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Released on Capitol Records, also Everlong (Foo Fighters), Everything in Its Right Place (Radiohead) and Lilith (Halsey)
Produced by Lee Gillette, also Smile, You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You (Dean Martin) and Mona Lisa
Written by Lew Douglas, also Purple Shades (Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers), Why Don’t You Believe Me (Brenda Lee) and Let Them Talk (Hugh Laurie)
Written by Frank Lavere, also Purple Shades (Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers) and Pretend (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Lee Gillette produced 6 of Nat King Cole’s top 10 songs
Lee Gillette produced 63 songs on fono
Frank Lavere’s most frequent co-writer is Lew Douglas (3 songs together)
Credits
All 10 credits
- Written by
- Cliff Parman, Dan Belloc, Frank Lavere and Lew Douglas
- Produced by
- Lee Gillette
- Performed by
- Irving Ashby, Joe Comfort and Nat King Cole
- Part of
- Songs by Nat "King" Cole
- Released on
- Capitol Records
- Written by
- Cliff Parman, Dan Belloc, Frank Lavere and Lew Douglas
- Produced by
- Lee Gillette
- Performed by
- Irving Ashby, Joe Comfort and Nat King Cole
- Part of
- Songs by Nat "King" Cole
- Released on
- Capitol Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Lee Gillette
Same writer: Lew Douglas
Same writer: Cliff Parman
Same label: Capitol Records
Same producer: Lee Gillette
Same writer: Lew Douglas
Same writer: Frank Lavere
Same label: Capitol Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Pretend was performed by Irving Ashby
2MusicBrainz Pretend was performed by Joe Comfort
3MusicBrainz Pretend was performed by Nat King Cole
4MusicBrainz Pretend was produced by Lee Gillette
5MusicBrainz Pretend was written by Cliff Parman
6MusicBrainz Pretend was written by Dan Belloc
7MusicBrainz Pretend was written by Frank Lavere
8MusicBrainz Pretend was written by Lew Douglas
9MusicBrainz Pretend is part of the release Songs by Nat "King" Cole
Pretend is part of the release Songs by Nat "King" Cole
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Capitol Records is the label of the song Pretend
Capitol Records is the label of the song Pretend
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Pretend was released on 1953