Touch a Hand, Make a Friend

"Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" is a 1974 single written by Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson, and Carl Hampton and recorded by The Staple Singers. "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" was one of The Staple Singers most successful singles and peaked at number three on the soul chart and number twenty-three on the Hot 100.[1]

The Oak Ridge Boys versions

"Touch a Hand, Make a Friend"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album Step On Out
Released 1985
Genre Country
Length 3:32
Label MCA
Writer(s) Homer Banks
Raymond Jackson
Carl Hampton
Producer Ron Chancey
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology
"Little Things"
(1985)		 "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend"
(1985)		 "Come On In (You Did the Best You Could Do)"
(1985)

In 1985, The Oak Ridge Boys recorded the song and it was their thirteenth number one on the country chart.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1985) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 547. 
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 252. 
Preceded by
"You Make Me Want to Make You Mine"
by Juice Newton		 Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
October 26, 1985		 Succeeded by
"Some Fools Never Learn"
by Steve Wariner
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
November 2, 1985