I was in the mood for a song with a positive spin tonight, and I came across this. I played this before … March 2019 … but to me, it is worth hearing again.
I was probably around ten years old when I saw Louis Armstrong in person. I remember being agog at how big he could make his cheeks when playing the trumpet! I also fell in love with his gravelly voice and the look of kindness in his eyes. Ever since, I have been a Louis Armstrong fan.
I just finished writing a post about the slaughter of beautiful animals, and was feeling the need for a song about appreciating the beauty around us. This song is just that.
Although Louis Armstrong was mainly a jazz musician, this song is the one most often associated with him. Though it was first released in 1967, it didn’t become a hit in the U.S. until 20 years later when it was used in the Robin Williams movie Good Morning, Vietnam. However, it went to #1 in the UK.
The song was written by Bob Thiele (as “George Douglas”) and George David Weiss, both of whom were prominent in the music world (Thiele as a producer and Weiss as a composer/performer). Armstrong’s recording was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
What a Wonderful World
Louis Daniel Armstrong
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They’re really saying I love you
I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They’ll learn much more than I’ll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world
Songwriters: George Weiss / Robert Thiele
What a Wonderful World lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Concord Music Publishing LLC, Carlin America Inc
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