904. He's Got the Whole World in His Hand (Traditional American)

Frank Warner collected this spiritual in 1935 from Sue Thomas in North Carolina, though it was apparently around in 1927. Marian Anderson popularised it by performing it in her concerts.

Very few gospel songs become top hits, but this one reached number one on the USA charts in a 1958 version by Laurie London. A great performance by Mahalia Jackson also did well on the charts. The songs has been recorded by many other artists including Pat Boone, Odetta, Laurie London, The Sandpipers (1970), Tanya Tucker, Perry Como, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers and Nina Simone (1959). Lonnie Donegan recorded it in England as a Skiffle song, and since then it has tended to be sung at a faster tempo.


You can see a playlist of my gospel songs here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5444D35A2AD94845

My website is http://www.raymondcrooke.com

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• gospel
• spiritual
• marian
• anderson
• mahalia
• jackson
• lonnie
• donegan

[sebmaw]

Nice song. Thank you.

[raymondcrooke]

@sebmaw Thanks for watching.

[Audioproject2]

Very nice rendition of this lovely tune!

[raymondcrooke]

@Audioproject2 Thank you.

[mysticdarkness2]

i loved it :) i wish i could sing like that 5*

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for watching.

[Cerise3634]

Beautiful!

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks.

[sbeer6er]

nice!

[raymondcrooke]

You can see a video of him on YouTube. I didn't know of him until I did some background research on the song though.