"%22My Prayer%22 is a 1939 popular song with music by salon violinist Georges Boulanger and lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy. It was originally written by Boulanger with the title %22Avant de Mourir%22 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 featuring Bill Kenny reached #3 as well that year. 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 as well as the 1985 film Mischief. Billboard ranked this version as the No. 4 song for 1956. 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), %22S\u00EC, voglio vivere ancor!%22." . _:b411700404 "0"^^ . "Jay and the Americans songs" . _:b411700395 . _:b411700407 "0"^^ . _:b411700401 . _:b411700397 . _:b411700406 "0"^^ . "Buck Ram" . "Mercury Records" . . _:b411700399 . _:b411700407 . _:b411700409 "0"^^ . . _:b411700408 "0"^^ . . _:b411700411 "0"^^ . "Georges Boulanger (violinist)" . _:b411700394 . _:b411700410 "0"^^ . _:b411700405 . _:b411700413 "0"^^ . "Patti Page songs" . "13178788" . _:b411700412 "0"^^ . "Songs with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy" . _:b411700404 . _:b411700415 "0"^^ . _:b411700398 . _:b411700403 . _:b411700414 "0"^^ . "My Prayer" . "1956 singles" . _:b411700400 . _:b411700402 . "Number-one singles in the United States" . _:b411700392 . _:b411700389 "0"^^ . _:b411700406 . "1f5edef5-e18b-4f60-90aa-92d1dc2c97c8" . "The Four Seasons (band) songs" . _:b411700388 "0"^^ . "1892" . _:b411700396 . _:b411700393 . _:b411700391 "0"^^ . "11"^^ . _:b411700410 . _:b411700409 . _:b411700390 "0"^^ . _:b411700390 . _:b411700412 . _:b411700413 . . _:b411700393 "0"^^ . _:b411700389 . . _:b411700392 "0"^^ . . _:b411700395 "0"^^ . "My Prayer" . "164000.0"^^ . _:b411700394 "0"^^ . _:b411700391 . "2016-09-26"^^ . _:b411700397 "0"^^ . _:b411700414 . _:b411700396 "0"^^ . "1939 songs" . _:b411700399 "0"^^ . _:b411700398 "0"^^ . "Brenda Lee songs" . "Shelley Fabares songs" . "-0.380554"^^ . _:b411700421 . _:b411700424 . _:b411700419 . . "Pat Boone songs" . _:b411700422 . _:b411700423 . "-13.2"^^ . _:b411700427 . "Gene Pitney songs" . "The Platters songs" . . "310477"^^ . "Tom Jones (singer) songs" . . "-0.244071"^^ . "5714dee225ac0d8aee4ffacb" . _:b411700426 . _:b411700429 . _:b411700428 . _:b411700425 . "Jimmy Kennedy" . "english" . _:b411700394 . _:b411700395 . _:b411700392 . _:b411700393 . _:b411700398 . _:b411700399 . _:b411700396 . _:b411700397 . _:b411700390 . _:b411700391 . _:b411700388 . _:b411700389 . _:b411700410 . _:b411700411 . "false"^^ . _:b411700408 . _:b411700409 . "The Righteous Brothers songs" . "false"^^ . _:b411700414 . _:b411700415 . "Bobby Vee songs" . "Dean Martin songs" . _:b411700412 . "2"^^ . _:b411700413 . _:b411700402 . _:b411700403 . _:b411700400 . _:b411700420 . _:b411700417 "0"^^ . "105.0"^^ . _:b411700401 . _:b411700406 . _:b411700407 . _:b411700404 . _:b411700416 "0"^^ . "eng" . _:b411700405 . "false"^^ . _:b411700426 . _:b411700427 . _:b411700424 . _:b411700417 . _:b411700419 "0"^^ . _:b411700425 . _:b411700428 . _:b411700418 "0"^^ . _:b411700429 . _:b411700418 . _:b411700419 . _:b411700416 . _:b411700421 "0"^^ . _:b411700418 . _:b411700417 . _:b411700422 . . _:b411700423 . _:b411700420 . _:b411700416 . _:b411700420 "0"^^ . _:b411700421 . "Ella Fitzgerald songs" . _:b411700423 "0"^^ . _:b411700422 "0"^^ . _:b411700415 . _:b411700425 "0"^^ . "Roy Orbison songs" . _:b411700408 . _:b411700424 "0"^^ . _:b411700401 "0"^^ . _:b411700427 "0"^^ . "USESK1601281" . _:b411700411 . _:b411700400 "0"^^ . _:b411700426 "0"^^ . _:b411700403 "0"^^ . . _:b411700429 "0"^^ . _:b411700402 "0"^^ . _:b411700428 "0"^^ . _:b411700405 "0"^^ . _:b411700388 .