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Herb Reed, Last Platters Singer, Dies at 83

Waltham Newswatch, June 8, 2012 Reed was an Arlington resident who visited the Waltham Channel in 2010. Background from the L.A. Times: "Reed was born into a poor family in segregated Kansas City, Mo., on Aug. 7, 1928. His parents died before he reached his teens." ... "Reed was the only member of the Platters to record on all of their nearly 400 recordings. The Platters, whose No. 1 hits included "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and whose popularity crossed racial lines, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990." ... "Since 2001, when Reed performed on stage, the group was billed as Herb Reed and the Platters. And if he was not appearing with the group, it was billed as Herb Reed's Platters." "Over the decades, Reed fought numerous legal battles with other groups using the Platters name. But in 2011, a Nevada judge ruled that superior rights to the Platters name belonged to Reed."