The Platters Friday July 15, 2016
Featuring
Sonny Turner
With a smooth sophisticated sound, the Platters were one of the most successful vocal groups of the early rock and roll era. Their distinctive sound was a bridge between the pre-rock Tin Pan Alley tradition and the burgeoning new genre.
While performing in a local club in Cleveland, as lead singer of the Metrotones, Sonny Turner was approached by local DJ, Bill Crane, and asked if he would be interested in auditioning for The Platters.
Turner was chosen out of 100 singers - at the young age of 19, to replace Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters in late 1959 and, has entertained audiences all over the world with emotional renditions of the group’s best known songs. Songs such as Only You, The Great Pretender. Twilight Time, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and With This Ring to name a few.
The group has had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including four No. 1 hits. The Platters were one of the first African American groups to be accepted as a major chart group and were the most successful vocal group in the world, at that time. One of the first such groups regularly to ascend the pop charts and enjoy massive popularity, the Platters helped launch doo wop music and influenced generations of vocal groups with their harmonies and arrangements.
Our coach departs St. Michael’s Church parking lot at 10:15 am Friday morning. Lunch will be served family style at Croatian Lodge Ballroom in Eastlake, Ohio prior to the show.
Following the show we will head our coach back to Canton for a 5:30 pm return to St. Michael’s Church parking lot.
St. Michael’s Church parking lot is located at 3534 St. Michael’s Blvd., Canton, Ohio (off Fulton Road, east of the Fulton/Whipple Ave. intersection). The church asks that we park from the middle of the lot to the back.
Deposit: $ 50 Price: $ 92
Full Payment Due: June 8, 2016
Please Make Checks Payable to: Palmer Travel Mail to: Palmer Vacations & Destination Planners 5366 Fulton Rd. Canton, Ohio 44718
Cancellation Policy: Deposit is fully refundable if the cancellation notice from the participant is received on or prior to the final payment date of June 8, 2016. Unless the participant is able to find a substitute passenger, the total cost of the trip is non-refundable if canceled after June 8, 2016.
Feel free to contact Mustafa Saraclar at 330-966-2252 / [email protected] or Pat Schrader at 330-704-2802 / [email protected] with any questions you may have.
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