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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.
A Wonderful World is an album by Tony Bennett and k.d. lang released in 2002. It later won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. In the U.S., the album achieved gold record status, and reached top 40 in the UK. On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection. [3]
"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.
Watermark is the third solo studio album by Art Garfunkel, released in October 1977 on Columbia Records.The first single, "Crying in My Sleep", failed to chart, but the follow-up, a version of "(What a) Wonderful World" (featuring harmony vocals from Garfunkel's old partner Paul Simon and mutual friend James Taylor) reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
"What a Wonderful World", a song by Louis Armstrong "Wonderful World" (Sam Cooke song), a song covered by Herman's Hermits "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World", a medley by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
The song was originally recorded in a spur-of-the-moment demo session in 1988. Israel called the recording studio at 3 A.M., and was given a 15-minute deadline to arrive by recording engineer Milan Bertosa.
What a Wonderful World is the twenty-ninth studio album by Canadian artist Anne Murray. It was released by StraightWay Records on EMI Music Canada's behalf in October 1999. [ 2 ] The album hit No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart, her only No. 1 on any American album chart.
The song is the longest-leading number-one hit on any of the Billboard song charts, having spent 358 weeks on top of the World Digital Songs chart. [33] On July 8, 2007, Kamakawiwoʻole debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart with "Wonderful World", selling 17,000 units. [34]