* 1983 – Pete Farndon, English bassist ( The Pretenders ) ( b. 1952 )

) ( May 25, 1334 – January 31, 1398 ) was the third of Ashikaga Pretenders during the Period of the Northern and Southern Courts in Japan.

Emperor Go-Kōgon ( 後光厳天皇 Go-Kōgon-tennō ) ( 23 March 1338 – 12 March 1374 ) was the 4th of the Ashikaga Pretenders during the Period of the Northern and Southern Courts.

( 11 January 1359 – 6 June 1393 ) was the 5th of the Ashikaga Pretenders during the period of two courts.

* 1952 – Pete Farndon, English bassist ( The Pretenders ) ( d. 1983 )

* 1956 – James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist ( The Pretenders ) ( d. 1982 )

* 1951 – Chrissie Hynde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( The Pretenders and The Moors Murderers )

* July 7 – The reign of Emperor Kogon of Japan, first of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders, ends.

* April 9 – Emperor Go-En ' yu of Japan succeeds Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan, becoming the 5th and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders.

The Pretenders are an English – American rock band formed in Hereford, England in March 1978.

* March 21 – The Pretenders sign a contract with Sire Records.

* August 23 – The Heatwave festival near Toronto features The B-52's, Talking Heads, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello and many others.

* August 23 – The Violent Femmes are discovered by members of The Pretenders busking outside a Milwaukee venue and are invited to play a 10-minute acoustic set as a second opening act in the Pretenders ' show that night.

( January 11, 1322 – July 26, 1380 ) was the 2nd of the Ashikaga Pretenders, although he was actually the first to be supported by the Ashikaga Bakufu.

* 1979 – Pretenders ( US / UK ) covered it during 1979 live shows, a recording appears on the two disc 2006 reissue of their eponymous debut album audio

* In Concert – The last few seconds of " The Wait " by the Pretenders originally opened the show ; this was cut, and the subsequent song played by Johnny was replaced.

* Emperor Kōgon () ( 1313 – 1364 ), the 1st of Ashikaga Pretenders during the Period of the Northern and Southern Courts in Japan

* Emperor Go-Kōgon () ( 1336 – 1374 ), the 4th of the Ashikaga Pretenders during the Period of the Northern and Southern Courts.

* " I'll Stand By You " – The Pretenders

The music soundtrack became a cult favourite due ot the inclusion of many significant new wave acts – Patti Smith, The Pretenders, Talking Heads and Roxy Music – and it also became a collector's item for fans of English band XTC because their track " Take This Town ", written especially for the film, was for many years only available on the soundtrack LP ( until the release of Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers in 1990 ).

#" Forever Young " – The Pretenders

#" Three Pretenders " ( Billy Greer, Morse, Walsh ) – 3: 50

* Pretenders " Time " ( 2003 )

* Day 6: " Brass in Pocket " ( The Pretenders ); Pink Medley: " Just like a Pill "/" Feel Good Time "/" Last to Know "

* In 1983, English-American rock group The Pretenders, released their song " Back on the Chain Gang ", featuring the lyrics " The phone, TV and the News of the World got into the house like a pigeon from hell ..." Written by the group's singer, Chrissie Hynde, the song was about the band's experience of losing their guitarist, James Honeyman-Scott, to a drug overdose, and these lines were in reference to the surviving members ' inability to escape the story at the time.

* " Show Me ", a song by The Pretenders from Learning to Crawl

The song heard over the end credits, " If There Was A Man ", was one of two songs performed for the film by Chrissie Hynde, of The Pretenders.

* The Pretenders performed " Forever Young ", heard at the end of the movie when the orcas finally are released in the ocean.

Their 1985 album Love Not Money included a cover version of The Pretenders ' song " Kid ", which was not on the original UK release.

* " Human ", a song by The Pretenders from their 1999 album Viva el Amor

The, also known as the " Ashikaga Pretenders " or " Northern Pretenders ", were a set of six pretenders to the throne of Japan during the Nanboku-chō period from 1336 through 1392.

* " I'll Stand by You ", recorded by The Pretenders ( co-written with Chrissie Hynde )

In " Memoirs of the Pretenders and their Adherents " by John Heenage Jesse ( 1846 ) the family name is spelled " Dalziel ", as it deals with " Robert Dalziel ", the 5th Earl or Carnwath.

* " Goodbye ", by the Pretenders

" Alastair Mabbot, writing for The List, described the song as " Spitting Images notion of alternative rock ", In reviews for the debut album, Robert Yates of Q wrote that there was " a nice self-deflating Morrissey touch to song ", while Jackie Hinden of Hot Press felt that " Only Happy When It Rains " was " like a Pretenders for the nineties ".

The album also included Ray Davies ' " I Go to Sleep ", which was later a hit in the UK for The Pretenders, and Cher's version of the traditional song, " See See Rider ", arranged by Sonny Bono, Charles Greene and Robert Stone.

In a 2003 BBC article entitled " Rambo: Pretenders to the Throne ", Almar Haflidason wrote " the runaway success of the Rambo trilogy inspired dozens of rip-offs ", citing that the Missing in Action series was the most famous of the Rambo clones.

He has played and recorded with Killing Joke ( for three days in 1988 ); The Pretenders ( featuring on Last of the Independents, 1994 ); Badly Drawn Boy ( with whom he played for two years ); Proud Mary ( featuring on Love and Light, 2004 ); and Ian Brown ( featuring on The World Is Yours, 2007 ).

Several recordings as The Pretenders occurred during 1993, including a cover version of the Jimi Hendrix's " Bold As Love " for the tribute album Stone Free, and a cover of 10cc's " I'm Not In Love " for the film, Indecent Proposal.

( Spanish for Long Live Love ) is the seventh studio album by the rock band The Pretenders, released in 1999.

The Pretenders also covered " Bold as Love " on the 1993 Hendrix tribute album Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix.