The Great Pretender

Summary

The Great Pretender is a musical work/composition^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (673 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Great Pretender's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition^[3].
• The Great Pretender's composer is recorded as Buck Ram^[4].
• The Great Pretender's genre is popular music^[5].
• The Great Pretender was performed by The Platters^[6].
• The Great Pretender's language of work or name is recorded as English^[7].
• The Great Pretender was released on November 1955^[8].
• The Great Pretender's lyricist is recorded as Buck Ram^[9].
• The Great Pretender's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Great Pretender'}^[10].
• The Great Pretender's form of creative work is recorded as song^[11].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Release type: Song^[12]

• MusicBrainz ID: 9d651c9d-99cf-3d8d-b80f-641512ccd1e1^[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Great Pretender was performed by The Platters^[6].

Publication

The Great Pretender was published on November 1955^[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English^[7]. Its genre is popular music^[5].

Cultural Impact

Things named for The Great Pretender include The Pretenders^[14], a musical group^[15], founded in 1978^[16].

Why It Matters

The Great Pretender ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (673 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17]

Entities named for it include The Pretenders^[14], a musical group^[15], founded in 1978^[16].