To coincide with the Easter business RCA Victor released the gospel single "His Hand In Mine" / "How Great Thou Art". It soon turned out to be a sales disaster like the seasonal singles of 1966 and wasn't listed on any chart.

The single is not available on the streaming platforms, but the tracks can be found on the accordant albums. In 2016 the complete Presley catalogue was restored and remastered by Vic Anesini for a boxed set of 60 compact discs called "The Album Collection". Sony Music Entertainment provides the streaming platforms with the same versions of the individual tracks, albeit in 24 bit/90 khz flac. That means, if the platform of your choice supports high resolution audio, you can enjoy the songs in the same quality Sony used to scan and master them. On Spotify, which has a market share of approximately 30% and is the only platform that publishes streaming figures, "His Hand In Mine" accumulates 3 million streams, "How Great Thou Art" clocks in at 26 million. The original studio recording was streamed 14 million times, the remake (featuring The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) generated 10 million requests. Elvis' Grammy Award winning performance from March 20, 1974 adds another 2 million.

The cover was made up with two photos shot during the production of the king's recent tv special "SINGER presents Elvis". Of RCA and Colonel Parker didn't forget to promote the gospel albums "His Hand In Mine" and "How Great Thou Art".

The hymn was written by Mosie Lister, the composer and arranger of The Statesmen. The group had released the song in 1953 and it was a favorite of Gladys and Vernon Presley. Elvis recorded five takes of "His Hand In Mine", the master was spliced of the takes 5 and 4. The harmony voice was provided by Charlie Hodge. I like the song very much.

The origin of this hymn is the Swedish song "O Store Gud", which was written in 1886 by Carl Boberg. In 1907 it was translated by Manfred von Glen to "Wie Gross Bist Du", in 1925 there was an English version called "O Mighty God, When I Behold The Wonder". Eight years later the missionaries Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Hine turned it into "How Great Thou Art", which was based on the German translation by von Glen. This final version was recorded by many singers and gospel groups, in 1962 Tennessee Ernie Ford even scored a hit on the pop charts with the hymn. Elvis recorded "How Great Thou Art" on May 25, 1966 within four takes. In 1976 RCA Victor re-released the track on the compilation "A Legendary Performer - Volume 2". Live versions can be found on the albums "Elvis Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis" (1974) and "Elvis In Concert" (1977). The performance from 1974 won the king another Grammy.