BTW, if you've never used the "fullscreen" button on a YouTube video [lower right corner], now would be a good time to try it...
Here's a background on the lyrics:
"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 as a single in 1967...Via truthdig.
The song gradually became something of a standard and reached a new level of popularity. In 1978, Armstrong's 1968 recording was featured in the closing scenes of the first series of BBC radio's cult hit, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and was repeated for BBC's 1981 TV series of the same. In 1988, Armstrong's recording was featured in the film Good Morning, Vietnam and was re-released as a single, hitting #32 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1988. The single charted at number one for the fortnight ending June 27, 1988 on the Australian chart
Reposted from 2012 (!) to insert the Louis Armstrong version:
There are so many things I would have never seen, indeed never known about, without Saint Attenborough and the BBC.
ReplyDeleteThat said I'm also grateful to Marlin Perkins and Mutual of Omaha. ;o)
TV takes a lot of heat for the garbage but there have been many gems we would have missed pre-YouTube.
xoxoxoBruce
This was used in a commercial around 20 years ago... It took some time to track it down, but it is a wonderful matchup of Wonderful World and Over the Rainbow...
ReplyDeleteMakes me wish I had found it before Iz (the artist) passed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDjb1MdUiGE