One source claims the song was first offered to Tony Bennett, who turned it down, although Louis Armstrong biographer Ricky Riccardi disputes this. His real name has appeared on it from its 1988 issue onward. Thiele produced the track under his own name, but as a co-composer was initially credited under the pseudonym George Douglas. Armstrong's recording was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. In April 1968, it topped the pop chart in the United Kingdom, but performed poorly in the United States because Larry Newton, the president of ABC Records, disliked the song and refused to promote it.Īfter it was heard in the film Good Morning, Vietnam, it was reissued as a single in 1988, and rose to number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released in 1967 as a single. " What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss.
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