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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.
[4] In 1993, five years after the original recording, Bertosa played the acoustic version for producer Jon de Mello while the two were completing work on Facing Future, and de Mello decided to include it on the album as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World".
Richard also recorded a German-language version in October 1968, also titled "Wonderful World" (the song features the lyrics "Wonderful World", but the rest are in German). It was released in March 1969 as the B-side to "Zärtliche Sekunden", the German-language version of "Don't Forget to Catch Me". [7]
A Wonderful World (Tony Bennett and k.d. lang album) A Wonderful World (Susan Boyle album) Wonderful World (Eva Cassidy album) Wonderful World (Israel Kamakawiwoʻole album) Wonderful World! (The Kelly Family album), an album by The Kelly Family; What a Wonderful World (Anne Murray album) What a Wonderful World (Willie Nelson album)
The Ford Motor Company's extravagant 1960 model introduction TV commercial, 3 minutes long, used the song, recast as "A Wonderful New World of Fords." It was also featured in the film Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) when it was played as background music in the swimming scene. [5] It was sung by Charlene Dallas in the 1975 comedy "Rancho Deluxe".
"Wonderful World, Beautiful People" was released by Trojan Records on October 24, 1969. [1] The song was composed by Jimmy Cliff and produced by Leslie Kong. The song is about what the world could be. Politicians Harold Wilson and Richard Nixon are mentioned in the song. [2] It was a first hit for the Trojan label.
"Wonderful" is a song by American rock band Everclear, released as the first single from their fourth studio album, Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile (2000), on May 22, 2000. The song reached number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's only top-40 hit on the Hot 100. Outside the United States ...