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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 in November 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 No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 100, and No. 5 on the UK charts.
The song has been covered by a number of singers, most notably by Freddie Mercury, whose version reached No. 4 on the UK charts. Sam Cooke’s cover of the song is believed to have inspired Chrissie Hynde to name her band The Pretenders
Played on my Fender Stratocaster 56nos fitted with Kinman impersonator 54v3 pickups on mid position Through an Alesis Quadraverb Q2 with EFTP Patch 0-36 and into Cubase SX6 on the computer.
I used a free Backing track on YT here :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXqcnE6EAw4
It’s OK but there are some residual vocals left which is a shame. But was the only one on YT with the backing vocals removed.
I made Tabs out of the way I played it which are FREE to download from my website here https://philmcgarrick.co.uk
Sound recorded in Cubase SX6 and edited with the three 4K Video takes made with 3 Panasonic VX870 4K camcorders.
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