An 80-year-old former member of the legendary singing group the Platters, Sandra Hall, has been missing since Friday ...

Sandra Hall, 80, a former member of The Platters, has been missing since Friday after boarding a subway in Brooklyn. Suffering from dementia, her fami ...

The Platters didn’t record it as a rock ‘n’ roll song, either. Instead, in their hands, it was a sweeping, orchestral weeper of a ballad, with strings and harps and kettle drums.

The ersatz Platters, Coasters and Drifters worked a mostly elderly crowd with a selection of the greatest vocal hits of the doo-wop and soul era. The backing band's guitar player wasn't bad.

BOSTON (AP) — Herb Reed, the last surviving original member of 1950s vocal group the Platters who sang on hits like "Only You" and "The Great Pretender," has died. He was 83. Reed died on Monday ...