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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: # 19available 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 HitsBillboard 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: "My Prayer" 1 (5) / 20 (1956) "The Great Pretender" 1(2) / 19 (1956) "Only You (And You Alone)" 5 / 21 (1955) "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" 1 (3) / 16 (1959) "Twilight Time" 1(1) / 14 (1958) "(You've Got) The Magic Touch" 4 / 16 (1956) "Harbor Lights" 8 / 11 (1960) "You'll Never Know" 14 / 12 (1956) "Enchanted" 12 / 11 (1959) "I'm Sorry" 19 / 11 (1957) "He's Mine" 23 / 9 (1957) "It Isn't Right" 23 / 9 (1956) "With This Ring" 14 / 7 (1967) "To Each His Own" 21 / 8 (1960) "My Dream" 28 / 7 (1957) "On My Word Of Honor" 27 / 6 (1957) "I Love You 1,000 Times" 31 / 5 (1966) "I'll Never Smile Again" 25 / 4 (1961) "One In A Million" 31 / 2 (1957) "Heaven On Earth" 39 / 1 (1956) "If I Didn't Care" 30 / 2 (1961) "Red Sails In The Sunset" 36 / 1 (1960) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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) Note: Song title and position links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run Songs charting prior to 1980 have information from Billboard magazine.

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