The Great Pretender

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lyricist and composer:	Buck Ram
inspired the name of artist:	Pretenders

publisher:	Panther Music Corp Peermusic (UK) Ltd. Southern Music Southern Music Publishing Southern Music Publishing Company Limited

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/4045 [info]
Wikidata:	Q5656384 [info]

later translated parody versions:	Stor presenning
later translated versions:	El gran simulador Jag går i en dröm och låtsas
is the basis for:	Gjess
arrangements:	Great Pretender

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1955-09	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:39
1973-10-08	The Great Pretender	cover and live	Old & In the Way	3:54
1973-10-08	The Great Pretender	live	Old & In the Way	3:39
1975	The Great Pretender (re-recording)		The Platters	2:40
1975	The Great Pretender	cover	New Jordal Swingers	3:16
1975	The Great Pretender (re-recording, Dominion Entertainment Inc.)		The Platters	2:37
1981-06	The Great Pretender	cover	Lester Bowie	16:50
1982-06-12	The Great Pretender (live, 1982‐06‐12: Volksbühne, Berlin, Germany)	cover and live	Lester Bowie Ensemble	3:26
1992-05-01	The Great Pretender (live, 1992-05-01: Moonwalker Club, Aarburg, Switzerland)	cover and live	Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy	7:34
1994	Rock & Roll Medley: Da Doo Ron Ron / The Locomotion / The Great Pretender / Rockin' Robin	cover and medley	Jannicke Abrahamsen	6:12
1994	The Great Pretender	cover and live	Peter‐Weisheit‐Band	2:37
	El gran simulador	cover	Cumbia Pop	?:??
	El gran simulador		Los Plateros	2:42
	Freddie Mercury Insert 2	cover and partial	Queen+	7:27
	Freddie Mercury Montage 1: You Take My Breath Away / The Great Pretender / My Melancholy Blues / Somebody to Love / One Vision	cover and partial	Tommy Vance, Freddie Mercury & Queen	?:??
	Great Pretender		The Platters	3:21
	Great Pretender		The Platters	3:21
	Great Pretender		The Platters	3:19
	Great Pretender		The Platters	2:34
	Great Pretender	cover	Dobby Dobson	3:21
	Great Pretender		Old & In the Way	?:??
	Great Pretender	cover	George Faith	3:03
	The Great Prentender	cover	Sam Cooke	3:06
	The Great Prentender		The Platters	3:21
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:20
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:42
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:23
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:40
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:22
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:35
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:10
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:06
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:21
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:43
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:44
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:21
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:36
	The Great Pretender		Roy Orbison	3:02
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:40
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:22
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:41
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:31
	The Great Pretender (re-recording by "one or more members of the original group")		The Platters	3:13
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:39
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:37
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:41
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:20
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:21
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:22
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:21
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:41
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:23
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	?:??
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:13
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	5:26
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:15
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:23
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:21
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:13
	The Great Pretender	cover	Freddie Mercury	3:25
	The Great Pretender	cover	Freddie Mercury	3:29
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:40
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:23
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:22
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:22
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:23
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:11
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:37
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:38
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:20
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:17
	The Great Pretender	cover	Freddie Mercury	3:37
	The Great Pretender	cover	Freddie Mercury	3:26
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:39
	The Great Pretender	cover	Laura Ellis	3:51
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	3:18
	The Great Pretender	cover	Freddie Mercury	3:26
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:39
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:37
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:42
	The Great Pretender	cover	Jimmy Parkinson	2:23
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:40
	The Great Pretender	cover	The Righteous Brothers	2:36
	The Great Pretender	cover	Pat Boone	2:29
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	?:??
	The Great Pretender	cover	Raul Seixas	1:43
	The Great Pretender	cover	The Countdown Singers	2:35
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:36
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:39
	The Great Pretender		Roy Orbison	3:04
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:39
	The Great Pretender	cover	Carol Fran	3:10
	The Great Pretender	cover	The Countdown Singers	2:39
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:39
	The Great Pretender	cover	Beelzebubs	?:??
	The Great Pretender	cover	Gene Pitney	3:23
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:39
	The Great Pretender	cover	Roy Orbison	3:03
	The Great Pretender		The Platters	2:10
	The Great Pretender	cover	Freddie Mercury	3:25
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