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We Will Sing the World Whole Again

Spiritual folk song

"He'due south Got the Whole Globe in His Hands" is a traditional African-American spiritual, first published in 1927. It became an international popular striking in 1957–58 in a recording by English vocalist Laurie London, and has been recorded by many other singers and choirs.

Traditional music sources [edit]

The song was first published in the paperbound hymnal Spirituals Triumphant, One-time and New in 1927.[1] In 1933, it was collected by Frank Warner from the singing of Sue Thomas in Northward Carolina.[2] Information technology was also recorded past other collectors such as Robert Sonkin of the Library of Congress, who recorded it in Gee's Bend, Alabama in 1941. That version is still available at the Library'southward American Folklife Center.[3]

Frank Warner performed the vocal during the 1940s and 1950s, and introduced it to the American folk scene.[ii] Warner recorded it on the Elektra anthology American Folk Songs and Ballads in 1952.[iv] [5] It was quickly picked upwards by both American gospel singers and British skiffle and pop musicians.

Laurie London recording [edit]

"He's Got the Whole Globe in His Hands"
Laurie London Whole World.jpeg
Single by Laurie London with the Geoff Love Orchestra and Chorus
B-side "The Cradle Rock"
Released 1957
Recorded 1957
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s) Robert Lindon, William Henry

The song made the popular song charts in a 1957 recording by English singer Laurie London with the Geoff Dearest Orchestra, which reached #12 on the Britain singles chart in late 1957.[six] The songwriting on London's record was credited to "Robert Lindon" and "William Henry", which were pseudonyms used by British writers Jack Waller and Ralph Reader, who had used the song in their 1956 phase musical Wild Grows the Heather.[7] [8]

Laurie London's version then rose to #i of the About Played past Jockeys song listing in the USA and went to number three on the R&B charts in 1958.[9] The record reached #two on Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores survey and #1 in Cashbox's Meridian 60. It became a aureate record and was the nigh successful record by a British male in the 1950s in the USA.[x] It was the beginning, and remains, the only gospel song to hitting #one on a U.S. pop singles chart; "Put Your Hand in the Hand (of the Human being)" past Ocean peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1971; and "Oh Happy Mean solar day" by the Edwin Hawkins Singers reached #three on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1969.

Covers and adaptations [edit]

Mahalia Jackson's version fabricated the Billboard height 100 singles chart, topping at number 69.

In 1953, Marian Anderson sang the vocal before a live television audience of sixty 1000000 persons, broadcast live over the NBC and CBS networks, as part of The Ford 50th Ceremony Show. Anderson recorded another version (in Oslo on August 29, 1958 and released on the unmarried His Master's Vocalism 45-6075 AL 6075 and on the extended play En aften på "Casino Not End", introdusert av Arne Hestenes (HMV 7EGN 26. It was arranged by Harry Douglas and Ed Kirkeby).

Other notable versions were recorded by Kate Smith, Odetta, Jackie DeShannon, Perry Como, the Sandpipers (1970; "Come up Saturday Morning" LP) and Nina Simone on And Her Friends (recorded 1957). Andy Williams released a version on his 1960 album, The Village of St. Bernadette. In 1982, Raffi recorded the vocal from his new album Rise and Shine and released it as a unmarried.

In 1987, American country and Christian singer Cristy Lane recorded the song and released it as a single via LS Records. Lane's version was released equally a double A-side unmarried, peaking at number 88 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[11]

The Sisters of Mercy played it at the Reading Festival in 1991. It is featured on The Practiced and the Bad and the Ugly bootleg album. Pat Boone recorded a version for his 1961 album Great, Great, Great. James Booker covered the song on his 1993 album Spiders On The Keys.

In 1995, The Sisters of Glory, a gospel group that featured Thelma Houston, CeCe Peniston, Phoebe Snowfall, Lois Walden, and Albertina Walker, included the composition to their anthology Good News in Hard Times released on Warner Bros.

Mike Doughty adapted the refrain of the song for a new vocal of a like title on his album Lamentable Man Happy Man. Additionally, Doughty'due south former band Soul Cough performed a partial version live on occasion, commonly as a segue into another vocal.

The vocal "Paintball'south Coming Home" by Half Man Half Beige, from their 1997 anthology Voyage to the Bottom of the Road, includes the tune of "He'south Got the Whole Globe in His Hands".

In popular civilisation [edit]

  • In February 1978, English football team Nottingham Forest F.C. released "We've Got the Whole World in Our Easily" (Warner K17110) in conjunction with local band Paper Lace; the B side featured "The Forest March". The song has get a favourite in British football grounds, with the lyrics adapted in various ways; for instance, "We're the worst team in the League" has been heard at Rushden & Diamonds matches besides as Crystal Palace F.C. matches.[12] or "Nosotros're the worst team in the Loving cup" could be sung by Swindon Boondocks F.C. supporters in EFL Loving cup, FA Cup and the EFL Trophy starting time round matches since after 2012.
  • In the 1982 motion-picture show Tootsie, Dorothy Michaels (Dustin Hoffman) sings a line of the song to her (his) agent George Fields (Sydney Pollack), changing the words to "I've got the whole world in my hands."
  • The song was as well used in the 1987 flick Roxanne with Steve Martin.
  • In the 1993 film Dave, Dave Kovic visits a factory and sings the chorus of the song while telemetrically manipulating a pair of gigantic robotic arms.
  • In the movie Con Air (1997), Steve Buscemi plays a series killer who sings "He'southward Got the Whole Globe" with a little daughter.
  • In the movie RocketMan, too from 1997, Harland Williams plays the role of an astronaut who sings "I Got the Whole World in My Hand" on a worldwide broadcast, and is and then accompanied by millions of people around the world watching it.
  • In the 2003 HBO television series Carnivàle, Brother Justin Crowe (Clancy Brown) presides over his congregation singing the song in the episode "Milfay".
  • WWE wrestler Bray Wyatt started singing the song during his feud with John Cena, to accentuate Wyatt's gimmick as a cult leader. Subsequently used during his feud with Finn Balor.
  • In Lego Batman three: Beyond Gotham, Joker singing "I've got the whole world in my pants" is based on the music.
  • In The City Role of Boondocks, the children of Due south Park sing the chorus of the vocal every bit a Whole Foods representative enters the boondocks.
  • On Histeria'due south Keen Heroes of France episode, the popular spiritual is used as groundwork music.
  • The second teaser trailer for the 2014 film The Boxtrolls features a version of the song titled "Whole World" by Loch Lomond.[13]

See likewise [edit]

  • Christian child'south prayer § Spirituals
  • Salvator Mundi - painting of Christ with orb (Earth) in left mitt.
  • List of 1950s one-hit wonders in the Usa

References [edit]

  1. ^ Boatner, Edward (1927). Spirituals Triumphant, Onetime and New. Sunday School Publishing Board, National Baptist Convention.
  2. ^ a b Warner, Anne & Frank (1984). Traditional American Folk Songs from the Anne and Frank Warner Collection. Syracuse University Press. p. 384.
  3. ^ "Traditional Music and Spoken Discussion Catalog from the American Folklife Center". Performing Arts Encyclopedia. The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2012-02-20 .
  4. ^ Warner, Frank (1952). American Folk Songs and Ballads. Elektra Records.
  5. ^ "Elektra Discography". ATSF Great britain. 1954-04-xix. Retrieved 2012-02-20 .
  6. ^ Betts, Graham (2004). Consummate Britain Hitting Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. p. 460. ISBN0-00-717931-6.
  7. ^ Wild Grows the Heather, Allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017
  8. ^ Wild Grows the Heather, OvertheFootlights.co.britain. Retrieved 25 February 2017
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 359.
  10. ^ "Laurie London Biography - Music Artist Band Biographies - Artists Bands Bio - FREE MP3 Downloads". Music.us. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-02-20 .
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Inquiry, Inc. ISBN0-89820-177-2.
  12. ^ Bremner, Jack (2004). Shit Ground No Fans. Bantam Press. ISBN978-0-593-05376-8.
  13. ^ Han, Angie (2013-11-26). "'The Boxtrolls' Behind-the-Scenes Trailer: Laika's Got the Whole World in Their Hands". SlashFilm.com . Retrieved 2021-09-28 .

External links [edit]

  • Lyrics of this vocal

We Will Sing the World Whole Again

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He%27s_Got_the_Whole_World_in_His_Hands