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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. [5]
The follow-up, "The Great Pretender", with lyrics written in the washroom of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas by Buck Ram, [4] exceeded the success of their debut and became The Platters' first national #1 hit. "The Great Pretender" was also the act's biggest R&B hit, with an 11-week run atop that chart.
I'm Sorry (The Platters song) M. My Prayer; O. Only You (And You Alone) R. Remember When (The Platters song) S. Sixteen Tons; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; T. Twilight ...
The song also reached No.3 in the United Kingdom. [4] In 1963, the Platters recorded a Spanish version of the song entitled "La Hora del Crepúsculo", sung in a rhumba-style tempo. The Platters version of the song was featured in the official trailer for the Disney+ show WandaVision. [5]
The Platters first recorded the song for Federal Records on May 20, 1954, but the recording was not released. In 1955, after moving to Mercury Records, the band re-recorded the song (on April 26) and it scored a major hit when it was released in May. In November that year, Federal Records released the original recording as a single (B-side ...
The melody of his popular 1926 song Avant de mourir became a popular standard with the addition in 1939 of lyrics by Carlos Gomez Barrera and Jimmy Kennedy, retitled "My Prayer". In 1956 the recording of "My Prayer" by US R&B-pop act The Platters spent 23 weeks on Billboard' s Hot 100 , five of them at number one.
The tune, titled "Prayer for the Broken," is a piece recorded by the actress before she died at age 33 in 2020 in a drowning accident. Now completed with the background vocals of her former co ...
The songs made the Platters one of the most successful doo-wop groups of the 1950s, and a British reviewer described Williams' voice as "unearthly". [4] In a dispute over money, Williams left the Platters in 1959 to pursue a solo career, and continued to work with Ram as his manager.