Radio Mans fave with Louis Armstrong

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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, which topped the pop charts in the United Kingdom,[1] though it performed poorly in the United States because Larry Newton, the president of ABC Records, disliked the song and refused to promote it.

After appearing in the film Good Morning, Vietnam, the song was re-released as a single in 1988, and it rose to number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] Armstrong’s recording was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. The publishing for this song is controlled by ConcordBMG Rights Management and Carlin America.

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  1. Nice contrast Radio Man. Paint It Black, a song about depression and loss that musically sounds upbeat followed by What a Wonderful World, a song to remind us of the joys in life that musically sounds depressing. Both terrific.

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