20 Greatest Hits [TeeVee] in Bloomington, MN

The Platters
merged
Tin Pan Alley
pop with just enough
R&B
grit to prefigure what came to be known as
soul
, and they were one of the most important vocal groups of the 1950s. Unfortunately, this 20-song set consists of re-recordings of the group's hits done for
Musicor Records
in the late '60s after
Sonny Turner
had replaced
Tony Williams
as
the Platters
' lead singer. These aren't horrible recordings by any means, but they still feel like a series of facsimiles standing in for the real deal. ~ Steve Leggett