Does anyone have a lead sheet, or know where
I can get one, of a song entitled "Pretend".

I am told it was popularized by Nat King Cole in the 1950s.

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Merrill

Brenda Lee also did it in 1960..
I may have a fakebook version..I will check later..for now I have to play a 90th birthday party....maybe I will do "Pretend"..

I can send you Brenda's mp3 if you like[3 megs].

[This message has been edited by Fran Carango (edited 03-19-2005).]

Merill if you supply me with your email I can send you the midi file for Pretend, the version I have is by Shaken Stevens a bit of a rock n roll.
There was another song called Pretend I think it was sang by Des O'conner it was a really nice song.

Tony

Merrill, send me an email giving your email address, and I'll send the leadsheet to you as a digital file. I put one in the mail 4u2 Fran. - Scott

Fran, thank you much!

I hope you can find your fakebook version.

I have exhausted my resources here.

Would appreciate receiving Brenda Lee's MP3.

Thanks again for your generous help.

MerrillAinsworth@cox.net

Hi, Scott!

Would greatly appreciate receiving the
lead sheet to "Pretend".

I am MerrillAinsworth@cox.net

OTS: Are you still finding your Music Pad
useful in live performance? And has scanning the rest of your library into the
pad proven a manageable task?

Kevin at FreeHand has also been helpful to
me in getting the Pad up and running. He
speaks highly of you.

Cordially,

Merrill

Hi,Tony!

Thank you for you MIDI file offer of Shaken Stevens on "Pretend".

It will be a great help.

I do appreciate you assistance.

Email address is MerrillAinsworth@cox.net

Merrill, check your email.

Congratulations on your recent purchase of the MusicPad Pro. I'm really enjoying my MPP unit. I now have near 1,000 songs available in this device at my fingertips for playing pleasure. In addition to having scaned music in manually, I've also been fortunate to have a number of fakebooks already in digital format making conversion much quicker, as well as knowing other fellow MusicPad owners who have subsequently traded with me their converted to .fh format song music sheets as well. Knowing now that you have decided to join the exclusive MusicPad owners club, perhaps we can swap .fh files as well. I really appreciate the ability to only require taking ONE device for ALL my music needs. No more wasted gig time shuffling thru a fakebook(s) (and often unsuccesffully) hoping to locate that obsure song request of a song which may have become rusty (forgot the changes or lyrics to) or perhaps never played before. Mounted on the MusicPro's stand, it is far less obstructive than a traditional fakebook on a musicstand. I don't use it for all my songs when performing, but it's really handy (bright & easy to view) when needed. I especially like the PLAYLIST function in which I can select from a select pool of songs to play from. Great for rehearsal as well as on the gig because you can make quick notation/chord/lyric changes & other notations (arranger KB performance instructions, etc). I'm really looking forward to the continually new enhancements appearing in the upcoming OS update as well. The MusicPad Pro has met & exceeded my original expections. Though perhaps a bit pricey, it's worth the investment to me. Going paperless means saving trees too. - Scott

Hiya's
I am just wondering if this song "Pretend" is the same song as one by the same name, recorded on the flip side of "Ferry 'cross the Mercy" by Gerry and the Pacemakers?


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The old Newb

Nat Cole: "Pretend" Song Clip

Gerry & the Pacemakers: "Pretend" Song Clip

Scott

Thanks Scott,
I thought they were probably the same. Just a hunch which you verified. I appreciate you taking the time on my behalf.
btw, I hope the flu is all done with you!!


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The old Newb

Hiya Scott
Interesting message as follows when I tried to download your song clips...
'We apologize, but the content owner does not allow this digital download to be delivered to your country.'
Rog from the U.K.
See you next month I guess...

The same message here in Mexico.....

Same here in Canada.

Oh, and I remember this song by a Carl Mann about 1959? Notable for some flat pitch in places.

Good Morning, Scott!

Your lead sheet came through beautifully, and just in time for my needed week-end
activity.

Did this lead sheet come from a fake book?
If so, would you share the name and source of it? I have a substantial collection of
fake books, new and old, but "Pretend" appeared in none of them.

Yes, I have purchased the MusicPad Pro and
am looking forward to using and getting acquainted with it.

At present it has been returned to FreeHand for checking, as it would not install and communicate with any of the several PC systems here, all running XP. I have just been told that the problem has been diagnosed as a conflict between the FreeHand software and Microsoft's XP Service Pack 2, now installed on many PCs.
This may be of interest to others here on SZ who consider acquiring the MusicPad.

FreeHand has evolved a work-around for the problem which I will try as soon as the Pad is returned. I am confident that the problem will be resolved, one way or another.

Did you mention you had acquired fake book(s) in .fh format. Would you share source information?

Thank you for sharing your time, effort and expertise. Of the "Pretend" lead sheet you mentioned that the original music page quality (sharpness) was poor. Yet it was so much better than the results of my efforts in this direction to date that to me it looks superb. I expect that as I move further on this effort I will be most happy to use your kind offer of phone chat and file sharing.

Cordially,

Merrill

Yep. The fake book is volume 2 of the 10 vol series of books offered in the TIN PAN ALLEY LIBRARY (TPA series) fakebook collection.

Vol 1: 1900's - 1930's (over 1000 songs)
Vol 2: 1930's - 1950's (over 1000 songs)
Vol 3&4:Showtunes/Standards, Latins, Twists, Jazz & Dixieland
Vol 5,6,7,8,9 best of: Tin Pan Alley(original book)
Vol 10: 1960's & 1970's

In addition to volume 2, I also have Volume 1 and Volume 10. These books were passed on to me from a retired pro working musician elder, and I feel especially appreciative because these books include many song gems I've not been able to locate in any other currently available fakebook(s). I believe these books are semi-legit at best as they don't include any kind of copyright acknowledgments, print quality marginally acceptable (produced in a backroom?), and chords not always the idea choices for most professional results). Still, the melody and basic chords are included, so with music knowledge (and ear) for revoicing to more professional level chords, I find these books invaluable.

I've heard many a story (from pro gigging musician elders) that during the 1950's-60's, that illegal (or semi illegal) fakebooks were frequently offered for sale (and at enticing prices affordable for even the low paying working band musician) by suspicious looking characters who pulled up briefly into back parking lots (alleyways) of gig venues (when band members packed up for the night) selling them fakebooks out of the back trunks of their cars.

These underground fakebooks became the definitive MUST HAVE fakebook source for all working club musicians and ONLY available thru this source, and NOT sold at any legit music store. These books not only include the one's outlined above, but the must have, particularly for jazz club players:

"The Real Book"

Only recently has "The Real Book" now been re-published (legally for the first time) by Hal Leonard: http://www.amazon.com/exec /obidos/tg/d...=books&n=507846

and (finally) legally available for sale in music stores.

I'm wondering (hoping) now if the TPA Library Fakebooks series might soon follow suit and (along with notorious errors, including chords re-checked & corrected) become legally available as well.


Interesting to hear this. I'm running Windows XP Service Pack2 and experiencing NO conflict between it and the Freehand software.


No, the mentioned fakebooks are in pdf format, but then easily converted directly to .fh format, eliminating having to scan them in from paper manually. Email me privately and I'll share with you .fh files I've created. Merrill, the best of luck in getting your Freehand software problem worked out (of which I'm confident it will as the Freehand technical staff is very customer oriented). I trust you will grow to appreciate the benefits of the MusicPad Pro as I have.

Scott