Who Will Answer?

Who Will Answer?
Studio album by
Ed Ames
Released1968
GenrePop
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerJim Foglesong
Ed Ames chronology
The Hits of Broadway and Hollywood
(1968) 		Who Will Answer?
(1968) 		A Time for Living, A Time for Hope
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Who Will Answer? (and Other Songs of Our Time) is a 1968 album by pop vocalist Ed Ames.

Overview

It features two original songs (the album title track and "Pale Venetian Blind") and nine cover versions of popular hits from the 1960s. The album peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard charts in the spring of 1968[2] and in 1969 was certified gold by the RIAA.[3] On another music magazine, Cash Box, the album peaked at No. 12.[4]

Track listing

Side 1

  1. Who Will Answer? (Aleluya No. 1) (3:42) (by Luis Eduardo Aute)
  2. Blowin' in the Wind (3:23) (by Bob Dylan)
  3. Yesterday (2:04) (by The Beatles)
  4. Monday, Monday (3:14) (by The Mamas and the Papas)
  5. Pale Venetian Blind (1:51)
  6. Massachusetts (2:18) (by the Bee Gees)

Side 2

  1. I Wanna Be Free (2:20) By the Monkees
  2. Cherish (3:13) By the Association
  3. The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener (2:53) By Petula Clark
  4. Can't Take My Eyes Off You (2:53) By Frankie Valli
  5. There's a Kind of Hush (All Over The World) (2:50) by Herman's Hermits

Production

Charts

Chart (1968) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs[2] 13
US Cashbox Top 100 Albums[4] 12

Certification

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Who Will Answer? at AllMusic
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top LPs, 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 10. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  3. ^ "Ed Ames – Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 1, 2025. Search results page for Ed Ames' RIAA Gold & Platinum certifications.
  4. ^ a b Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 6. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  5. ^ "American album certifications – Ed Ames – Who Will Answer?". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
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