Laurie London "He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands" on The Ed Sullivan Show, April 13, 1958

[@AlWard-y2r]

I was9 or 10, there were tornado warnings, so my parents turned the couch over and my little sister and i got under it. All the while this song was playing on the radio. Every time i hear this song i sense that same feeling of peace and protection as i did back then...praise God!

[@mightyquinnproductions8672]

His confidence for a 13 year old is amazing he did his country so proud so talented.

[@mariaconforti8264]

Yes he does.😊

[@maryerb6062]

I have loved this since childhood and today I got to see HIM! ❤ ❤ ❤

[@TheLittleOsmondsFan13]

I'm 11 and love this song 😊thank you for sharing

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

Wow!!! I remember this from when I was a little kid. My Dad had the 45 and I would ask him to play it all the time! Lovely memories!!! 😊😊😊

[@beachboy9844]

How did you like the flip side? I used to love the B side, back in the day when flip sides were almost better than the A side.

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

@BeachBoy Cradle Rock is a fun peppy song - I was really young and just loved the energy - it kind of mirrored who I was as a child - my poor parents...lolol 😎😎😎

[@patriciajones4732]

Always used too be singing this ❤️❤️❤️💯🙏🙏🙏

[@michaeltuz608]

Couldn 't quite top the charts, but Laurie London's "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" made it to #2 in the US in 1958. Not bad for a thirteen year-old kid from England. One of the catchiest pop songs ever, I fondly remember hearing this when I was very young. Thanks for sharing!

[@kensmith8546]

Thats right Michael !!!!😀

[@sandeedobberstine5591]

Sold over a million copies in 1958❤

[@Soccertz1]

I just heard on n American top 40 that it went to number 1 in the USA. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Cynthia-ht8ld]

I dedicate this song to the memory of Bray Wyatt. 1987-2023. Rest in peace.

[@AntMan201490]

Laurie London is alive and well at 78; Laurie London made his network debut on American Bandstand on Wednesday April 23,1958 singing “He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands”😀👍🏿🎶🎸

[@suezaple4950]

What a great song Laurie has the voice to sing it.

[@Playbyplaymedia]

Wikipedia says that Laurie London Capitol release was "the most successful record by a British male in the 1950s in the USA." An African-American spiritual first published in 1927, "He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands" was featured in a 1955 British musical.

[@nathanvarghese.]

This channel is a vintage gold - mine. The kids still sing this song at church (and I live in India)

[@that70sgirl90]

He has a unique voice, very expressive as well. Happy Wednesday... thank you for sharing! 💖

[@nathanvarghese.]

He's 78 years old now... crazy

[@barryware7497]

Meaningful song .

[@hakimamelouah]

Unforgettable song.sweet memories.

[@hakimamelouah]

Sweet memories brings me back

[@jozefnovak7750]

Super! Thank you very much!

[@kensmith8546]

Thank you for posting this - Pity the picture quality is not up to the normal standard but it is great seeing Laurie on the show. He is still a great entertainer with a fabulous voice and is one of the nicest fellows you could meet!!!

[@user-ssrl08p77]

RIP Bray Wyatt

[@thisisderricksilk]

If not for the past I would be such a pessimist.

[@sandeedobberstine5591]

❤you’re not alone.

[@andrewmielke4011]

Great song, great vocals, great performance

[@brandonbinder5572]

What a gentleman!!

[@stardreamsskyhigh8964]

One of my first 78rpm records still have it, loved the song then still do,

[@anon2218]

I thought that was Paul Anka for a sec 😂

[@theaveragegamer8128]

Lol me too

[@Cynthia-ht8ld]

How could it have been Paul Anka? Paul Anka was already 17 years old by the time that song came out on the charts. His voice had already changed by that time.

[@anon2218]

@@Cynthia-ht8ld looks like him

[@philmcevers3469]

I don’t know who puts these together but can you find the one from when the Singing Nun was on and play that video. That’s what I’ve been waiting for 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@philmcevers3469]

I sure hope you can find the Singing nun for me. I’ve been waiting years to see it. I have about 20 seconds of it on a holiday video cassette of best of the Sullivans Show but I’m looking for the entire segment.

[@kathring.4089]

Song called "Dominique"😊

[@zeze_is_here14223]

Omg😢❤and btw did anybody realize that his voice is the same voice of frankei lymon?!😅

[@FrankieIymon]

Sorta, Frankie was singing lots of Rock’n roll and pop by late 1958

[@peterkoulouris8900]

I was 6 when this song came out. My uncle bought the 78 and played it over and over for me. Great memories.

[@lonestarfriend]

I was focused more on listening to the background singers. 🙂

[@thack57]

What year? I'm guessing between '57 + '58. It looks like Kine scope but I don'tknow if they were using that then. By 1961 the shows seemed to be filmed in a higher brilliance and everything looked cleaner + sharper.

[@rslitman]

The date in the thumbnail is in April 1958.

[@MostlyBrenda]

It's a kinescope. They started using videotape in the fall of 1959.

[@gg4gb1914]

So in 2023 the kids ask "Who Is He that he is singing about ?"

[@tsttest5453]

Rip bray

[@heinrichjansen7276]

Rip bray wyatt

[@kevinb8881]

Gospel singer Johnathan Mcreynolds brought me here!!!😃

[@herceniamarks7409]

My thoughts exactly! I love that little part!

[@HTHTHTHTHTHTHTHTHTHTHTHTH]

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[@г-нДжозефПатрикМайртанОНуаллай]

J Edgar Hoover alias Joe.

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Owie USA

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[@trell1738floridalegendmane]

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Clap H. Strait ahead

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Clap H Alias Joe

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[@tomdegenhardt9648]

I always thought Laurie London was a girl and not a guy.

[@operadog2000]

It's a girl.

[@Cynthia-ht8ld]

​, Laurie London was a 13 year old boy, when he recorded that song.

[@sandeedobberstine5591]

Common MALE name in the 50s and later. ❤👍

[@a_nick_t]

Puttin’ the squeeze on Florida right now… 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@г-нДжозефПатрикМайртанОНуаллай]

Georgiaed borgiad is pope Francis Darwin Original Joe. Ancestry please. alias ___.

[@QuintTheSharker]

I thought a girl sang this song

[@kenq1363]

This song is torturous to hear. Also I still don’t know if Laurie London is a male or female kinda like Rita Pavone 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@thisisderricksilk]

Back then *men* wore suits and *women* wore dresses.

[@kensmith8546]

Laurie was 13 when he made this million seller!!! Please clean out your ears and eyes. ha ha.

[@sandeedobberstine5591]

Keep your negative thoughts to yourself 😊

[@cindys1819]

If he didn't have that English accent this would more enjoyable...like if he had a mid west or southern accent.

[@peterkoulouris8900]

Educate yourself instead of acting like a moron.

[@linden7759]

Another attempt at trying to push a talent that doesn’t have any. Give them a song pretty much anyone can sing, add some professional background vocals, stick them in front of a camera for 3 minutes and hope for the best. Most of these attempts on ES went nowhere. The audience knew who had talent and who didn’t. Polite applause, next act please. I wouldn’t blame the Sullivan show so much as it was agents trying to get their latest find out there in the public.

[@kensmith8546]

ES did not have to try to push his talent it was already a hit in the UK and sold over a million copies in the US!!!! As you said the Audience knows talent when it hears it!!

[@peterkoulouris8900]

This song by this kid went to number 2 precisely because he was on the Ed Sullivan Show. In the 50s, if you were an artist and wanted to reach the most possible adults, you played on the ES Show in NYC. If you wanted to reach the most possible teenagers, you played on Dick Clark's American Bandstand in Philadelphia.

[@Mum60]

@@peterkoulouris8900 The Bee Gees were on The Ed Sullivan Show. That will be on here when they were wearing those litle check waistcoats their Mum made for them. They didn't need his help though, It was just good to get onto that show back then.

[@tammylewis2408]

This was a UK artist's first #1 vocal record in the US while also hitting #1 in the UK, FIVE AND A HALF YEARS BEFORE THE BEATLES. Many UK performers have blessed us with their performances and talent over the years. This is a great song, taken from a hymnal, similar to the Byrd's "Turn, Turn, Turn," which was from the book of Ecclesiastes and lyrically written by Pete Seeger seven years later in 1965.