Answer Me, My Love

"Answer Me, My Love" is a popular song, originally written (with German lyrics, under the title "Mutterlein") by Gerhard Winkler and Fred Rauch. The English lyrics were written by Carl Sigman in 1953.

Sigman first wrote the song as a religious-themed song, "Answer Me," (in which the first line reads "Answer me, Lord above") as a question to God about why the singer has lost his lover, which became a #1 hit for Frankie Laine in the United Kingdom in 1953. He then rewrote the lyrics to address the lost lover directly, under the title "Answer Me, My Love."

The best-selling version of the song was recorded by Nat King Cole in 1954. The recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2687. The record first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on February 24, 1954 and lasted 19 weeks on the chart, peaking at #6. [cite book
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In 2000, it was performed by Joni Mitchell on an album, "Both Sides Now." It was performed in concert (but not recorded) by Bob Dylan in the early 1990s.

Recorded versions

*Gene Ammons
*Petula Clark (1968)
*Nat King Cole (1954)
*Bing Crosby
*The Happenings
*Engelbert Humperdinck
*Frankie Laine
*Gisele MacKenzie
*Joni Mitchell
*Ray Peterson
*Gene Pitney
*Don Shirley
*Ray Stevens (1968)
*Jerry Vale (1972)
*David Whitfield UK 1953
*Barbara Dickson UK 1976
*Bryan Ferry
*Betty Lynn Buckley

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