# His Hand in Mine issues a public gospel LP as a dated sacred-repertoire object

Date: 1960

## The fact

On 23 November 1960 RCA issued His Hand in Mine, a public gospel LP.

It is one event.

## Context

Gospel can be devotion and a market.

[Elvis Presley](/people/elvis-presley)’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death.

The 23 November 1960 RCA gospel album continued a church-repertoire practice already on 1950s sides. The Jordanaires share the voices. Sacred repertoire is a cohesion object, not a census of belief.
Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers date the row.

## Evidence and sources

Billboard’s gospel-chart/LP record and Graceland/EPE discography pages independently date the 1960 gospel LP.

Official or archival record: Billboard — Elvis Presley artist page (https://www.billboard.com/artist/elvis-presley/; Billboard).

## Significance

A cheap sacred LP is a cohesion-and-consolation teaching object.

A gospel LP is not a 1970 badge photo.

A cheap sacred LP is a cohesion-and-consolation teaching object.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 23 November 1960 His Hand in Mine. Not established: a unique church-attendance series.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Elvis Presley.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date, signatory, or non-occurrence; a demonstrated forgery; or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of other causes.

They are not a public rating.

## People

- Elvis Presley: https://factrail.ai/people/elvis-presley

## Drivers

- Social Cohesion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/social-cohesion

## Sources

- https://www.graceland.com/
- https://www.billboard.com/artist/elvis-presley/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/elv-gospel-1960