"The Great Pretender" (from English - "The Great Pretender") - the song, first performed by the vocal group The Platters in 1955. Words and music - Buck Ram , songwriter, as well as group manager The Platters . "The Great Pretender" reached the position of the # 1 music chart in 1956. In the same year, the song sounded in the movie "Rock around the clock." The song is also one of the recordings that became the soundtrack for the movie “ American Graffiti ”.
| The great pretender | ||||
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| The Platters single | ||||
| Released | 1956 | |||
| Format | High fidelity | |||
| Recorded by | 1955 | |||
| Genre | R & B | |||
| Duration | 2:37 | |||
| Producer | Buck ram | |||
| Label | Mercury records | |||
| Chronology of singles The Platters | ||||
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| R s | Position number 360 in the list 500 of the greatest songs of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine (version of The Platters ) |
The cover version of the song was made in 1984 by American country singer Dolly Parton . Dolly Parton’s version of the song “The Great Pretender” became the title of her album, as it was in the 1950s with The Platters . The song "The Great Pretender" was performed by rock and roll singer Roy Orbison . The cover versions of the song were also made by the musicians: Lester Bowie (his version had a duration of seventeen minutes) and the Canadian-American rock band The Band . Adriano Celentano was also performed in Italian in the album I miei americani . In 1975, recorded by Dan McCufferty, vocalist of the Nazareth group (album Dan McCafferty ).
The song anachronically appears in the novel of the German writer Günter Grass - “The Tin Drum ”, in an episode on the banks of the Normandy before the day “D” .
Freddie Mercury's version
In 1987, the cover version of the song was made by British singer and musician Freddie Mercury , the frontman of the rock band Queen . The song received a new round of popularity, taking 4th place in the British charts, and Freddie Mercury himself was soon often called the “Great Pretender”. A video clip was also filmed in which F. Mercury and Roger Taylor appeared in female attire. There are two versions of the video clip, the usual one, with a duration of 3:33 [1] and The Great Pretender (Extended Version) with a length of 5:57 [2] , which included backstage shots where artists are fooled in front of the camera.
- ↑ Freddie Mercury Solo. Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender (Official Video) . The appeal date is January 26, 2019.
- ↑ Freddie Mercury Solo. Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender (Extended) (1987) . The appeal date is January 26, 2019.