The Platters – My Prayer

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“My Prayer”
Single by The Platters
from the album The Platters (Mercury Records)
B-side“Heaven on Earth”
ReleasedJuly 1956
GenrePop
Length2:48
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)Georges BoulangerCarlos Gomez BarreraJimmy Kennedy
Producer(s)Buck Ram
The Platters singles chronology
(You’ve Got) The Magic Touch
(1956)”My Prayer
(1956)”Heaven on Earth”
(1956)

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. 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. This version also went to #1 on both the R&B Airplay and R&B Juke Box chart.

The song also became a tango in the Italian version by Norma Bruni and Cinico Angelini’s orchestra (1940), “Sì, voglio vivere ancor!“.

Si, voglio vivere ancor!

Recordings

"My Prayer" (Ink Spots, 1939)
  • Vera Lynn recorded July 5, 1939 with Fela Sowande (Organ) and issued on Decca F 7120.
"My Prayer" Vera lynn
  • 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)
Eine Saite zersprang
  • Patti Page (1955) included in the compilation album Golden Memories (1982)
My Prayer
My Prayer – Brenda Lee – 1963 – Orginal Lp Version
Pat Boone – My Prayer
Shelley Fabares – My Prayer – Video
My Prayer
Jerry Vale – My Prayer
My Prayer
my prayer Solomon Burke
My Prayer
My prayer – Ray Conniff
The Anita Kerr Singers – My Prayer
➜Roy Orbison – "My Prayer"
Bobby Vee – My Prayer
Los Zafiros – "Mi Oración" 1960s (“My Prayer” Spanish Version) [HQ VideoClip]

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 XVera Lynn sang the song in the British film One Exciting Night in 1944.

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