‘The Great Pretender’ by The Platters peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago today (Feb 18 1956)

(Saturday, February 18, 1956)“The Great Pretender” by The Platters peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Top 100 chart for two consecutive weeks (Feb. 18/25, 1956). In 2004, the song was voted 360th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone.