Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Spoken Intro Version) 1970

"What a Wonderful World" [1970 Spoken Introduction Version] along with Oliver Nelson's Orchestra is a song written by Bob Thiele (as George Douglas) and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released as a single in 1968. Thiele and Weiss were both 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. Intended as an antidote for the increasingly racially and politically charged climate of everyday life in the United States, the song also has a hopeful, optimistic tone with regard to the future, with reference to babies being born into the world and having much to look forward to. The song was initially offered to Tony Bennett, who turned it down. Thereafter, it was offered to Louis Armstrong.

"Some of you young folks been saying to me
" Hey Pops, what you mean 'What a wonderful world'?

How about all them wars all over the place?
You call them wonderful?

And how about hunger and pollution?
That ain't so wonderful either."

Well how about listening to old Pops for a minute.
Seems to me, it aint the world that's so bad
but what we're doin' to it.

And all I'm saying is see what a wonderful world
It would be if only we'd give it a chance.
Love baby, love. That's the secret, yeah.
If lots more of us loved each other
we'd solve lots more problems.
And then this world would be gasser.

That's wha' ol' Pops keeps saying."

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, 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, sayin', "How do you do?"
They're really sayin', "I love you"

I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow
They'll learn much more, than I'll ever know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

Yes, I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Oh yeah!

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[50CalTV]

I haven't heard this since i was 15, Im a grown man now and this brought a tear to my eye.

[Paulo14881]

His smile can cure câncer !!

[RedBrickStudios1011]

Every time he smiles, a child is cured of cancer.

[MADS french]

what a wounderful song

[Julia Sá -Jô Guia]

Gostaria de ouvir, mas com o Nat King Cole. Onde está o original???

[BrnX84]

temazo!

[pako rodriguez]

what a song

[Stephen Bommarito]

What a wonderful man! Can't help but just love Louis Armstrong! One of my all time favorite tunes but I'd never heard the spoken intro before (which is obviously heartfelt and spot on). Thanks for sharing :-)

[Alif Izammel Tan]

"you're"



[Julio Cesar Francisco Silva]

Simplesmente fantastica,movendo-se no meu intimo.

[indixiesheart]

ONE MY MOST FAVORITE SONGS EVER !

[MalleoSquirrelX]

Dude, too far.