The Coasters, Drifters and Platters—vocal groups popular in the ’50s—will give a concert Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Tickets are $20-$49.
The concert will showcase hit songs from the 1950s and 1960s, including Love Potion No. 9, Save the Last Dance for Me, This Magic Moment, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Under the Boardwalk.
The Coasters started as a Los Angeles doo-wop group in 1955 and recorded a string of hits such as Yakety Yak, Charlie Brown and Poison Ivy. In 1987, the Coasters became the first vocal group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Drifters reached the peak of their popularity between 1953 and 1963 with chart-toppers that included Up on the Roof, Some Kind of Wonderful, There Goes My Baby and On Broadway. The Drifters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked the Drifters at No. 81 on the list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.
The Platters were formed in 1953 and became one of the most successful vocal groups in the early rock-and-roll era. The group’s string of No. 1 hits included Only You, The Great Pretender, My Prayer, Twilight Time and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. The Platters were the first rock-and-roll group to have a top 10 album in the U.S., and in 1990 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Tickets are available from the Performing Arts Center box office at www.uga.edu/pac or 706-542-4400.
