[1] The most popular version was recorded by Italian-American singer Frankie Laine, and spent eighteen weeks at No.
Froman, troubled by the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, asked Drake, Graham, Shirl and Stillman to compose a song that would offer hope and faith to the populace.
[6] Laine's recording spent eighteen non-consecutive weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart.
On 14 August, it was again replaced at the top for a week, this time by Mantovani's "Song From the Moulin Rouge".
[11][13] In June 1977, with Pete Moore's Orchestra and Ray Barr on piano, Laine recorded "I Believe" for a fourth label.
The recordings were backed by an orchestra conducted by Don Jackson with The Worlettes, and released on the 1982 album The Music Of Frankie Laine.
"I Believe" was also recorded as part of a different collection of Laine hit remakes in January 1982, again with the Don Jackson Orchestra.
In the UK, "I Believe" entered the sheet music sales chart on 11 April 1953, and reached No.
Subsequent releases were of versions by Eve Boswell, Allan Jones, Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra, and Ethel Smith (organ).