The Platters - The Great Pretender --- Twillight Time Album

Tracklist

1	Twillight Time
2	The Great Pretender

Album

The Great Pretender - The Platters. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. The Pretender is the fourth album by the American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1976. It peaked at No. 5 on Billboard's album chart. The singles from the album were Here Come Those Tears Again, which reached No. 23, and The Pretender, which peaked at No. The Pretender was released after the suicide of Browne's first wife, Phyllis Major. The album has production by Jon Landau and a mixture of styles. The title track was used in the 1995 film Mr. Holland's Opus. Written by Buck Ram and The Three Suns, The Platters version of Smoke Gets In Your Eyes hit 1 on both the pop singles and R&B Best Sellers charts in 1958. 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 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 reached the UK charts peaking at No. Buck Ram reports that he wrote the song in about 20 minutes in the washroom of the Flamingo Hotel in order to have a follow up to the success of Only. 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 View full lyrics. Similar Tracks. Album: Best Of The Platters 1956. Charted: 5 1. Get the Sheet Music License This Song . The music was not known as doo wop at the time - it was categorized as rock or R&B. Around 1970, Gus Gossert, who was an oldies DJ on WCBS in New York City, started using the term doo wopp to describe this type of music. Gossert didn't come up with the term however - a record collector named Stan Krause did. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn October 27th 1957, the Platters performed The Great Pretender on CBS-TV program 'The Ed Sullivan Show'. The Great Pretender. Why did you confess to fraud Because what I did looks like fraud, from the outside. Hope we'll have the chance to see you next time you come to France. Fred Kolo. 2 January 2018 at 16:37. I haven't watched it yet so I can't like it yet, but I'm looking forward to it. PagesMediaTV & filmFilmThe Great PretenderPosts. Overview . Song Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine. The Platters weren't a doo wop group - they were an old-fashioned vocal group, equally adept at jazz and pop standards alike. When R&B and doo wop began to make inroads into the pop charts, they were perfectly positioned to be the smooth, classy alternative to the street-corner sounds of the Cadillacs and the Orioles. 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. All the great songs and lyrics from the Music Legends - The Platters: Twilight Time album on the Web's largest and most authoritative lyrics resource. The Platters were one of the most successful vocal groups of the early rock and roll era. Their distinctive sound was a bridge between the pre-rock Tin Pan Alley tradition and the burgeoning new genre. The act went through several personnel changes, with the most successful incarnation comprising l more