Talk:What a Wonderful World

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I've heard that The Ramones has recorded this song too... I'm not Really sure anyway, you migth add something Angel C. From Mx

This song, sung by Satchmo, is on the 1961 album "The Real Ambassadors", done by the Brubecks. The current write-up makes it sound like the first recording was 1968.

Bob Brown

unappropriate for airplay? their logic escapes me

What A Wonderful World is not on The Real Ambassadors which is listed under Dave Brubeck.

http://michaelminn.net/armstrong/index.php?section7 lists What A Wonderful World on the play list for a recording of a concert during Armstrong's 1960 trip to Africa sponsored by the U.S. State Department as by Louis Armstrong and The All Stars, November, 1960, Elisabethville, Katanga, Belgian Congo

The sheet music list the copyright date as 1967, so the 1960 play list is likely in error.

66.245.153.130 (talk) 08:08, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

delete this because kids have the abilty to type wreck. 168.8.230.57 (talk) 18:10, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

but: the katanga recording exists and is on several compilations or katanga-cds. and it really sounds like 1960 or even earlier. see http://www.discogs.com/Louis-Armstrong-The-Katanga-Concert/release/1061500 on iTunes it is the versions with around 2:35 instead of 2:18 - so two ways: 1. all the labels which issued it were wrong about when katanga really happened and it actually happened after 1967 AND louis recorded with intent to let it sound 10 years older 2. the whole article is wrong --2003:63:2A42:8047:ACEA:6C3:A452:E693 (talk) 21:54, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

see also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgItFk9q2bQ--2003:63:2A42:8047:ACEA:6C3:A452:E693 (talk) 22:11, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

ok finally found it: "what a wonderful world" on katanga-cds seems to be betray for cash-in. it's actually a recording from: The Jackie Gleason Show (episode 2.16) (TV) December 30, 1967, Miami, FL

Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Glenn, Tyree (Trombone) Muranyi, Joe (Clarinet) Napoleon, Marty (Piano) Catlett, Buddy (Bass) Barcelona, Danny (Drums)

wonderful version by the way--2003:63:2A42:8047:ACEA:6C3:A452:E693 (talk) 23:20, 17 October 2014 (UTC) here it is : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2VCwBzGdPM&spfreload=10199.68.218.196 (talk) 10:40, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

What a wonderful world (copied from here)

ok I'll give this another try... I think what a wonderful world is "inspired" by twinkle twinkle little star. I found midi files and combined them, the melodies and song structures totally match, except that what a wonderful world has a slower tempo. I uploaded the combined midi here: http://midishrine.com/midi/11702.mid . Decide for yourself and include this info in the article if you want. I'm not gonna edit the article itself since my edits were reverted before. Thank you. 85.103.227.104 21:19, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

It may well be true that What a Wonderful World was inspired by Twinkle, Twinkle... but if no one else has made the connection before, then we can't be the first to do so. See the no original research rule. Nareek 21:54, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I couldn't find any direct connection. However, I think 85.103.227.104 might be onto something. In Baca, Maria. (August 28, 2004) Star Tribune An Essay: Worshiping at the Farmers Market. Section: News; Page 7B., the article discusses "Alphonse, a musician in an African kofia hat, who launches into a signature high-energy guitar riff every time he sees us coming. ... he plays "What a Wonderful World," "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," and the ABC song, all with his own bluesy flair." It seems that Alphonse made a connection between these three songs. Also, see Zorn, Eric. (April 29, 2007) Chicago Tribune Change of Subject. Section: Metro; Page 2. (writing, "The most singable of the top lullabies of all time include "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," "Hush Little Baby," "Sweet Baby James" and the eerie "Rock a Bye Baby." Harder-to-sing classics include "Golden Slumbers," "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," "What a Wonderful World," "When You Wish Upon a Star" and "Beautiful Dreamer.") -- Jreferee 15:39, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

The resemblance to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is obvious! I for one am sick and tired of the idea that a self-evident truth constitutes "original research." Kostaki mou (talk) 02:40, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Joey Ramone

For the line "The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night" I noticed that in Joey Ramone's version, it is "Bright blessed days, dark sacred nights." Should this be mentioned? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.218.12.31 (talk) 06:16, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Joan Baez

I know Joan Baez frequently plays "Wonderful World", a song written by Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert and Lou Adler, but not this one. I added a {{Dubious}} template. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:02, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Inconsistency

In the main body of the text it says that the song was written by Bob Thiele, George David Weiss, and George Douglas, and that it has been suggested that 'George Douglas' was a pseudonym used by Dana Pelkie, because George Douglas hadn't been heard of before or since. But in the infobox it seems to imply that George Douglas was the pseudonym used by Bob Theile. Either the main text or the infobox needs changing but I dunno which... Jh39 (talk) 21:40, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Family Matters refrence?

Can we add it oh BTW don't forget this was used as an intro until Rachel's First Date Matthew Cantrell (talk) 22:36, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Vera Lynn

This site: [Vera] has a video with Vera Lynn singing this song.Agre22 (talk) 19:35, 20 October 2009 (UTC)agre22

Wrong link description

• What a Wonderful World Song Lyrics

Removed this from the article, because it doesn't lead to any lyrics, just to a download site. Faedrivin (talk) 17:58, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Luis Armstrong

Luis armstrong was born in Agust4,1901 and he died when he was 69 yers oid. He was a fanous music player his insturment was the trumpet —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.18.119.146 (talk) 23:49, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Death metal version

These indy youtube versions are usually really sub-par, but this one impressed me [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.245.213.210 (talk) 18:41, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

i would suggest a revision of the genre section.

Traditional pop doesnt say much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pingu.dbl96 (talk • contribs) 06:33, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

removed tagging

none matched current state, exemplary AFAICT for an article for a single song/45. 72.228.177.92 (talk) 17:03, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Whew

I had thought that WAWW was much older and it troubled me that Louis was voicing such sentiments before, e.g., the Civil Rights Act. But no! It came later and I now can see him thinking "wow....maybe things will be better now". His gifts will be with us always. Thank you, Messrs Theil, Weiss and Armstrong! Lfstevens (talk) 07:51, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

"Notable" version

So we've got a section titled "Notable versions", but what's the criterion for being on this list? It's way too long and not very notable, a lot of the time. Pruning is needed. --jpgordon^{::==( o )} 14:16, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Same thing occurred to me. What is so notable about an Eddy Arnold B-side? Or a version that peaked at No. 73? The only notable version from the 20th-Cent. is the original Armstrong hit.MackyBeth (talk) 14:13, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

I've seen worse. But, to find the answer, see WP:COVERSONG. --Musdan77 (talk) 04:19, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Text of the song

where is the text of this famous song???? why isnt it here in words writen???? oh my god!! --77.56.118.154 (talk) 17:26, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

The lyrics, I presume you mean. Not here, Oh your god, because Wikipedia doesn't have copies of copyrighted material in their articles. -- Infrogmation (talk) 05:34, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Armstrong Museum disputes

Podcast with Ricky Riccardi of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, who unsurprisingly seems to have done extensive research about this number, makes some statements about dubious or simply wrong statements in the current version this Wikipedia article. [2] -- Infrogmation (talk) 05:37, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Film and television

It will soon be two years that the "IMDB" banner has been in place over these tables. And in that time, only one sourced item has been added (not counting the one that is sourced to another Wikipedia article). I propose to simply eliminate the two tables and wait for interested editors to take the time to find proper sourcing for these entries. And given the very large number of times that the song has been used in film and television, we might also want to discuss whether there should be some inclusion criteria for getting listed in a table here. NewYorkActuary (talk) 21:48, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

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Featured on Soul Music

This article could mention that "What a Wonderful World" featured on the BBC Radio 4 series "Soul Music" on August 20 2018.Vorbee (talk) 08:08, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

KD Lang and Tony Bennett's version is notable

Song was nominated for a Grammy in 2003 and the album carrying it won a Grammy in 2004. K.d. lang 99.67.143.53 (talk) 19:44, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Place of the link to YouTube

Hello, I do not manage to pu this short box under the first infobox

Music video"What a Wonderful World" on YouTube

Is there anybody to help me?

Thank you. JMlaZizik (talk) 09:27, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Ok

I think I managed to do it correctly. JMlaZizik (talk) 09:41, 23 June 2023 (UTC)