Pretend

"Pretend" is a popular song, written in 1952 by Dan Belloc, Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman and Frank Levere. First recording and first release was an instrumental by Ralph Marterie and His Orchestra in October 1952. The best-known recording, by Nat King Cole was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2346. 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 re-record the song for his 1961 album The Nat King Cole Story. The backing track is very similar to the 1953 release and the vocal was produced at Wehh studios.