The Jacobites sought to replace George with Anne's Roman Catholic half-brother, James Stuart (called "James III and VIII" by his supporters and "the Pretender" by his opponents).
"The Great Pretender" by the great Platters exposes the singer's authentic bravery as he faces heartbreak head-on: "Too real is this feeling of make believe/Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal".
In addition to the two solo albums, Mercury released several singles, including his own version of the hit The Great Pretender by The Platters, which debuted at No. 5 in the UK in 1987.
They're The Pretenders by way of The Neptunes, or perhaps Levon Helm by Leona Lewis, or better yet the beautiful, moxie-laden lovechild of a late night Riesling-fueled rendezvous between Rumours and the Romeo Must Die record.
by The Normal, "Bad Boys Get Spanked" by The Pretenders, "TV Party" by Black Flag, "Janitor" by Suburban Lawns, and "People Who Died" by Jim Carroll.
Lobengula faced a rebellion in June 1870, and in 1872 he repelled an invasion by Mangwane and a pretender backed by the British in the Natal colony.
The reigns of Vologeses III (or II; c. 105/106 147?) and especially Vologeses IV (or III; 148 192), the latter not having to dispute the throne with a pretender, could by their lengths be a sign that the country might have experienced a certain stability.
In 1745, supporters of the Catholic claimant to the British throne, James Francis Edward Stuart ("The Old Pretender"), led by James's son Charles Edward Stuart ("The Young Pretender" or "Bonnie Prince Charlie"), attempted and failed to depose George in the last of the Jacobite rebellions.
Beside it she placed an album by the Pretenders, one by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, because she liked the cover, and "$1,000,000.00 Worth of Twang," by the guitarist Duane Eddy.
Every time I hear the song by the Pretenders, "Stand by You," I think of my daughter.
Placard pretenders are by no means a uniquely Californian problem.
