The Great Pretender

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist and composer:Buck Ram
inspired the name of artist:Pretenders (English‐American rock band)
publisher:Panther Music Corp
Peermusic (UK) Ltd.
Southern Music (publisher)
Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic)
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 (Spanish lyrics)
Jag går i en dröm och låtsas
is the basis for:Gjess
arrangements:Great Pretender

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1955-09The Great PretenderThe Platters2:39
1961-06-26The Great PretenderRoy Orbison3:03
1973-10-08The Great Pretendercover and liveOld & In the Way3:54
1973-10-08The Great PretenderliveOld & In the Way3:39
1975The Great PretendercoverNew Jordal Swingers3:16
1975The Great Pretender (re-recording)The Platters2:40
1975The Great Pretender (re-recording, Dominion Entertainment Inc.)The Platters2:37
1981-06The Great PretendercoverLester Bowie16:50
1982-06-12The Great Pretender (live, 1982‐06‐12: Volksbühne, Berlin, Germany)cover and liveLester Bowie Ensemble3:26
1992-05-01The Great Pretender (live, 1992-05-01: Moonwalker Club, Aarburg, Switzerland)cover and liveLester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy7:34
1994Rock & Roll Medley: Da Doo Ron Ron / The Locomotion / The Great Pretender / Rockin' Robincover and medleyJannicke Abrahamsen6:12
1994The Great Pretendercover and livePeter‐Weisheit‐Band2:37
El gran simuladorcoverCumbia Pop?:??
El gran simuladorLos Plateros2:42
Freddie Mercury Insert 2cover and partialQueen+7:27
Freddie Mercury Montage 1: You Take My Breath Away / The Great Pretender / My Melancholy Blues / Somebody to Love / One Visioncover and partialTommy Vance, Freddie Mercury & Queen?:??
Great PretenderThe Platters3:21
Great PretenderOld & In the Way?:??
Great PretenderThe Platters2:34
Great PretendercoverGeorge Faith3:03
Great PretendercoverDobby Dobson3:21
Great PretenderThe Platters3:19
Great PretenderThe Platters3:21
The Great PrentenderThe Platters3:21
The Great PrentendercoverSam Cooke3:06
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:22
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:22
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:23
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:18
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:36
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:22
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:10
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:17
The Great PretenderThe Platters?:??
The Great Pretender (re-recording)The Platters3:19
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:41
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:41
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:20
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:22
The Great PretendercoverSam Cooke3:07
The Great PretenderThe Platters?:??
The Great PretenderRoy Orbison3:03
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:35
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:40
The Great PretendercoverJimmy Parkinson2:23
The Great PretendercoverPat Boone2:29
The Great PretenderThe Platters?:??
The Great PretenderThe Original Platters2:27
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:39
The Great PretenderRoy Orbison3:04
The Great PretendercoverCarol Fran3:10
The Great PretendercoverThe Band3:11
The Great PretendercoverGene Pitney3:23
The Great PretendercoverRoy Orbison3:03
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:10
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:20
The Great PretendercoverLaura Ellis3:51
The Great PretendercoverRoy Orbison3:03
The Great PretendercoverSam Cooke3:06
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:23
The Great PretenderThe Platters?:??
The Great PretendercoverGeorge Faith3:07
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:39
The Great PretenderThe San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus3:37
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:36
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:22
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:26
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:40
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:21
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:43
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:40
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:21
The Great PretendercoverDolly Parton3:42
The Great PretendercoverDolly Parton3:41
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:41
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:21
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:39
The Great PretendercoverDolly Parton3:41
The Great PretendercoverThe Righteous Brothers2:37
The Great PretendercoverThe Band3:10
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:39
The Great PretendercoverFreddie Mercury3:27
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:16
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:39
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:33
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:41
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:31
The Great PretenderRoy Orbison3:00
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:36
The Great Pretender (updated version with additional music, 2018)Roy Orbison with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra3:14
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:21
The Great PretendercoverAlex Newell1:23
The Great PretenderRoy Orbison?:??
The Great PretenderRoy Orbison3:01
The Great PretenderRoy Orbison2:59
The Great PretenderThe Platters2:37
The Great PretendercoverThe Platters3:17
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:21
The Great PretenderThe Platters?:??
The Great PretenderThe Platters3:22
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