Throwing back to the week of August 8, 1956, we find the doo-wop group The Platters atop the Billboard singles chart with ‘My Prayer.’
The song was written in 1939 by Romanian violinist Georges Boulanger as an instrumental titled Avant de Mourir, with lyrics later added by Carlos Gomez Barrera and Jimmy Kennedy. It found some success in the U.S. that year as ‘My Prayer,’ including in a recording by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.
But it was The Platters’ version that fared best, spending a month at #1 in the summer of ’56. This was The Platters’ second #1 hit, following ‘The Great Pretender‘ less than a year earlier.
The band would have two more #1 hits in 1958, and 40 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 all told, making them one of the most successful vocal groups of the era.
Old songs. Great memories.
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When the twilight is gone
And no songbirds are singing
When the twilight is gone
You come into my heart
And here in my heart you will stay
While I pray
[Verse 1]
My prayer
Is to linger with you
At the end of the day
In a dream that’s divine
[Verse 2]
My prayer
Is a rapture in blue
With the world far away
And your lips close to mine
[Bridge]
Tonight
While our hearts are aglow
Oh, tell me the words
That I’m longing to know
[Verse 3]
My prayer
And the answer you give
May they still be the same
For as long as we live
That you’ll always be there
At the end of my prayer
Meet Me In Montauk 
the Platters had a great sound and their induction into the Rock Hall was well deserved.
I remember this one! I forgot what a wonderful voice the lead singer had ❤️