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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Author: Bob Thiele/George David Weiss
Label: ABC
Year: 1967
Title track lp. N°1 UK. First offered to Tony Bennett who declined it. N°1 US in '88 following prominent exposure in film Good Morning Vietnam, although action there is situated in 1965, two years before the original release.
Covers:
Corry Brokken [as Wat Een Heerlijk Bestaan]
Mieke & Vader Abraham [as Wat Een Prachtige Dag]
Willie Nelson [title track cd]
Israel Kamakawiwu Ole [Hawaian million seller in medley with Somewhere Over The Rainbow]
Anne Murray [title track cd]
Ghostface Killah, Raekwon & The Alchemist [three lines in The Forest]
Joey Ramone [posthumous in film Freaky Friday]
Rod Stewart [with Stevie Wonder]
Katie Melua [with Eva Cassidy; n°1 UK]
Pat Byrne [hit IRE]
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)