# Who Will Answer?

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1968 studio album by Ed Ames

Who Will Answer? Studio album by Ed Ames Released 1968 Genre Pop Label RCA Victor Producer Jim Foglesong Ed Ames chronology When the Snow Is on the Roses (1967) Who Will Answer? (1968) Sings Apologize (1968)

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***Who Will Answer? (and Other Songs of Our Time)*** is a 1968 album by [pop](/source/Pop_(music)) [vocalist](/source/Vocalist) [Ed Ames](/source/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](/source/RIAA).[3] On another music magazine, *[Cash Box](/source/Cash_Box)*, the album peaked at No. 12.[4]

## Track listing

### Side 1

1. [Who Will Answer?](/source/Who_Will_Answer%3F_(song)) (Aleluya No. 1) (3:42) (by [Luis Eduardo Aute](/source/Luis_Eduardo_Aute))

1. [Blowin' in the Wind](/source/Blowin'_in_the_Wind) (3:23) (by [Bob Dylan](/source/Bob_Dylan))

1. [Yesterday](/source/Yesterday_(song)) (2:04) (by [The Beatles](/source/The_Beatles))

1. [Monday, Monday](/source/Monday%2C_Monday) (3:14) (by [The Mamas and the Papas](/source/The_Mamas_and_the_Papas))

1. Pale Venetian Blind (1:51)

1. [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts_(Bee_Gees_song)) (2:18) (by the [Bee Gees](/source/Bee_Gees))

### Side 2

1. I Wanna Be Free (2:20) By the Monkees

1. [Cherish](/source/Cherish_(The_Association_song)) (3:13) By the Association

1. [The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener](/source/The_Other_Man's_Grass_Is_Always_Greener) (2:53) By Petula Clark

1. [Can't Take My Eyes Off You](/source/Can't_Take_My_Eyes_Off_You) (2:53) By Frankie Valli

1. [There's a Kind of Hush](/source/There's_a_Kind_of_Hush) (All Over The World) (2:50) by [Herman's Hermits](/source/Herman's_Hermits)

## Production

- Recorded at: [RCA Victor's](/source/RCA_Victor_Records) Music Center of the World, [Hollywood](/source/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California).

## Charts

Chart peaks for Who Will Answer? 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. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Who Will Answer?](https://www.allmusic.com/album/r66069) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Whitburn_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Whitburn_2-1) Whitburn, Joel (1996). [*Top LPs, 1955–1996*](https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstoplp00whit/page/10/mode/2up). Record Research. p. 10. Retrieved July 10, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Ed Ames – Gold & Platinum"](https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Ed+Ames#search_section). *RIAA*. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 1, 2025. Search results page for Ed Ames' RIAA Gold & Platinum certifications.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CB_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CB_4-1) Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). [*The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974*](https://archive.org/details/cashboxalbumchar0000hoff/page/6/mode/2up). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 6. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8108-2005-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8108-2005-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-United_StatesEd_AmesWho_Will_Answer?albumCertRef_5-0)** ["American album certifications – Ed Ames – Who Will Answer?"](https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Ed+Ames&ti=Who+Will+Answer%3F&format=Album&type=#search_section). [Recording Industry Association of America](/source/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America). Retrieved September 22, 2025.

v t e Ed Ames Discography Studio albums Opening Night with Ed Ames (1964) The Ed Ames Album (1964) It's a Man's World (1965) My Kind of Songs (1965) More I Cannot Wish You (1966) My Cup Runneth Over (1967) Time, Time (1967) When the Snow Is on the Roses (1967) Who Will Answer? (1968) Sings Apologize (1968) The Hits of Broadway and Hollywood (1968) A Time for Living, a Time for Hope (1969) The Windmills of Your Mind (1969) Love of the Common People (1969) Sing Away the World (1970) Sings the Songs of Bacharach and David (1971) Ed Ames (1972) Remembers Jim Reeves (1972) Songs from "Lost Horizon" and Themes from Other Movies (1972) Compilation albums The Best of Ed Ames (1969) The Very Best of Ed Ames (2001) Singles "Before I Kiss the World Goodbye" "Try to Remember" "My Cup Runneth Over" "Time, Time" "Timeless Love" "When the Snow Is on the Roses" "Who Will Answer?" "Apologize" "All My Love's Laughter" "Kiss Her Now" "Changing, Changing" "Son of a Travelin' Man" "Think Summer" "Leave Them a Flower" "A Thing Called Love" "Three Good Reasons" "Chippewa Town" "And I Love You So" "Distant Drums" "Lost Horizon" "Butterflies Are Free"

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