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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 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.
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.
"It's A Big, Wide, Wonderful World" is a popular song written by John Rox and published in 1939. The song first appeared in the short-lived 1940 Broadway musical play All in Fun when it was introduced by Walter Cassel and Wynn Murray. [1] A version by Buddy Clark reached a peak on the Billboard charts at #25 in 1949. [2]
"Wonderful World" was recorded by Richard as a potential song for the Eurovision Song Contest 1968. It was first performed on 5 March 1968 on A Song for Europe, the UK national selection television programme for the Contest. The song came third in the vote, losing out to "Congratulations" and "High 'n' Dry". [2] "
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]
"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 " Wonderful World!! ", a song by Kanjani8 from 8 Uppers