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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 , [ 1 ] the Platters' manager and producer who was a successful songwriter before moving into producing and management.
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender is an Emmy/Rose d'Or award-winning 2012 feature-length documentary film about Queen singer Freddie Mercury and his attempt to forge a solo career. The film is a British venture co-produced by EMP and Mercury Songs for Eagle Rock Entertainment with Eagle Rock serving as distributor. [1]
Mercury, Roger Taylor and John Deacon were present at the shoot; Brian May was filmed later in the year and added in digitally, as he was out of the country on a promotional tour at the time of the shoot. Following rumours about Mercury's health, the video was filmed and released in black-and-white to hide the full extent of his illness. [8]
[221] [222] [223] Freddie Mercury Alley is a 107-yard-long (98 m) alley next to the British embassy in the Ujazdów district in Warsaw, Poland, which is dedicated to Mercury, and was unveiled on 22 November 2019. [224] Until the Freddie Mercury Close in Feltham was dedicated, Warsaw was the only city in Europe with a street dedicated to the singer.
"The Great Pretender" (1955) " Only You (And You Alone) " (often shortened to " Only You ") is a doo wop song composed by Buck Ram , the manager of the Platters , the group that made the song famous in the US, the UK and Belgium.
The Great Pretender (Dolly Parton album), 1984; The Great Pretender (Freddie Mercury album), 1992; The Great Pretender (Lester Bowie album), 1981; The Great Pretenders, an album by Mini Mansions, 2015
"Living on My Own" is a song written and performed by British singer-songwriter Freddie Mercury, originally included on his first solo album, Mr. Bad Guy (1985). It was released as a single (backed with "My Love Is Dangerous") on 2nd September 1985 by CBS in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 50. [ 3 ]
The Freddie Mercury Album is a posthumous solo project with material from Queen ... by replacing the original versions of "The Great Pretender" and "Love Kills" with ...