"Teen Age Prayer" is a song written by Bix Reichner and Bernie Lowe and performed by

Gale Storm Josephine Owaissa Cottle (April 5, 1922 – June 27, 2009), known professionally as Gale Storm, was an American actress and singer. After a film career from 1940 to 1952, she starred in two popular television programs of the 1950s, '' My Litt ...

. It reached #6 on the U.S. pop chart in 1955. The song was featured on her 1956 album ''Gale Storm''.

Other charting versions

Gloria Mann Gloria Mann was an American pop singer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mann scored two hits on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1955. The first was a cover version of "Earth Angel", which reached number 18. Later that year, " A Teenage Prayer" ...

featuring the Sid Bass Orchestra released a version of the song which reached #19 on the U.S. pop chart in 1955. * Kitty White released a version of the song which reached #68 on the U.S. pop chart in 1955.

Other versions

Thelma Carpenter Thelma Carpenter (January 15, 1922 – May 14, 1997) was an American jazz singer and actress, best known as "Miss One", the Good Witch of the North in the movie ''The Wiz''. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Fred and Mary C ...

released a version of the song as a single in 1961, but it did not chart. *

Roberta Shore Roberta Jymme Schourop (born April 7, 1943, Monterey Park, California), better known as Roberta Shore, is a retired American actress and performer. She is notable for her roles in the original '' Shaggy Dog'' film and as Betsy Garth on the Wester ...

released a version of the song as a single in 1961, but it did not chart. *

Johnny Nash John Lester Nash Jr. (August 19, 1940October 6, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter, best known in the United States for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now". Primarily a reggae and pop singer, he was one of the first non-Jamaican artists t ...

released a version of the song on his 2011 compilation album ''The Young Johnny Nash Definitive Early Album Collection''.

In popular culture

Rachel Sweet Rachel Sweet (born July 28, 1962)
accessed May 2, 2014. is an American singer, television writer and actres ...

sang a version of the song in the 1990 film ''

Cry-Baby ''Cry-Baby'' is a 1990 American teen musical romantic comedy film written and directed by John Waters. It was the only film of Waters's over which studios were in a bidding war, coming off the heels of the successful ''Hairspray''. The film sta ...

''.

References

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