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
B-side "Only One I Love"
Released August 3, 1985
Genre Country
Length 3:32
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Homer Banks
Raymond Jackson
Carl Hampton
Producer(s) 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)

"Little Things"
(1985)
"Touch a Hand, Make a Friend"
(1985)
"Come On In (You Did the Best You Could Do)"
(1985)

The Oak Ridge Boys released the song in August 1985 as the second single from their album Step On Out. It was their thirteenth number one on the country chart.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1985) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 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.
  3. "The Oak Ridge Boys – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for The Oak Ridge Boys.
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
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