Italian born French chanteuse Rina Ketty (Rina Pichetto) recorded "Padre Don José" (Larue, Romans) in 1952.

Frank Sinatra referred to her as "the singer's singer", big band vocalist Toni Arden (Antoinette Ardizzone) hit the top twenty with the English version "Padre" (Larue, Romans, Webster) in 1958 selling a million copies.