"What a Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong (bass cover & tab) - FRANKS BASS COVERS
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"WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD" –
"WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD" – LOUIS ARMSTRONG (bass tab & cover) - FRANKS BASS COVERS
Released SEPT 1967
from the album “What a Wonderful World”
Notes
"What A Wonderful World" sounds like a standard from the 1940s, but the song was recorded and released in 1967, the same year "Daydream Believer" and "Light My Fire" were big hits.
Louis Armstrong is probably the most famous trumpet player in history, but he didn't play his signature instrument on this song. During live performances he would hold his trumpet but not play it.
"What A Wonderful World" runs just 2:17, repeating the chorus ("And I think to myself what a wonderful world") after just two lines of verse.
The short running time was typical of pop songs of the era; the more compact tunes were favored by radio stations because they could play more of them.
In America, this song was little heard when it was first released in 1967. That's because Larry Newton, head of ABC Records, hated the song and refused to promote it. Newton was looking for an uptempo follow-up to Armstrong's hit "Hello, Dolly!" and the lilting "
What A Wonderful World" was not what he had in mind. Various accounts have him showing up at the recording session and trying to stop it, only to be locked out of the studio.
In 1964, he had a #1 US hit with "Hello, Dolly!," knocking The Beatles from the top spot during Beatlemania.
By the time he recorded "What A Wonderful World," he was 66 years old and near the end of his career; he died in 1971 of heart failure at 69.
Released SEPT 1967
from the album “What a Wonderful World”
Notes
"What A Wonderful World" sounds like a standard from the 1940s, but the song was recorded and released in 1967, the same year "Daydream Believer" and "Light My Fire" were big hits.
Louis Armstrong is probably the most famous trumpet player in history, but he didn't play his signature instrument on this song. During live performances he would hold his trumpet but not play it.
"What A Wonderful World" runs just 2:17, repeating the chorus ("And I think to myself what a wonderful world") after just two lines of verse.
The short running time was typical of pop songs of the era; the more compact tunes were favored by radio stations because they could play more of them.
In America, this song was little heard when it was first released in 1967. That's because Larry Newton, head of ABC Records, hated the song and refused to promote it. Newton was looking for an uptempo follow-up to Armstrong's hit "Hello, Dolly!" and the lilting "
What A Wonderful World" was not what he had in mind. Various accounts have him showing up at the recording session and trying to stop it, only to be locked out of the studio.
In 1964, he had a #1 US hit with "Hello, Dolly!," knocking The Beatles from the top spot during Beatlemania.
By the time he recorded "What A Wonderful World," he was 66 years old and near the end of his career; he died in 1971 of heart failure at 69.
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