuqala zifakwe ekukhishweni kwakamuva.
Ama-Major Hits The Platters
Kubo bonke ubukhona beqembu, izingoma ezingaphezu kuka-400 zabhalwa. Ama-albhamu aleli qembu adayiswe emhlabeni wonke. Alinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-90 amakhophi asedayisiwe. Laba baculi sebehambele amazwe angaphezu kuka-80 becula futhi bathola izindondo zomculo ezingaphezu kuka-200. Izingoma zeqembu nazo zavela kumafilimu amaningana omculo njengokuthi: "Rock ubusuku nemini", "Le ntombazane ayikwazi ukwenza ngenye indlela", "Carnival Rock".
Abaculi bayiqembu lokuqala lase-Afrika-America ukufakwa emashadi ajikelezayo amakhulu emhlabeni jikelele. Bakwazile ukunqamula ukubusa kwabadlali abamhlophe. Kusukela ngo-1955 kuya ku-1967 Izingoma ezingama-40 zeqembu zifakwe eshadini lomculo elikhulu lase-United States of America Billboard Hot 100. Ngisho nabane kubo bathathe indawo yokuqala.
Amahithi amakhulu eqembu afaka zombili izingoma zangempela zeqembu kanye nezingoma ezikhavwe zabanye abaculi. Ezingomeni ezidume kakhulu kubalwa lezi zingoma ezilandelayo: Umkhuleko Wami, Ungowami, Ngiyaxolisa, Iphupho Lami, I Wanna, Kuphela Ngoba, Ngingenasizo, Ayilungile, On My Word of Honor, The Magic Touch, You are Making Iphutha, Isikhathi Sokukhanya, Ngiyafisa.
Ukuduma kweqembu namuhla
Amahithi alaba baculi ayengadumile ngeminyaka yawo-1960 kuphela, kodwa kusenesithakazelo emsebenzini wabo. Iculo leqembu elidume kakhulu nelibonakalayo ingoma ethi Only You, eqale ukuvela ku-albhamu yabo yokuqala.
Ngephutha, abanye basaqiniseka ukuthi ingoma ethi Only You iyingoma ka-Elvis Presley. Ingoma ethi Kuphela Wena ibimbozwe abaculi abaningi. Yayizwakala ngezilimi ezahlukene - isiCzech, isiNtaliyane, isi-Ukraine, ngisho nesiRashiya. Ingoma ephambili yeqembu ibe wuphawu lwezothando. Ayidumile kangako eyokuthi The Great Pretender. Ukuqamba bekuyingoma yokuqala ye-pop yeqembu lomculo. I-single yaba nempumelelo enkulu ngo-1987, yabe isivele yenziwa nguFreddie Mercury.
Ngaphandle kwezingoma zabo, laba baculi baduma ngokucula abanye abaculi. Inguqulo yekhava yengoma ye-Sixteen Tons idume kakhulu eyenziwa yi-The Platters kunomsindo wokuqala we-Tennessee Ernie Ford. Emazweni aseNtshonalanga, ibhendi ikhunjulwa ngenguqulo yayo yengoma ethi Smoke Gets In Your Eyes. Iculo lenziwa abaculi abangaphezu kwe-10, kodwa yinguqulo yeqembu labamnyama eliseyisibonelo esihle.
Ukuwa kweqembu
Ngemva kuka-1970, umphathi "wakhuthaza" ngokungekho emthethweni ukusebenza kweqembu, okwakuhlanganisa abantu ababengahlobene nohlu lwangempela. Kubo bonke ubukhona beqembu, izinguqulo ezingaphezu kwe-100 zeqoqo lomculo zingabalwa. Kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1970, abaculi abehlukene benze amakhonsathi ngesikhathi esisodwa ezindaweni ezahlukene.
Amaqembu amaningi ama-clone alwela ilungelo lokuba umnikazi wophawu, kuyilapho amalungu ohlu lwangempela ashona ngamunye ngamunye. Ingxabano yaxazululwa kuphela ngo-1997. Inkantolo yase-United States ibone ilungelo elisemthethweni lokusebenzisa igama lika-Herb Reed, umculi ophambili webhesi we-The Platters. Ukuphela kwelungu lohlu lwangempela olwenze kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwakhe ngo-2012.
Ifa lezingoma zothando zeqembu lisadumile. Ngo-1990, ibhendi yafakwa ngokusemthethweni kuVocal Group Hall of Fame, enikezelwe kubantu ababaluleke kakhulu nabadumile embonini yomculo. Umsebenzi wabaculi abamnyama udume njengezingoma zeThe Beatles, The Rolling Stones kanye ne-AC/DC.
