My Prayer
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My Prayer
| "My Prayer" | ||||
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| Single by The Platters | ||||
| B-side | "Heaven On Earth" | |||
| Released | 1956 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:48 | |||
| Writer(s) | Georges Boulanger, Jimmy Kennedy | |||
| The Platters singles chronology | ||||
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"My Prayer" is a 1939 popular song with music by the famous salon violinist Georges Boulanger and lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy. It was originally written by Boulanger with the title "Avant de Mourir" in 1926. The lyrics for this version were added by Kennedy in 1939. Glenn Miller recorded the song that year for a #2 hit and The Ink Spots' version reached #3 as well that year.[1] It has been recorded many times since, but the biggest hit version was a revival in 1956 by The Platters. This version reached #1 on the charts and was featured in the 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The Ink Spots' version of the song was featured in the 1992 movie, Malcolm X. The song also became a tango in the italian version by Norma Bruni and Cinico Angelini's orchestra (1940), "Sì, voglio vivere ancor!".[2]
Cover Versions
- Ambrose
- Chet Atkins
- Pat Boone
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Glen Campbell
- Vikki Carr
- Frank Chacksfield
- Harry Connick Jr. (2004)
- Ray Conniff
- Johnny Desmond
- Jimmy Dorsey
- Shelley Fabares (1965)
- Ella Fitzgerald
- The Four Seasons
- Roy Hamilton
- Lionel Hampton
- Chick Henderson
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- Leslie (Hutch) Hutchinson
- Jack Hylton
- The Ink Spots (1939)
- Jay and the Americans (1969)
- Tom Jones (1967)
- Bert Kaempfert
- Gene Krupa
- Brenda Lee
- Joe Longthorne
- Joe Loss
- Vera Lynn
- Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge
- Mantovani (1971)
- Dean Martin
- Gerry Monroe
- Wayne Newton
- Eva Olmerová (1968)
- Roy Orbison
- Patti Page
- Gene Pitney
- P.J. Proby (1964)
- Sue Raney
- The Righteous Brothers
- Edna Savage (1956)
- Rosita Serrano. German lyrics by Curth Flatow entitled "Eine Saite zersprang". Rosita Serrano with Kurt Wege's orchestra Violin solo: Barnabas Bakos recorded it in Berlin on November 22, 1951. The song was released by Electrola as catalog number EG 7702. Serrano also performed it in the West-German film Dark Eyes (Schwarze Augen)[3]
- Bobby Vee
| Preceded by "I Almost Lost My Mind" by Pat Boone |
Billboard Top 100 number-one single (The Platters version) August 18, 1956 (4 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Don't Be Cruel" by Elvis Presley |
References
- ^ Notes on the song by its publisher
- ^ First italian version of "My prayer", titled "Sì, voglio vivere ancor!" by Norma Bruni
- ^ Rosita Serrano "Avant de mourir"
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