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Artist: Sam Cooke
Author: Barbara Campbell/Lou Adler/Herb Alpert
Label: Keen
Year: 1960
N°2 R&B. Barbara Campbell was an alias for Sam Cooke (it's the name of his widow). N°2 UK & n°1 NL following a Levi's commercial.
Covers:
Herman's Hermits [top 5 US, top 10 UK]
Furys [as Ce monde merveilleux]
Joe Simon [als What A Wonderful World]
Johnny Nash [idem]
Art Garfunkel [with James Taylor and Paul Simon; top 20 US]
Rob de Nijs [as Wat Een Waanzin]
Greg Chapman [in film Witness]
Susan Boyle [title track lp]
Not to be confused neither with What A Wonderful World (Bob Thiele/George David Weiss), introduced by Louis Armstrong in '67 (n°1 UK), later used in film Good Morning Vietnam, nor with Wonderful World, Beautiful People by Jimmy Cliff ('69) and UB 40.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)