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My Prayer
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Wikipedia article
"'My Prayer'" is a 1939 popular song with music by salon violinist Georges Boulanger and lyrics by Carlos Gomez Barrera and Jimmy Kennedy. It was originally written by Boulanger with the title 'Avant de mourir' (Before dying) 1926. The lyrics for this version were added by Kennedy in 1939.
Glenn Miller recorded the song that year for a number two hit and The Ink Spots' version featuring Bill Kenny reached number three, as well, that year.[http://www.shapirobernstein.com/mbr/shapiro_song_display.asp?misn=2685 Notes on the song by its publisher] It has been recorded many times since, but the biggest hit version was a doo-wop rendition in 1956 by The Platters, whose single release reached number one on the 'Billboard' Top 100 in the summer, and ranked four for the year.Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1956 This version also went to #1 on both the R&B Airplay and R&B Juke Box chart.
The Platters recording features in the 2008 film 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', in the 1985 film 'Mischief', in the 1999 film 'October Sky', and in two episodes of the 2017 series of 'Twin Peaks.' The Ink Spots' version of the song was featured in the 1992 movie 'Malcolm X'. Vera Lynn sang the song in the British film 'One Exciting Night' in 1944.
The song also became a tango in the Italian version by Norma Bruni and Cinico Angelini's orchestra (1940), "'S, voglio vivere ancor!'".
Recordings
*Ambrose (1939)
*Denny Dennis recorded June 17, 1939
*Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (1939)
*The Ink Spots feat. Bill Kenny (1939)
*Vera Lynn recorded July 5, 1939 with Fela Sowande (Organ) and issued on Decca F 7120.
*Dick Haymes (1951) included in the compilation album 'Polka Dots & Moonbeams' (1987)
*The Orioles (1951)
*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')
*Patti Page (1955) included in the compilation album 'Golden Memories' (1982)
*Edna Savage (1956) (Parlophone R4226)
*Ronnie Hilton included in his album 'England's Ronnie Hilton' (1958)
*Franck Pourcel (1958)
*Jimmie Rodgers for his album 'The Number One Ballads' (1959)
*Sue Raney - 'Songs for A Raney Day' (1960)
*Brenda Lee for her album 'All Alone Am I' (1963)
*Pat Boone (1964)
*P.J. Proby (1964)
*Bing Crosby included in his album 'Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love' (1965)
*Shelley Fabares (1965)
*The Honeycombs (1965)
*Vikki Carr for her album 'The Way of Today!' (1966)
*Tom Jones in the album 'From the Heart' (1966)
*Jerry Vale for his album 'It's Magic' (1966)
*Eva Olmerov (1968)
*Jay and the Americans (1969)
*Mantovani (1971)
*Mike Brant (1972)
*Solomon Burke (1973)
*Narvel Felts (1976)
*Harry Connick Jr. for his album 'Only You' (2004)
*John Lloyd Young "My Turn..." (2014)
*Chet Atkins
*Dee Dee Bridgewater in her album 'Dee Dee Bridgewater' (1976)
*Glen Campbell
*Frank Chacksfield
*Ray Conniff
*Johnny Desmond
*Jimmy Dorsey
*Ella Fitzgerald
*The Four Seasons
*Roy Hamilton
*Lionel Hampton
*Chick Henderson
*Engelbert Humperdinck
*Leslie (Hutch) Hutchinson
*Jack Hylton
*Bert Kaempfert
*Anita Kerr Singers
*Gene Krupa
*Joe Longthorne
*Joe Loss
*Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge
*Dean Martin
*Gerry Monroe
*Wayne Newton
*Roy Orbison
*Esther Phillips
*Gene Pitney
*The Platters
*The Righteous Brothers
*Bobby Vee
*The Vibrants
*Victor Wood
*Los Zafiros
References
Category:1939 songs
Category:1939 singles
Category:1956 singles
Category:Songs with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy
Category:The Platters songs
Category:Glenn Miller songs
Category:The Ink Spots songs
Category:The Moments songs
Category:Billboard Top 100 number-one singles
Category:Mercury Records singles
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