London,Laurie He'S Got The Whole World In His Hands CD

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.

1. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands 2. The Cradle Rock 3. Handed Down 4. (She Sells) Sea Shells 5. The Gospel Train 6. I Gotta Robe 7. Casey Jones (Railroadin' Man) 8. Boomerang 9. Up Above My Head 10. Basin Street Blues 11. Dark Town Strutters Ball 12. I'm Gonna Walk and Talk with My Lord 13. Pick a Bale of Cotton 14. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho 15. My Mother 16. Three O'Clock 17. Pretty Eyed Baby (; Gitte) 18. Boom-Ladda-Boom-Boom 19. Old Time Religion 20. God's Little Acre 21. Roll on Spring 22. I'm Afraid 23. Banjo Boy 24. Hear Them Bells 25. Darling Sue 26. Today's Teardrops 27. I'll Make You Forget Him 28. Down By the Riverside 29. Lucky Lips 30. Bells of St. Mary's 31. Sad Songs