Teen Age Prayer
{{Infobox song
| name = Teen Age Prayer
| type = single
| artist = Gale Storm
| album = Gale Storm
| B-side = Memories Are Made of This
| released = {{Start date|1955|11}}
| recorded =
| genre = Traditional pop
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=15}}
| label = Dot
| writer = Bix Reichner, Bernie Lowe
| producer =
| prev_title = I Hear You Knocking
| prev_year = 1955
| next_title = Why Do Fools Fall in Love
| next_year = 1956
}}
"Teen Age Prayer" is a song written by Bix Reichner and Bernie Lowe and performed by Gale Storm. It reached #6 on the U.S. pop chart in 1955.{{cite web|title=Gale Storm, "Teen Age Prayer" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Teen+Age+Prayer+by+Gale+Storm&id=16808|accessdate=August 19, 2018}} The song was featured on her 1956 album Gale Storm.{{cite web|title=Gale Storm, Gale Storm|website=Discogs |url=https://www.discogs.com/Gale-Storm-Gale-Storm/release/3796888|accessdate=August 19, 2018}}
Other charting versions
- Gloria Mann featuring the Sid Bass Orchestra released a version of the song which reached #19 on the U.S. pop chart in 1955.{{cite web|title=Gloria Mann, "A Teenage Prayer" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=A+Teenage+Prayer+by+Gloria+Mann&id=17996|accessdate=August 19, 2018}}
- Kitty White released a version of the song which reached #68 on the U.S. pop chart in 1955.{{cite web|title=Kitty White, "A Teenage Prayer" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=A+Teenage+Prayer+by+Kitty+White&id=24678|accessdate=August 19, 2018}}
Other versions
- Thelma Carpenter released a version of the song as a single in 1961, but it did not chart.{{cite web|title=Thelma Carpenter, "A Teen Age Prayer" Single Release|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/62255|accessdate=August 19, 2018}}
- Roberta Shore released a version of the song as a single in 1961, but it did not chart.{{cite web|title=Roberta Shore, "A Teen Age Prayer" Single Release|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/4516189|accessdate=August 19, 2018}}
- Johnny Nash released a version of the song on his 2011 compilation album The Young Johnny Nash Definitive Early Album Collection.{{cite web|title=Johnny Nash, The Young Johnny Nash Definitive Early Album Collection|website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-johnny-nash-definitive-early-album-collection-mw0002099691|accessdate=August 19, 2018}}
In popular culture
- Rachel Sweet sang a version of the song in the 1990 film Cry-Baby.
References
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Category:Songs written by Bernie Lowe
Category:Mercury Records singles
Category:Coral Records singles
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