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Rating. Allmusic. [1] 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.
file. help. " Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World " (also known as " Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World ") is a medley of "Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World", recorded by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. First released on the 1990 album Ka ʻAnoʻi, an acoustic rendition of the medley became notable after ...
What a Wonderful World. " 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 and released in 1967 as a single. In April 1968, it topped the pop chart in the United Kingdom, [3] but performed poorly in the United States because Larry Newton, the ...
Wonderful World (Sam Cooke song) " 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.
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.
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole[a] (May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997), also called Braddah IZ or just simply IZ, was a Native Hawaiian musician and singer. He achieved commercial success and popularity outside of Hawaii with his 1993 studio album, Facing Future. His medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful ...
Donald Fagen singles chronology. " I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) ". (1982) "New Frontier". (1983) " I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) " is a song written and performed by American songwriter, singer and musician Donald Fagen. It was the first track on his platinum-certified debut solo album The Nightfly, and was released in September 1982 as ...
Oldwick, New Jersey, U.S. Genres. Pop music, Jazz. Occupation (s) Songwriter, arranger. George David Weiss (April 9, 1921 – August 23, 2010) [1] was an American songwriter and arranger, who was a president of the Songwriters Guild of America. [1] He is an inductee in the Songwriters Hall of Fame.