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Wonderful World" quickly became Cooke's best-performing single since his first hit "You Send Me", reaching number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the magazine's Hot R&B Sides chart. [5] Billboard reviewed the single upon its release, giving it four stars and writing, "Moderate rocker gets a smooth belt from Sam Cooke in his usual ...
"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.
Kamakawiwoʻole's recording of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" has been used on other soundtracks as well, including the soundtracks for Finding Forrester; 50 First Dates; Fred Claus; Happy, Happy; Hubble; and The Healer.
The album includes two covers: "What a Wonderful World," originally performed by Louis Armstrong, and "1969," originally performed by the Stooges. [10] "What a Wonderful World" was used for the ending credits of Michael Moore's film Bowling for Columbine. [citation needed] It also appeared on the soundtrack to Freaky Friday.
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 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.
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)
Songs include covers of "What a Wonderful World", "Forever Young", "John the Revelator [5] and the Emmy nominated theme song "This Life" (performed by Curtis Stigers and the Forest Rangers). [6] Musicians performing on the album include Anvil , Franky Perez (of Scars on Broadway ), Lions , Alison Mosshart (of The Kills and The Dead Weather ...