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“What a Wonderful World” is a studio album by American jazz musician Louis Armstrong, released in 1968 by ABC Records. The album is best known for its title track, “What a Wonderful World,” which became one of Armstrong’s signature songs and a global standard. The record marked a stylistic shift toward a more pop-oriented sound, emphasizing Armstrong’s warm, gravelly vocals over orchestral arrangements. Although the album received limited promotion in the United States and did not chart there, it achieved commercial success in the United Kingdom, where the single “What a Wonderful World” reached number one on the UK Singles
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"What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele 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, but performed poorly in the United States because Larry Newton, the president of ABC Records, disliked the song and refused to promote it.
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000123384
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