[jimfree]

I’d forgotten this one. Will have to research the chords and lyrics to revive another childhood memory.

[RIghtwardHo]

How cool! Thanks for the post!

[MamaB]

Love that song and This Ole House. Grew up singing them. Thanks.

[SandRat]

“It Is No Secret (What God Can Do).”

Tet too few want Belive or See.

[T-Bird45]

Great post as I didn’t know the backstory on Stuart Hamblen even though I’ve sung along with his song, This Ole House, over the years as performed by many gospel groups.

[OK Sun]

You learn something every day.

Stuart Hamblin tell his story and sings the song and at a Billy Graham Crusade: Stuart Hamblin--YouTube.

Stuart sings one of his songs that Jim Reeves also recorded, Rosemary Clooney sang one of his other songs. John Wayne inspired Stuart to write this song. he is being introduced by Billy Graham in 1957. Yes Stuart always said that he didn't write the song. The Holy Spirit did.

[spetznaz]

Thank you. A song that got burned into my memory as a child all the way out in Nairobi, Kenya, and which came flooding back to active memory when I saw the thread. Thank you.

[Fiji Hill]

"It's No Secret," aka "It Is No Secret" did not reach #1 on the pop charts. The version by Bill Kenny & the Song Spinners reached #15 in the spring of 1951. Kenny was formerly with the Ink Spots, and the Song Spinners won fame by backing soloists on recordings during the instrumentalists' strike of 1942-1944. The song is available here.

Jo Stafford's version of the tune reached #18 at about the same time.

Stuart Hamblen's version of the tune, issued in the spring of 1950, can be heard here.