The Platters -- With This Ring

[TheOkehman]

Yet another Soulful classic......thanks for the memories.......Dave from York formerly Burnley

[MrJesseGaron]

My favorite Song from The Platters !!!!!

[dbbubba01]

This song was also the very first recording on a 2" 16 track machine.

It was recorded by George Schowerer at Mirasound in NYC.

According to the Mr. Schowerer the Ampex built machine was delivered at 10:00 AM and they did the session at 8:00 PM that night.

The next day they recorded "Dry My Tears" by The Skyliners.

[Biaseelfsu]

@dbbubba01 Ampex AG-350 electronics x 16 with a VR-1000 2" Video Transport...

Chris Juried

[Cch092775]

Luther Dixon's swansong RIP. #14 Pop, obvious Motown production (Funk Brothers). Sonny sounds a little like Levi.

[BeenFly91]

I searched for this song forever! I love it!!! #GoBeachMusic

[MrFrye91]

I Love this song . So inspiring

[09bonnienclyde09]

with that ring i promise ill always love you. always love you

[xcellant]

It's the music that was playing in the front seat, while we were playing in the back seat

[stan2211stan]

That's Sonny Turner singin' Lead Vocal no doubt about it.

I was raised on The Platters and still listen to Them just about everyday.

This was what America was like when the rich folks let us work for decent money.

Nowadays it's all Rap and Crack and no jobs.

But The Dow closed 100 points higher while 20 million people are sleeping in their cars if they're lucky and boxes in alleys if they ain't.

[Pagrada]

My mother, Lugenia C. Strickland was married to Zola Taylor's brother back in the 19 30s or early 1940s. I think his name was Lowell. She would never talk about him, but I heard it as family gossip years later. Are any of their family still out there?? I would sure like to know about my deceased mother's early days.

[MotownMaster]

wasnt this a song by the 60's line up?

[moidounltd2]

This was really hot way back in the day!

[bellbrookbob]

Always crank this one up when I hear it on the road.

[georgethedj]

I can't hear the horn parts. Is this only one channel of a stereo recording?

[mndean01]

@georgethedj

I don't think so, this is mixed differently from the stereo version, which used to be around here.

[nickivermillion]

I love this song. Thank God I grew up with music like this instead of the crap they put out these days. RAP "SINGERS" EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT!!

[BIGSOULMAN1]

Not heard this version before, much different backing to the original single, a wonderful record and many great memories of this when it came out way back in 66

[babybluemsuic426]

love this song, I wonder is Sandra Dawn (who replaced Zola Taylor and was in the group at the time this was recorded) if she recorded any leads

[wreepeet]

There is and never will be another artist that could capture and sing with the intensity and conviction of old school artist such AS This group , just listen to the crap out today , touch ya boody, B better be home , H went bent down, stupid lyrics such as this .................discusting...­.......

[karlaanne]

man o man. Sonny Turner had such a pure, incredible voice. smooooooth.

[Nutmeg1038]

What a great son g 16yrs old and in love with Cathi Cooperman

[SsuzyhomemakerR]

We had this playing as we walked out of the church on the day we got married :)

[Mayflowerbossman]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MAN,,,another great from The Platters

[XXXXLOWRIDERXXXX]

THIS IS WAY BETTER THAN BEYONCES...RING SONG....LOL.  THIS IS SOUL...

[wreepeet]

@XXXXLOWRIDERXXXX Beyonce has no talent , all she does is stand on stage with her legs wide open and start shaking and wiggling like a animal in heat.she SCREWED UP THE AT LAST SONG ,by Etta james, and cant even sing if you ask me

[XXXXLOWRIDERXXXX]

DAMN... I ALWAYS THOUGHT  JACKIE WILSON DID THIS SONG...DAMN....KINDA SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING JACKIE WILSON WOULD SING...AM I WRONG????

[BIGSOULMAN1]

This seems to be a different arrangement to the original single, can only think it was redone or an unissued take, makes no difference of course as this is one of my all time fave "soul years" songs from them.

[dadsgirl93433]

I wish music was like this today 

[meagancockerham]

I LOVE THE TAMS!!!!! I love them n concert!!!! THE BEST

[edinrussell]

I remember this song from when I was a kid. My older cousins used to dance to it.

I loved it then - and I still do. Good music never goes out of style!

[daveydee1142]

the first time I heard this I thought it was The Four Tops..........

excellent recording by The Platters, when I was a teen, The Platters were reaaly hot!

[puky3]

I was in the navy in 1954 and loved the Platters. They were a class act and their music was spectacular. It's better than anything you hear these days. I loved it then and I love it now. Right up there with ABBA

[aliceanthony100]

this was the last major hit for the platters...1967

[tumsabai1]

@aliceanthony100

More like 1969 and it was a new group of people using the Platters name.

[Drumcam]

One of the greatest drum tracks in Pop Music history! ... another great track by master drummer Bernard Purdie. ...my teacher.

[blkshepherd]

few people know who sonny is because all the pictures shown of the platters are with tony williams..this guy was very underrated. reminds me of rudy lewis who took over for ben e king in the drifters. sonny placed the platters back on the map. as rudy lewis did for drifters..sadly rudy is dead. but sonny does sound a lil like Levi..and jackie.

[Warriorchik10]

*sigh* we need more groups like The Platters... music has gone all commercial these days!

[Chucksladyg]

@Warriorchik10 For sure!

[anjou36]

magnificent. thank you so much.

[Chucksladyg]

@anjou36 :-)

[mopaint10]

Read the comments.....this is just one more example of great music versus the garbage the dopes put out in the record industry now. This is one of the greatest songs of all time. Thank you.

[Chucksladyg]

@mopaint10 I must agree!

[zaputzaput1]

@mopaint10 A thousand times agreed. Some music today is made with gimmicks for profiting to the tastes that some people have-- that's where the money is. People today can't appreciate beautiful music anymore because they've been force-fed crap for so long that they believe that's the way music should sound. This is real music!

[mopaint10]

@zaputzaput1

I am amazed at how much we have lost for the sake of money over the last 20 years. I am so glad I lived in the 50's and 60's to see when it was better than synthetic now. Thanks for your comments it is so good to hear that others see it for what it is. The oldies even out sell the new garbage... I can't listen to the new country music either that is an even bigger mess and it is awful. Tayler Switt?

[220yddash]

Hell any body can do rap or hip hop you don't need a trained voice or natrual talent. So young people just work hard, train you voice and you can do it too.

[ribbitgrl]

I'm requesting the band play this at my wedding reception in July!

[winkle202]

No wonder I detest Rap music. This was the kind of music I listened to growing up. No rap star can compete with these voices.

[newstart2009]

I totally agree. and i was born in 1971, I heard music growing up and now everything has to be rap ...I totally detest it too.

[TemiZee]

Grew up in the 80s, but I jus love the music from the 60s and the 70s...the music was really music.....it was more than just a beat and meaningless bunch of words........how can they call the garbage of these days call music, is beyond me.

[peabo12]

I agree. At least you got the tail end of good music. I was born in 86 and all I can say its been downhill over the last ten years. Where are the black groups and bands?

[Chucksladyg]

@peabo12 I too would like to know where the great music went!

[peaceopi]

@Chucksladyg It's all right here in my living room on cds. It's a lucky thing, too, 'cause the new stuff is trash.

[rufus317]

I think this came out around 1966-67

[lmvp]

@winkle202 agree

[peaceopi]

@winkle202 Now, now...let's spell it correctly. C RAP  (I, too, detest rap. Is the world really that tone deaf?)

[mopaint10]

@winkle20

This is as good as it gets outstanding talent and music of the time.  Yep Rap is Cra_____ for the mindless.

[vic2855]

I like this song. Sonny Turners voice is like a cross between Levi Stubbs and Jackie Wilson.

[waynothewizard]

Sonny Turner, lead singer, is alive and well here in Vegas and is performing this weekend here at The Suncoast. He still rocks!

[railwalker1]

Great song to dance too

[vaman77788]

This is probably one of the best with Sonny Turner in the lead, but came years after the classic hits with Tony Williams in the lead.  Sonny is a great tenor, in his own right, but not in the same class as Tony Williams. They never achieved the success with Turner that they had with Williams. This is one of the few minor hits they managed after Tony left.

[waynothewizard]

You're absolutely right. Sonny is a wonderful performer but all their biggest hits were with Tony Williams. The Platters were never the same after he left.

[toomanyusers69]

This is not the correct album cover. The lead singer in this version is the incomparable SONNY TURNER

[flexxmi]

The original is still the greatest. Some things should never be tampered with. Thanks for posting this classic gem.

[clubland459]

King's Hall Stoke , Charity fundraiser 6th Sept '08.Still sounds as fresh as ever. Timeless.

[swt32567]

I bet you really turned it out & shook your tail feathers!! Great music & good times.

[sunofsun23]

nice song!

[tropicalpancake56]

My favorite as well...thanks so much!

[jackraz49]

My favorite Platters song, have loved it since 1967!