His Eye Is on the Sparrow
Ethel Waters didn't just record 'His Eye Is on the Sparrow' -- she named her own autobiography after it, and two decades of Billy Graham crusade performances make the claim sound earned rather than borrowed.
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His Eye Is on the Sparrow
Released January 1, 1960
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His Eye Is on the Sparrow (Lauryn Hill & Tanya Blount)
A pre-fame Lauryn Hill and Tanya Blount turned a Sunday-school hymn into the emotional peak of a mainstream comedy, and the duet still holds up as the definitive modern version.
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His Eye Is on the Sparrow (Whitney Houston)
Whitney Houston recorded her version of the hymn a few months before her death; it was released four months after it, and the timing changes how nearly every line lands.
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