Day 450 - Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand

450. Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand
from the Album Put Your Hand in the Hand
(Yorkville [Canada]/Kama Sutra [U.S.], 1970)

"Ocean was a gospel rock band formed in 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are best known for their million-selling 1971 single Put Your Hand in the Hand, penned by Gene MacLellan. The record sold over one million copies and received a gold disc awarded by the Recording Industry Association of America. …

The album was recorded in Toronto in 1970 and originally released on the highly collectable Yorkville label in Canada. The album contained eight songs written by such notables as Robbie Robertson and Gene MacLellan. The album was picked up in the U.S. by the Kama Sutra label that also released the band's second album in both the U.S. and Canada. Ocean managed another hit in Canada with the song We've Got a Dream written by the British songwriting team of Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway, but they failed to make any impact in the U.S. and disbanded in 1975 after only two albums." (Source: Wikipedia)

Put Your Hand in the Hand was originally recorded by Anne Murray. Over the years it has been covered by Elvis Presley, Frankie Lane, Lynn Anderson, Joan Baez, Loretta Lynn and Randy Stonehill, among others. Ocean's version was by far the most popular and peaked at #2 in the U.S. and #10 in Canada. Here are the original album version of the song: