50+ Music<p>"The Great Pretender" is a popular song recorded by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/thePlatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thePlatters</span></a>, with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TonyWilliams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TonyWilliams</span></a> on lead vocals, and released as a single in November 1955. The words and music were written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BuckRam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuckRam</span></a>, the Platters' manager and producer who was a successful songwriter before moving into producing and management. The song reached No. 1 on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a>'s Top 100, and No. 5 on the UK charts. The song has been covered by a number of singers, most notably by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FreddieMercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreddieMercury</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwfmbXJEBtY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=rwfmbXJEBtY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>