# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herb-reed
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:17:23.452Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herb-reed"
name: "Herb Reed"
slug: "herb-reed"
description: "Herbert Reed was an American musician, vocalist, and founding/naming member of The Platters, known for songs such as \"Only You \" and \"The Great Pretender\". Reed was the last surviving original member of the group, which he co-founded with Joe Jefferson, Alex Hodge, and Cornell Gunter. Reed is credited with creating The Platters' name. Reed thought of the group's name after noticing that DJs in the 1950s called their records \"platters\". Reed was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 as a member of the Platters."
tagline: "American singer (1928–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Platters_First_Promo_Photo_crop.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1928-08-07"
deathDate: "2012-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.77
  momentum:             2.876416621694549
  historical:           10.61922933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715454/"
    handle:    "nm0715454"
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    title: "Discogs"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هيرب ريد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herb Reed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Reed"
    title: "Herb Reed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Reed"
    title: "Herb Reed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A8_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF"
    title: "هرب رید"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Reed"
    title: "Herb Reed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herb Reed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Reed"
    title: "Herb Reed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Reed"
    title: "Herb Reed"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump