He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands

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lyricist and composer:	[traditional] (special purpose artist)

publisher:	Thandewye Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/121853 [info]
Wikidata:	Q5688582 [info]

arrangements:	(He's Got the) Whole World in His Hands (Bob Alcivar arrangement) He’s Got The Whole World (Udo Jürgens arrangement) He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (Archie Bleyer arrangement) The Whole World (Kahil El’Zabar arrangement) Whole World (Bobby McFerrin arrangement)
music quoted in:	In Your Hands
lyrics quoted in:	In Your Hands Sold! To the Nice Rich Man!

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1957-12	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (hi fidelity mono)	cover	Nina Simone	3:10
1958	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (mono)		Laurie London	2:22
1968-02	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		Carol Channing & United States Airforce Cadet Chorale	3:15
1982-06-12	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand (live, 1982‐06‐12: Volksbühne, Berlin, Germany)	live	Lester Bowie Ensemble	3:25
1983-09	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands		Rhoda Scott	2:31
1986-05	He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands	live	Etta James & Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson	4:20
1986-09-05	He's Got the Whole World in His Hand (live, 1986-09-05: Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria)	live	Jessye Norman & Friedrich Gulda	3:37
1987-06-16	He's Got the Whole World		Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons	3:02
1991-08-25	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (live, 1991-08-25: Reading Festival, Reading, England, UK)	live	The Sisters of Mercy	4:48
2001-12-06	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand (live, 2001‐12‐06: Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, USA)	cover and live	Bruce Springsteen & The Max Weinberg 7 with Friends	3:41
2013-02-05 – 2013-02-07	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		The Oxford Choir, Bob Chilcott	4:23
2018-01-22 – 2018-01-25	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		Alyson Cambridge, Nicole Cabell, Lake Forest Symphony, Vladimir Kulenovic	1:53
	candycoatedwaterdrops	partial	Plumb	5:25
	He’s Got the Hole World in His Hands (zum Anhören)		[unknown]	1:37
	He’s Got the Hole World in His Hands (zum Mitspielen)		[unknown]	1:37
	He's Got The Whole World		Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons	3:19
	He’s Got the Whole World	cover	Cutt Glas	3:29
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hand		Kathleen Battle, James Levine	2:39
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hand		Don Powell	?:??
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hand		The Jericho Group	1:29
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hand		Marie-Josée Lord	3:10
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand	cover	Jackie Wilson duet with Linda Hopkins	2:42
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	instrumental	Dallas Brass	2:00
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	live	The Golden Gate Quartet	2:38
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands		Andy Williams	3:04
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	live	Ian Menzies & The Clyde Valley Stompers	2:57
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands		Bill & Boyd	?:??
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands		Fisk Jubilee Singers	3:52
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands		The Bachelors	2:14
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	cover and live	Ray Conniff	3:17
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands		Andy Williams	3:06
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands		Odetta	1:55
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	live	Odetta	2:07
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands		Wanda Jackson	2:09
	He's Got The Whole World In His Hands		GroupMusic	2:01
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	cover	Bobby Bare	2:09
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		Jessye Norman	3:15
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	cover	Jackie Wilson with Linda Hopkins	2:44
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		Wanda Jackson	?:??
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		Mormon Tabernacle Choir	2:37
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		Mahalia Jackson	?:??
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	cover	Loretta Lynn	2:31
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		The Oxford Choir, Bob Chilcott	4:23
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake	2:06
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (mono)		Andy Williams	3:02
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		GroupMusic	1:59
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	instrumental	Bryan Rodwell	1:47
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		[unknown]	2:13
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		Ronnie McCoury	3:34
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		Laurie London	?:??
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	cover	Bobby Bare	2:11
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		Leontyne Price	2:14
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	cover	Tammy Wynette	2:38
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	cover	Tammy Wynette	2:38
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	cover	Tammy Wynette	2:35
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	cover	Jackie Wilson with Linda Hopkins	2:43
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		Simon Estes, Howard Roberts Chorale, Howard A. Roberts	3:22
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		Liz Lands	2:50
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		GroupMusic	2:01
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	cover	Marv Johnson	3:00
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		Hands Web Pierce	1:59
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands		Tammy Wynette	2:35
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	cover	Little Richard	2:13
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	cover	Loretta Lynn	2:04
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	cover	Loretta Lynn	2:29
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	cover	Loretta Lynn	2:31
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (stereo)	cover	Nina Simone	3:12
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (alternate take) (alternate take, mono)	cover	Nina Simone	2:40
	He's Got the Whole World In His Hands (Arr. for String Quartet, Piano & Voice by Damien Sneed)		Jacqueline Echols McCarley, Damien Sneed, Griot String Quartet	2:33
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (instrumental)	instrumental	GroupMusic	2:00
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (instrumental)		GroupMusic	1:58
	He's Got the Whole World in His Hands {traditional cover} (live, 2003-04-14: New York, NY, USA)	live	The Wallflowers	3:26
	He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands / Just an Old‐Fashioned Girl / Eternally	instrumental and medley	Phil Kelsall	3:38
	He's Got The Whole Worlds In His Hands		Jeane Manson & Broadway's Gospel Group	4:07
	Hey, Hey, Hey	cover	Little Richard	2:09
	Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!	cover	Little Richard	2:05
	Medley: He's Got the Whole World / One Light, One Sun / This Little Light of Mine (live, 1988-07: The Markham Theatre for The Performing Arts, Markham, ON, CA)	live and medley	Raffi	4:00
	Spirituals: He's Got the Whole World in His Hand		Kathleen Battle, Margo Garrett	3:12

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