PRETEND, The Lucky Duckies, Live at The Lisbon Colosseum

Pretend is a popular song, written in 1952 by Dan Belloc, Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman and Frank Levere. The bestknown recording, by Nat King Cole, was released by Capitol Records. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on January 31, 1953, and lasted 20 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 3. It also reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1953, just behind Frankie Laine s chart topping hit, I Believe. Cole would later rerecord the song for his 1961 album The Nat King Cole Story. The recording by Ralph Marterie was released by Mercury Records. It reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on February 7, 1953 at No. 16, its only week on the chart. The recording by Eileen Barton was released by Coral Records. It reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on March 7, 1953 at No. 18, its only week on the chart. On the Cash Box chart, where all versions of the song were combined, the song reached a peak of No. 5 in 1953. The song was subsequently recorded by Tab Sm