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Singer and Kansas City (MO) native Herb Reed founded The Platters in Los Angeles in 1953. Then a quartet, the group won amateur talent shows and performed nights and weekends up and down the California coast while the members worked days at a car wash and at other odd jobs. Reed came up with the group's name, inspired by disc jockeys who called their records "platters". The group signed their first major recording contract in 1955. Reed sang bass on the group's four #1 hits, "The Great Pretender," "My Prayer," "Twilight Time" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes". The Platters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998. Their recordings are in the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Reed credited his survival in the music industry to the poverty he experienced as a child in Kansas City. While other members of the group spent frivolously, he used his first big royalty check to buy a house. Reed also waged long legal battles with other artists who performed and recorded under the name The Platters. He finally won a court decision in Nevada that gave him rights to the name. Reed had homes in Atlanta and Miami but had called the Boston area home since the 1970s. He was the only member of the group to appear on all of their nearly 400 recordings. He continued touring, performing up to 200 shows per year, often performing with younger singers under the name Herb Reed and The Platters or Herb Reed's Platters.- John Berry died on 19 May 2016 in Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
- Zena Keefe was born in San Francisco, California, on June 26, 1896. The actress who was to make a total of 28 films started her career at the age of 16 when she played a bit part in The Hieroglyphic (1912). After The Gamblers (1912) later that year, four years elapsed before she would appear onscreen again, in The Rail Rider (1916). Her first real meaty role, however, came later that year when she played "Mary Winslow" in Her Maternal Right (1916). For the rest of her career she was not as busy as she would have liked--in the film industry's early years it was not unusual for performers to make 20 films a year, but Zena was turning out only three or four. She stayed with her craft throughout the 1920s, making her final film in 1924, Trouping with Ellen (1924).
On November 16, 1977, Zena Keefe died at the age of 81 in Danvers, Massachusetts. - Pat Elkin was born on 5 November 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Title to Murder (2001). She died on 10 July 2014 in Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
- Angelo Nargi was born on 1 November 1932 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for A Question of Trust (1996), Easy Listening (2002) and The A Plate (2011). He died on 9 October 2019 in Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
- Robert Azevedo was born on 23 July 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Curse of Indian Island (2004), Getting Out of Rhode Island (2003) and 120 (2004). He died on 11 February 2011 in Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
- The youngest son of artist Norman Rockwell, he became a sculptor in Rome, Italy, where he lived most of his life. His works are displayed around the world, from the National Portrait Gallery, the Washington National Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Pines, and at the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property in Rome. He also authored several books about the art of stone working.
He married Cynthia Ide, with whom he had four children. - Additional Crew
Johnny Pesky was born on 27 September 1919 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is known for Prime 9 (2009), The Way It Was (1974) and The Golden Greek: The Harry Agganis Story (2010). He was married to Ruth Pesky. He died on 13 August 2012 in Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.