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 Jean Bennett & Jerry Pippin
Jerry visited Jean Bennett at her home office for Personality
Productions in Las Vegas. This is the first segment of a
mini-series of programs dealing with the career of the
Platters, one of America's top recording groups in pop history.
Jean was there from the beginning and still, in her 80s, she is
active in booking and managing the Platters. The group has had
many transitions, but this show concentrates mostly on the
original singers and the events that shaped music history.
Location
producer: Roberta Scott
Songs is this
first set: "Twilight Time" ( Mercury records - ASCAP)
Count Basie Band: "April in Paris"
( Roulette Records- ASCAP)
In this second segment,
Jerry visits with Jean Bennett about how the Platters started in 1953.
She tells how the Platters got air play in the beginning with, "Only You" and, "The Great
Pretender." She also talks about the Platters' first engagements in Las
Vegas. Click here to listen:
In this third half-hour, Jerry explores the Hollywood entertainment scene with Jean Bennett who was there from the beginning of the Platters Super Group, and is still active today. Jean worked with Liberace and Lawrence Welk as well, and has some great stories, giving us an insight into the way Hollywood worked in the 50's. Location Producer Roberta Scott tells Jerry about her personal experiences concerning Liberace and Lawrence Welk as well. Roberta, in the late 80's would drop by the lounge at the Four Queens in Las Vegas where the Platters were playing and do an occasional song with them. They loved her Oklahoma yodelling which always broke them up on stage, and in the audience as well. Click here to listen:
The Platters: Segment #3
Songs in this third set include:
Liberace: "Nola" (Columbia-ASCAP)
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