The year was 1957. In September, a 13-year-old English boy named Laurie London entered London's famous Abbey Road Studios to record a song which like Sputnik, launched by Russia the following month, reverberated around the world. A few months later that song, He's Got The Whole World In His Hands, had sold more than a million copies, topping the American charts along the way.With a powerful and naturally musical voice, the young Laurie London went on to record nearly 30 songs for the Parlophone label over a period of several years. This overdue tribute from Bear Family makes available for the first time all of Laurie London's U. K. recordings, and chronicles in detail the extraordinary events which happened in 1957/8 and made Laurie London a household name.

Tracklist:

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
Cradle Rock, The
Handed Down
(She Sells) Sea Shells
Gospel Train, The
I Gotta Robe
Casey Jones (Railroadin' Man)
Boomerang
Up Above My Head
Basin Street Blues
Darktown Strutters Ball
I'm Gonna Walk and Talk with My Lord - (previously unreleased)
Pick a Bale of Cotton - (previously unreleased)
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
My Mother
Three O'Clock
Pretty Eyed Baby
Boom-Ladda-Boom-Boom
Old Time Religion
God's Little Acre
Roll on Spring
I'm Afraid
Banjo Boy
Hear Them Bells
Darling Sue
Today's Teardrops
I'll Make You Forget Him
Down by the Riverside
Lucky Lips
Bells of St. Mary's, The
Sad Songs

UPC: 4000127164940
Label: Bear Family
Release Date: 6.12.01
Format: CD

Laurie London - He's Got The Whole World In His Hands (Import)