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Thank you, my friend SGT John " Mac " McConnell for posting the Playing For Change | Song Around The World performing What a Wonderful World featuring Grandpa Elliott with children's choirs across the globe. In these hard times, children and music bring us hope for a better future."
Kudos to the editors for blending the music and videos of the children's choirs and musicians.
For comparison
Louis Armstrong - What a wonderful world ( 1967 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWzrABouyeE
Song background: "This was written by Bob Thiele and George Weiss. Thiele was a producer for ABC records, and Weiss was a songwriter." The song is about appreciating the beauty of our surroundings.
Louis Armstrong recorded this for scale, accepting only $250 to make sure the orchestra got paid.
This is the song most associated with Louis Armstrong, but it does not represent the body of his work, which consists mostly of jazz.
In America, this song became a beloved standard, but when it was first released in 1968, it barely dented the charts, peaking at #116. It was more appreciated 20 years later when it was used in the Robin Williams movie Good Morning, Vietnam; the song was re-released to coincide with the film, and this time charted at #32.
The boss of ABC Records hated this and did not promote it until it became a hit in England."
"What a Wonderful World" jazz song written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss.
Lyrics
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 cry
Watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, "what a wonderful world"
And I think to myself, "what a wonderful world"
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Cpl James R. " Jim" Gossett Jr SPC Jon O.SP5 Jeannie Carle
SPC Chris Bayner-CwikPO1 Jerome NewlandTSgt David L.
Kudos to the editors for blending the music and videos of the children's choirs and musicians.
For comparison
Louis Armstrong - What a wonderful world ( 1967 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWzrABouyeE
Song background: "This was written by Bob Thiele and George Weiss. Thiele was a producer for ABC records, and Weiss was a songwriter." The song is about appreciating the beauty of our surroundings.
Louis Armstrong recorded this for scale, accepting only $250 to make sure the orchestra got paid.
This is the song most associated with Louis Armstrong, but it does not represent the body of his work, which consists mostly of jazz.
In America, this song became a beloved standard, but when it was first released in 1968, it barely dented the charts, peaking at #116. It was more appreciated 20 years later when it was used in the Robin Williams movie Good Morning, Vietnam; the song was re-released to coincide with the film, and this time charted at #32.
The boss of ABC Records hated this and did not promote it until it became a hit in England."
"What a Wonderful World" jazz song written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss.
Lyrics
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 cry
Watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, "what a wonderful world"
And I think to myself, "what a wonderful world"
FYI Sgt (Join to see)SFC (Join to see)Sgt John H.
1sg-dan-capriSGT Robert R.CPT Tommy CurtisSGT (Join to see) SGT Steve McFarlandCol Carl WhickerSGT Mark AndersonSSG Michael NollSFC Jack ChampionA1C Ian Williams
Cpl James R. " Jim" Gossett Jr SPC Jon O.SP5 Jeannie Carle
SPC Chris Bayner-CwikPO1 Jerome NewlandTSgt David L.
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LTC Stephen F.
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LTC Stephen F.
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell
I still like the original better but, they do a great job on this one LTC Stephen F. . :-)
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LTC Stephen F.
I concur with your assessment of the performance of the children's choirs, my friend SGT John " Mac " McConnell.
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