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| The Real Deal Live At Harrah's Resort In Atlantic City The Real Deal features Rock N Roll Hall of Fame inductees Sonny Turner, Charlie Thomas Drifters and Carl Gardeners Coasters live at Harrah's Resort Atlantic City on January 19th at 8PM. Sonny Turner (The Platters). In late 1959, Sonny Turner replaced Tony Williams as the lead singer of the original Platters. Sonny brought The Platters back to the pop charts in the 1960's with such hits as I love you 1000 Times, With this Ring and Washed Ashore; as well as re-recording major Platter hits like Only You, The Great Pretender and "The Magic Touch". Turner received The Lifetime Excellence in Entertainment Award in Las Vegas where he currently resides. He was also inducted into The Vocal Group Hall Of Fame for his achievements with The Platters. Today Sonny performs all over the world. Charlie Thomas Drifters. Today's group includes the following: Charlie Thomas, who has been in show business for fifty years; joined the Drifters in 1958. Jerone Manning who Charlie found in a local club in York, PA. singing Drifters songs. Steven Brown from York, Pa. Brown sang with Sunburst before joining the Drifters and Louis Bailey also from York, PA. The group today tours throughout the world as "Charlie Thomas' Drifters" performing their hits, such as "There Goes My Baby, " "Save the Last Dance for Me, " "Spanish Harlem" "Stand By Me and the classic best seller "Under the Boardwalk." In 1988 The Drifters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Carl Gardners Coasters. The Coasters first hit the charts with a double-sided smash "Young Blood" the "A" side and "SEARCHING" the "B" side. Both sold a million copies. This put The Coasters on the road. In 1958 The Coasters again had two block-buster hits, "Yakety Yak" and "Charlie Brown". The present line-up of The Coasters consists of Carl Gardner, lead tenor, Jimmy Norman, second tenor, Ronnie Bright, Bass and Thomas (Curly) Palmer, musical Director and arranger have been together for over 28 years. On January 21, 1987 The Coasters (Carl Gardner, Billy Guy, Will Jones and Cornell Gunter) were inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Jazz News :: home page |