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His Hand in Mine (1960)

Where the lyrics of His Hand in Mine take you, and where it was really made.

Presley recorded this gospel album in a single fourteen-hour session, and it became the first of three gospel albums he released during his lifetime.

Key places

Where the album was recorded (1960)

Recording site RCA Studio B — Recording sessions for the album took place on October 30 and 31, 1960, at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. All the selections were completed in one fourteen-hour session. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• His Hand in Mine: fifth studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley
• Released November 23, 1960, by RCA Victor in mono and stereo
• Catalog number LPM/LSP 2328
• First of three gospel albums Presley issued during his lifetime
• Recorded October 30 and 31, 1960, at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee

Background

• Presley had a lifelong, fundamental love of church music
• He used church music to rehearse and loosen up before concerts and at the start of recording sessions
• Earlier, he devoted the extended play single Peace in the Valley to his love for gospel songs
• He was eager to record a full album of this music
• Plans of manager Colonel Tom Parker to steer Presley into a family-friendly image fit this project
• Parker was switching Presley's career concentration toward movie stardom in Hollywood at the same time

Recording

• All selections were completed in one fourteen-hour session
• Surrender and Crying in the Chapel were recorded during the session but withheld for later issue as singles
• Surrender would be his first single of 1961 and top the chart
• Crying in the Chapel waited until April 1965 to be issued, going to number 3 on the chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi; family moved to Memphis, Tennessee when he was 13.
• Began his career in 1954 at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring African-American music to a wider audience.
• Recorded "That's All Right" with guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black in July 1954.
• A pioneer of rockabilly, a fusion of country music and rhythm and blues.

Members

• Classic quartet: Presley (vocals, guitar), Scotty Moore (lead guitar), Bill Black (bass), and D. J. Fontana (drums), who joined in 1955.

Career

• RCA Victor acquired his contract in 1955 for $40,000; "Heartbreak Hotel" hit number one in the US in 1956.
• Became a leading figure of rock and roll, though his style was considered a threat to white American youth by some.
• Made his film debut in Love Me Tender (1956) and devoted much of the 1960s to Hollywood films.
• Returned to the stage with the 1968 NBC special Elvis, followed by a Las Vegas residency and tours.
• Gave the first solo-artist concert broadcast worldwide, Aloha from Hawaii, in 1973.
• Died August 16, 1977 at Graceland, aged 42.
• Estimated to have sold 500 million records worldwide; won three Grammy Awards.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

Records

• Peaked at number 13 on the Top Pop Albums chart
• Certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on April 9, 1969
• Certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on March 27, 1992
• Reissued in 1976 in RCA's lower-priced Pure Gold series with new cover art under a new catalog number, ANL1-1319
• The 1976 reissue contained the same tracks as the original release
• Reissued in 1981 in RCA's Best Buy series, with catalog number changed to AYL1-3935
• First reissued on compact disc in 1988 with three bonus tracks
• A remastered CD version was released on March 11, 2008
• Follow That Dream, the Presley fan-club reissue label, released an extended two-disc version of the album in 2008

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Swing Down Sweet Chariot, not to be confused with the popular Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, was re-recorded for the soundtrack of Presley's 1969 film The Trouble with Girls
• The title track His Hand in Mine is a gospel song written by Mosie Lister and first recorded by the Statesmen Quartet in 1953
• Presley's version of the title track was released as an Easter single on March 25, 1969, with a more recent recording of How Great Thou Art on the B-side
• Neither side of that Easter single charted, and the record sold poorly
• The 2008 remastered CD added as bonus tracks the four songs originally issued on the 1957 EP single Peace in the Valley

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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