The Great Pretender Song

This was the first ever doo wop 1 in the usa and it also made the platters the first r b group to have a 1 on the pop charts.

The great pretender song. Too real is this feeling of make believe too real when i feel what my heart. Oldies sang by the platters. Only you and their best songs ever on itunes now. Oh yes i m the great pretender pretending that i m doing well my need is such i pretend too much i m lonely but no one can tell.

Oh yes i m the great pretender adrift in a world of my own i play the game but to my real shame you ve left me to dream all alone. P c mercury records usa 1955 the great pretender is a popular song recorded by the platters with tony williams on lead vocals and released as a sing. The words and music were written by buck ram the platters manager and producer who was a successful songwriter before moving into producing and management. The song was repopularized in 1987 by freddie mercury the lead singer of the rock band queen.

Thegreatpretender freddiemercury remastered the never boring box set out now. The great pretender is a popular song recorded by the platters with tony williams on lead vocals and released as a single on november 3 1955. The song reached the uk charts peaking at. The great pretender is a popular song recorded by the platters with tony williams on lead vocals and released as a single on november 3 1955.

The platters embraced the opportunity and throughout the second half of the 50s they racked up a number of huge crossover hits none better than their second top ten hit the great pretender written by the group s manager buck ram the song is a classic lament of unrequited love the narrator pretends that he s doing well even though. The words and music were written by buck ram the platters manager and producer who was a successful songwriter before moving into producing and management. Freddie mercury revived the great pretender in 1987 when he released his version of a single.