What a Wonderful World

~ Release by Louis Armstrong (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼Medium
#TitleRatingLength
1What a Wonderful World
recorded in:
New York, United States (on 1967-08-16)
engineer:
Eddie Brackett and Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
Bob Thiele (producer & songwriter)
alto saxophone:
Sam Marowitz (saxophonist and clarinetist) (on 1967-08-16) and Daniel Trimboli (on 1967-08-16)
baritone saxophone:
Raymond Stanfield (on 1967-08-16)
clarinet:
Sam Marowitz (saxophonist and clarinetist) (on 1967-08-16) and Jerome Richardson (on 1967-08-16)
double bass:
Russ Savakus (on 1967-08-16)
drums (drum set):
Grady Tate (on 1967-08-16)
flute:
Sam Marowitz (saxophonist and clarinetist) (on 1967-08-16), Jerome Richardson (on 1967-08-16) and Daniel Trimboli (on 1967-08-16)
guitar:
Allen Hanlon (jazz guitarist) (on 1967-08-16), Art Ryerson (on 1967-08-16) and Willard Suyker (on 1967-08-16)
percussion:
Warren Hard (on 1967-08-16)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1967-08-16)
tenor saxophone:
Jerome Richardson (on 1967-08-16) and Daniel Trimboli (on 1967-08-16)
trombone:
Urbie Green (on 1967-08-16) and J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1967-08-16)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1967-08-16), Clark Terry (American swing trumpeter) (on 1967-08-16) and Joe Wilder (on 1967-08-16)
lead vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1967-08-16)
orchestra:
Louis Armstrong’s Orchestra and Chorus (on 1967-08-16)
conductor and chorus master:
Tommy Goodman (pianist, arranger for Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington) (on 1967-08-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1968)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 171) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 283)
recording of:
What a Wonderful World (on 1967-08-16)
writer:
George Douglas (producer & songwriter) and George David Weiss
publisher:
Abilene Music Inc., Carlin Music Corp., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Memory Lane Music (publishing company), Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc. and Valando Music, Inc.
sub-publisher:
BMC Publishing NV, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), フジパシフィック音楽出版 (Fujipacific Music inc.) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
12 Monkeys Soundtrack
part of:
Freaky Friday (2003)
42:22
2Indiana
4:30
3Ole Miss Blues
recording of:
Ole Miss Blues
writer:
William Christopher Handy and Walter Hirsch
4:03
4After You've Gone
recording of:
After You’ve Gone
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
3:37
5Mack the Knife (Moritat)
bass:
Arvell Shaw (in 1955)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (in 1955)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (in 1955)
piano:
Billy Kyle (in 1955)
trombone:
Trummy Young (in 1955)
trumpet and lead vocals:
Louis Armstrong (in 1955)
recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation) (on 1955-09-28)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (American composer) (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
3.53:24
6C'est si bon (It's So Good)
recording of:
C’est si bon (It's So Good, English version)
lyricist:
André Hornez (in 1947)
composer:
Henri Betti (songwriter and pianist) (in 1947)
translator:
Jerry Seelen (screenwriter, lyricist. songwriter) (in 1949)
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège
translated version of:
C’est si bon (original French version)
3:34
7When It's Sleepy Time Down South
recording of:
When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
lyricist:
Leon René and Otis René
composer:
Clarence Muse
publisher:
Leon Rene Publication, Mills Music, Inc., Otis Rene Publication and Sherwin Music (publisher)
2:47
8The Bucket's Got a Hole in It
recording of:
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (in 1933)
3:15
9Cabaret
cover recording of:
Cabaret (title song from the Kander & Ebb musical)
lyricist:
Fred Ebb (lyricist)
composer:
John Kander (composer)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp.
part of:
Cabaret (musical)
3:57
10On the Sunny Side of the Street
recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
part of:
American Splendor
3:26
11When the Saints Go Marching In
recording of:
When the Saints Go Marching In (Louis Armstrong’s version)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Louis Armstrong
version of:
When the Saints Go Marching In
3:13