This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Herb Reed of the Platters, who died Monday in Boston at age 83, was the ...

Great music, great voices, never die. The original members of the group that crooned such hits as “Only You,” “The Great Pretender,” “Twilight Time” and “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” are long gone. But at ...