GREAT PRETENDER, The

Created on 09/06/2007
Latest update on 06/06/2016

Artist: Platters
Author: Buck Ram
Label: Mercury
Year: 1955

N°1 US & R&B.

Covers:

1956:

Jimmy Parkinson

1956:

Anne Shelton

1957:

Tobi Rix [as Tante Greet, Ik Ken D'r]

1961:

Kathy Young & The Innocents

1962:

Roy Orbison

1964:

Ace Cannon

1964:

Rose Maddox

1965:

Righteous Brothers

1973:

Band

1975:

Dan McCafferty [Nazareth's lead singer solo]

1983:

Johnnie Allan

1984:

Dave [as Mon regret le plus tendre]

1984:

Dolly Parton

1984:

Drukwerk [as Kapsones]

1987:

Freddie Mercury [was he inspired by the original label to cover it?]

1996:

Helmut Lotti, Niels William, Lisa del Bo & Bart Kaëll

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