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The Great Petender lyrics
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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
A drift in a world of my own
I play the game; but to my real shame
You've let me to dream all alone.
Too real is this feeling of make believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal.
Oh yes I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not; you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around.
Too real is this feeling of make believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Yes I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
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
A drift in a world of my own
I play the game; but to my real shame
You've let me to dream all alone.
Too real is this feeling of make believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal.
Oh yes I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not; you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around.
Too real is this feeling of make believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Yes I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
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http://www.lyricsdownload.com/platters-the-great-pretender-lyrics.html
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Only You Lyrics
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Only you
Can make this world seem right
Only you
Can make the darkness bright
Only you and you alone
Can thrill me like you do
And fill my heart with love for only you
Only you
Can make this change in me
For it's true
You are my destiny
When you hold my hand, I understand
The magic that you do
You're my dream come true
My one and only you, only you
Only you and you alone
Can thrill me like you do
And fill my heart with love for only you
Only you
Can make this change in me
For it's true
You are my destiny
When you hold my hand, i understand
The magic that you do do
You're my dream come true
My one my one my one and only you
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/t/the_platters/only_you.html
Can make this world seem right
Only you
Can make the darkness bright
Only you and you alone
Can thrill me like you do
And fill my heart with love for only you
Only you
Can make this change in me
For it's true
You are my destiny
When you hold my hand, I understand
The magic that you do
You're my dream come true
My one and only you, only you
Only you and you alone
Can thrill me like you do
And fill my heart with love for only you
Only you
Can make this change in me
For it's true
You are my destiny
When you hold my hand, i understand
The magic that you do do
You're my dream come true
My one my one my one and only you
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/t/the_platters/only_you.html
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The Great Pretender
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the original song by The Platters. For other uses, see The Great Pretender (disambiguation).
| "The Great Pretender" | |
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| Single by The Platters | |
| Released | November 3, 1955 |
| Format | 45 rpm, 78 rpm |
| Recorded | 1955 |
| Genre | Rhythm and blues |
| Length | 2:36 |
| Label | Mercury Records |
| Writer(s) | Buck Ram |
| Producer | Buck Ram |
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"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 created by Buck Ram, the Platters' manager and producer who was a successful songwriter before moving into producing and management. The Great Pretender reached the number one position on both the R&B and pop charts in 1956 [1]. In 2004, the song was voted 351st greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone.
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Freddie Mercury cover
| "The Great Pretender" | |
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| Single by Freddie Mercury | |
| Released | 1987 |
| Recorded | 1987 |
| Genre | Pop Rock |
| Length | 3:26 (single version) |
| Label | Mercury Records |
| Writer(s) | Buck Ram |
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The song was repopularized in 1987 by Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the rock band Queen. Freddie's version reached #4 on the UK Singles Chart. His music video for the song became one of the most well-known of his career. It featured Mercury in many of his Queen guises through video medium over the years, including visual re-takes of "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "It's a Hard Life" and "I Want to Break Free" and was directed by David Mallett in February 1987. Mercury also shaved off his trademark moustache for which he had for most of the 1980s. There was also an extended video version which appears on the videosingle on VHS, Freddie Mercury The Video Collection on VHS and DVD and Lover of Life, Singer of Songs on DVD. The song has been re-released on many compilations including Lover of Life, Singer of Songs, and on Queen's Greatest Hits III album.
Cover versions
- There is a 1969 cover version by Gene Pitney, this version is clearly the model that Freddie Mercury used for his much later version, although demos of Mercury's 1987 song sound like the original Platters take.
- It was covered in 1984 by Dolly Parton, who made it the title song of an album of covers from the 1950s and 1960s (The Great Pretender)
- There is also a cover by Roy Orbison and a soulful cover from Sam Cooke.
- Kathy Young and the Innocents covered the song in 1961.
- Stan Freberg made a parody version in 1956.
- Pat Boone covered it on his Moody River album in 1961.
- The Band covered it on Moondog Matinee, an album of covers.
- Perhaps most radically, it was tackled by Lester Bowie and extended to nearly seventeen minutes of improvisation on his album of the same name.
- It was covered in the UK by Jimmy Parkinson, an Australian vocalist. It entered the Top 20 on 3 March 1956, six months ahead of the Platters' version; Parkinson's hit peaked at No 9 and remained in the Top 20 for 10 weeks.
- George Faith covered the song on his album Reggae Got Soul.
- The Statler Brothers covered the song on their final live CD.
- On August 10, 2004, the original English Soundtrack for Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light included a cover of "The Great Pretender" performed by the Jon Frederik Band.
Popular culture
- In 1999, National Public Radio included the song in the "NPR 100," in which NPR's music editors sought to compile the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century.
- The song inspired the naming of Chrissie Hynde's band, Pretenders.
- The song was used in a Volkswagen Golf advert in 2007, focusing on how a man has been so humbled by the understatement that is the Golf.
External links
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 463.
| Preceded by "Memories Are Made of This" by Dean Martin | Billboard Top 100 number-one single (The Platters version) February 18, 1956 (2 weeks) | Succeeded by "Rock and Roll Waltz" by Kay Starr |
| Preceded by "Hands Off" by Jay McShann's Orchestra | Billboard R&B Best Sellers number-one single January 7, 1956 - March 10, 1956 | Succeeded by "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers |
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Only You (And You Alone)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| "Only You (And You Alone)" | |
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 1955 Re-recording | |
| Single by The Platters | |
| from the album The Platters (Original recording) & The Fabulous Platters (Re-recording) | |
| B-side | "You Made Me Cry" (Original recording) "Bark, Battle and Ball" (Re-recording) |
| Released | 1954 (Original recording) 1955 (Re-recording) |
| Format | 7" vinyl |
| Recorded | 1954 (Original recording) 1955 (Re-recording) |
| Genre | Doo Wop |
| Label | Federal (Original recording) Mercury (Re-recording) |
| Writer(s) | Buck Ram and Ande Rand |
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| Released | 1974 | |||
| Format | Vinyl record 7" | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | EMI (UK) Apple Records (US) | |||
| Writer(s) | Buck Ram and Ande Rand | |||
| Producer | Richard Perry | |||
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| Single by Travis Tritt | ||||
| from the album Greatest Hits: From the Beginning | ||||
| Released | 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:51 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Writer(s) | Buck Ram, Ande Rand | |||
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| Released | February 2, 2010 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Genre | Roots rock | |||
| Length | 1:45 | |||
| Label | Sony Music Entertainment | |||
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"Only You (And You Alone)" (often shortened to "Only You") is a pop song composed by Buck Ram.[1] It was recorded most successfully by The Platters, with lead vocals by Tony Williams, in 1955.
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The first recording of the song on Federal Records, also by Williams and The Platters, turned out poorly in 1954, but after a re-recording, the song scored a major hit when it was released on July 3, 1955. The song held strong in the #1 position on the U.S. R & B charts for seven weeks, and hit #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart [2]. It remained there for 30 weeks, beating out a rival cover version by a white band called The Hilltoppers. When the Platters track "The Great Pretender" (which eventually surpassed the success of "Only You") was released in the UK as Europe's first introduction to The Platters, "Only You" was included on the flipside. In the 1956 film Rock Around The Clock, The Platters participated with both songs "Only You" and "The Great Pretender".
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A version was recorded in 1956 by the Welsh born singer Malcolm Vaughan. A 1959 instrumental cover by French orchestrator Franck Pourcel hit the Billboard top ten. Brenda Lee's version made the top five in Flemish Belgium in late 1963.
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In 1974, Ringo Starr covered this song for his album Goodnight Vienna at the suggestion of John Lennon, and it became a #1 hit on the US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and a #6 hit on the US pop chart in early 1975. Lennon plays acoustic guitar on the track, and recorded a guide vocal which was kept by producer Richard Perry. Lennon's vocal version appears on his Anthology box set. Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers made #95 on the Billboard charts with his 1969 version.
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In 1973, the singer Stein Ingebrigtsen got a big hit in Norway with a Norwegian version of that song entitled "Bare du". The lyrics were written by the record producer Arve Sigvaldsen. A Swedish version of the song, "Bara du", also recorded by Stein Ingebrigtsen, became popular in that country. Ingebrigtsen also recorded a German version entitled "So wie du". The lyrics were written by Ralph-Maria Siegel.
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Country singers Reba McEntire, Travis Tritt and Doug Stone and writer-singer Norro Wilson all released cover versions, in 1982, 1995, 2006, and 1969, respectively. Both McEntire and Tritt charted with their renditions.
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Diana Ross covered the song on her 2007 album I Love You.
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Train covered the song in 2010 and released it as an Internet single. The beginning of the song features the famous hey's that were featured in the more popular Train song, "Hey, Soul Sister".
Appearances in films and television
The song is included on the soundtracks of the films American Graffiti (The Platters recording), Mr. Destiny and Alvin and the Chipmunks.
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The song features in the 1994 Michael Hui film Tie ban shao (Teppanyaki).
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In the 1995 comedy Sgt. Bilko, Country music artist Travis Tritt sings it on the stage. Tritt's version was included on his 1995 album Greatest Hits: From the Beginning.
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In the 1993 movie So I Married An Axe Murderer, Harriet sings "Only You" at her and Charlie's wedding, leading him to believe that she is Mrs. X, an ax murdering wife whose first husband was a lounge singer in Atlantic City that was able to sing the song in 4 different languages.
The song is also in the 1991 movie Hot Shots! starring Charlie Sheen.
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This song was adapted in Chinese version in the Hong Kong movie A Chinese Odyssey.
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Lonestar recorded a cover version for the soundtrack of the film Where the Heart Is.
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"Only You" was played at the end of a moving episode of US crime series Cold Case, in an episode set during the late 1950's.
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The lines "Only you can make this world seem right" is sung by a male penguin in the animated film Happy Feet (2006).
The song was covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks for the 2007 film.
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Filipino actor/singer Sam Milby sang a rock-version of the song which served as the theme song for the Filipino-dubbed airing of the Korean drama series Only You and later served as the theme song to the Philippine adaptation of the series starring Milby and airing on ABS-CBN in the Philippines and The Filipino Channel worldwide.
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References
- ^ For copyright reason, Ram, who was registered on ASCAP, also added one of his pen name, Ande Rand
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 463.
External links
| Preceded by "Maybellene" by Chuck Berry and His Combo | Billboard R&B Best Sellers in Stores number-one single October 22, 1955 - December 10, 1955 | Succeeded by "Hand's Off" by Jay McShann's Orchestra |
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Categories: 1954 singles | 1955 singles | 1974 singles | 1996 singles | 2010 singles | Harry Connick, Jr. songs | Doug Stone songs | Reba McEntire songs | Ringo Starr songs | Travis Tritt songs | The Platters songs | The Statler Brothers songs | Train (band) songs | Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles | Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks number-one singles | Songs written by Buck Ram | Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients
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