1953 HITS ARCHIVE: Pretend - Nat King Cole (his original version)

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Pretend (Douglas-Parman-LaVere) by Nat King Cole, orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle

Among Cole’s most memorable ballads of the 1950s, “Pretend” reached #2 on Billboard’s weekly juke box listings. The earlier instrumental version of the song by Ralph Marterie (also posted) was already climbing the charts when Capitol released the Cole single.

Note that a commonly reissued Cole recording of this title over the years has been his 1961 stereo remake with a similar arrangement, but conducted by Ralph Carmichael rather than Riddle. This posted version is the original hit.

THE 1953 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1953 (some were recorded in 1952). .
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