Claim: I Believe (Frankie Laine song) was written by an American songwriter.
Evidence: `` I Believe '' is a popular song written by Ervin Drake , Irvin Graham , Jimmy Shirl and Al Stillman in 1953.
Ervin Drake -LRB- April 3 , 1919 -- January 15 , 2015 -RRB- , birth name was Irving Maurice Druckman , was an American songwriter whose works include such American Songbook standards as `` I Believe '' and `` It Was a Very Good Year ''.