Music, Literature, the Visual Arts, Landscape, Current Affairs, Dorset, Greece. Global scope. RECENT BOOKS: WORDS ON THE TABLE (207 Poems), READING THE SIGNS (111 Poems), THIS SPINNING WORLD (43 stories). See Amazon author page for more. ResearchGate profile: www.researchgate.net/profile/Jim_Potts2 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrHighway49/videos
Saturday, 2 May 2015
Songwriting: The Great Pretender
The Great Pretender lyrics (The Platters) - the lyrics of one of the most impressive 1950s rock/RnB ballads, written by Buck Ram (he said that he wrote the lyrics in Las Vegas, in the Flamingo Hotel washroom!)
John Gilliland talks about The Platters; interview with Buck Ram (November 21, 1907 – January 1, 1991).
Chords
The Great Pretender (from the film "Rock Around the Clock")
YouTube, Live on TV
Only You
Berklee/Coursera Songwriting Course
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