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Written by [traditional], also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), Milk Cow Blues (Aerosmith) and Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) (Harry Belafonte)
Released on Charly Records, also Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker), Autumn Stone (Small Faces) and For All We Know
Part of Little Girl Blue, also My Baby Just Cares for Me, Good Bait and Plain Gold Ring
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
[traditional] wrote 2823 songs on fono, the 3rd most of any writer
[traditional]’s most frequent co-writer is Johannes Brahms (29 songs together)
[traditional] first appears on fono in 1925, 34 years before this song
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Performed by
- Albert “Tootie” Heath, James E. Bond and Nina Simone
- Part of
- Little Girl Blue
- Released on
- Charly Records
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Performed by
- Albert “Tootie” Heath, James E. Bond and Nina Simone
- Part of
- Little Girl Blue
- Released on
- Charly Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Charly Records
Same release: Little Girl Blue
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Charly Records
Same release: Little Girl Blue
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Charly Records
Elsewhere
Sources (7)
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1MusicBrainz He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands was performed by Albert “Tootie” Heath
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands was performed by Albert “Tootie” Heath
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2MusicBrainz He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands was performed by James E. Bond
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands was performed by James E. Bond
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands was performed by Nina Simone
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands was performed by Nina Simone
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands was written by [traditional]
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands was written by [traditional]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands is part of the release Little Girl Blue
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands is part of the release Little Girl Blue
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Charly Records is the label of the song He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
Charly Records is the label of the song He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands was released on 1959
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands was released on 1959
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026