The Great Pretender (Cover Version of The Platters)

The Great Pretender .. This evergreen oldies song is always with me even my late beloved dad has gone to another world system.  Ffortunately I was grew up with this kind of song.  I still love singing them in the pub. "The Great Pretender" is a popular song recorded by The Platters, with Tony Williams on lead vocals, and released as a single on November 3, 1955. The words and music were created by Buck Ram,[1] the Platters' manager and producer who was a successful songwriter before moving into producing and management. "The Great Pretender" reached the number one position on both the R&B and pop charts in 1956.[2] It also re

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Smoke Get In Your Eyes (Cover Version of The Platters)

Smoke Get In Your Eyes .. I am singing this oldies again.  Are there any smoke getting unto your ears?  These oldies seems fading away from this generation.  Not many people know this type of songs. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for their 1933 musical Roberta. The song was sung in the original Broadway show by Tamara Drasin. Its first recorded performance was by Gertrude Niesen, who recorded the song with orchestral direction from Ray Sinatra, Frank Sinatra's second cousin,[1] on October 13, 1933. Niesen's recording of the song was released by V

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Only You (Cover Version of The Platters)

ONLY YOU ... This is one of the songs I grew up with and naturally comes to me easily.  These oldies are naturally always with me. The Platters first recorded the song for Federal Records on May 20, 1954, but the recording was not released. In 1955, after moving to Mercury Records, the band re-recorded the song (on April 26) and it scored a major hit when it was released in May. In November that year, Federal Records released the original recording as a single (B-side - "You Made Me Cry") which sold poorly.[3] Platters bass singer Herb Reed later recalled how the group hit upon its successful version: "We tried it so many times, and

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California Dreaming (Cover Version of The Mamas & The Papas)

California Dreaming .... While I was at the beach at Sunderland, England, I was accidentally scan some of the songs over my phone and seeking new songs to sing.  This song caught my attention and since then I had began learning up this beautiful song.  I also have the similar dreams too .. I have long to be resident of California state.  It is called California Dreaming ... "California Dreamin'" is a song written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips and was first recorded by Barry McGuire.[2] However, the best known version is by The Mamas & the Papas, who sang backup on the original version and released as a single in 1965.

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Fresh (Cover Version of Kool & the Gang)

Fresh .... First Attempt again singing one of my teenager's song.  She's FRESH FRESH exciting ...so exciting to me ... "Fresh" is a song by the American group Kool & the Gang. Released as a single in 1985 from the group's album of the previous year, Emergency, the song peaked at #11 on the UK chart, #9 on the U.S. Hot 100 charts, and was number one on both the U.S. R&B and dance charts.[2][3] The song introduced a new meaning to the word "fresh", meaning "good".[4] Fresh Whenever you see a (E) which indicated it had been enhanced using youtube tools to make it louder. If you unable to watch the youtube video over this

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