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"Wonderful World" (occasionally referred to as "(What A) Wonderful World") is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Released on April 14, 1960, by Keen Records , it had been recorded during an impromptu session the previous year in March 1959, at Sam Cooke's last recording session at Keen.
"What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong on August 16, 1967. In April 1968, it topped the pop chart in the United Kingdom, [3] but performed poorly in the United States because Larry Newton, the president of ABC Records, disliked the song and refused to promote it.
"Wonderful World" was recorded by Elvis Presley in March 1968 for the film Live a Little, Love a Little, in which Presley also starred and which was released in October 1968. It was not released as a single and no soundtrack album or EP was released to promote the film.
The discography of Sam Cooke, an American singer and songwriter, consists of fourteen studio albums (including one collaborative album and two notable posthumous releases), two live albums, 49 singles, 13 compilations and 2 box sets.
C. ^ Jimmy Cliff was released as Wonderful World, Beautiful People in the US in 1970. D. ^ Goodbye Yesterday was released as Two Worlds in Jamaica with minor changes in track listing. E. ^ Unlimited was re-released as The King of Reggae in 1976. F. ^ Struggling Man consisted of new recordings as well as songs from Wild World.
Released: July 1960 The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke , released by Keen Records in October 1960. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Beginning in the 1950s, The Walt Disney Company began producing made-for-television films in their long-running anthology series Disneyland (later to be popularly known as The Wonderful World of Color and The Wonderful World of Disney).
Jimmy Cliff is a 1969 album by Jimmy Cliff.It was retitled Wonderful World, Beautiful People after the track of that name was released as a single in the U.S. Richard Polak, who is credited with the sleeves of a number of Island Records artists in the early 1970s, is credited with photography.