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Herbert Reed

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Why he might be annoying:

    His parents died when he was a teenager, forcing him to live with various relations for a few years.
    Much to his horror, when he started touring with new ensembles, he found that there would eventually be some 80 groups – very few with any intimate connection to the group – using the Platters name.
    He was often referred to as the last surviving original member of the group (one original member actually left before their popularity really took off).
    His death was attributed to multiple factors, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He got the idea for the group name from the nickname for old vinyl records being spun by club DJ’s (see, us old geezers went clubbing, too).
    Unlike most of his fellow Platters, he was highly frugal with his earliest royalties — he bought a house (poverty builds character, right?).
    As the only group member common to all of their first 400 or so recordings, he waged an arduous legal battle, which he ultimately won, to maintain rights to the Platters name.
    ‘It’s not right to have someone steal your name. It’s just not right. We were cheated back then, but that's how things were done… It’s theft, and I have to fight it so that no other artist faces this.’
    Into his 80s, he continued touring, giving around 200 shows a year.

Credit: Cool It All Right?


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying