1953 Frankie Laine - Answer Me, Lord Above (aka Answer Me, My Love)

A #1 best-seller in the UK, this religiously-flavored Laine ballad did little in the U.S. However, with the more secular “Answer Me, My Love” lyric, the tune soon turned into a major success for Nat King Cole. CD audio, originally issued on 45rpm: Columbia 40079 - Answer Me, Lord Above (Mutterlein) (Sigman-Winkler) by Frankie Laine, with Paul Weston & his Orchestra & The Norman Luboff Choir, recorded in Hollywood June 22, 1953