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The Platters
single · Jan 1956

The Great Pretender

The Platters

"The Great Pretender" is the follow-up single to "Only You" by Los Angeles vocal group The Platters. Written by their songwriter/manager Buck Ram, the song tops the R&B charts in January and also climbs to No. 1 U.S. Pop in February.