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The Platters · 1956

The Platters

Historical music event in the Radio Music History database.

August 4, 1956Chart⭐⭐⭐

Description

The Platters scored their second U.S. No. 1 hit with “My Prayer.” The song was originally based on the French song “Avant de Mourir” from 1926.

Related events

  1. The PlattersAugust 18, 1956
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    The Platters reached No. 1 on the R&B chart with “My Prayer.”
  2. The PlattersAugust 25, 1956
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    The Platters spent another week at number one on the R&B chart with the classic song “My Prayer”.
  3. The PlattersAugust 26, 1956
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    The Platters' “My Prayer” was at No. 1 on the US R&B chart.
  4. The PlattersAugust 10, 1959
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    Four male members of The Platters were arrested in Cincinnati and charged with aiding prostitution, obscenity and immoral conduct after police found them at the Sheraton Gibson hotel at a post-concert party with four nineteen-year-old women, three of whom were white. The charges were dismissed in December, but the arrests damaged the group's career in the meantime and led to their recordings being dropped from some major radio markets.