Wonderful World (Sam Cooke song)
" Wonderful World"( occasionally referred to as"( What A) Wonderful World") is a song by American singer- songwriter Sam Cooke.
Music arrangement was by the prolific Belford Hendricks who also wrote the arrangements for the songs" You Send MeCupidChain Gang( I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons", and" A Change Is Gonna Come".
Released on April 14, 1960, by Keen Records, it had been recorded during an impromptu session the previous year in March 1959, at Sam Cooke's last recording session at Keen.
He signed with RCA Victor in 1960 and" Wonderful World," then unreleased, was issued as a single in competition.
The song was mainly composed by songwriting team Lou Adler and Herb Alpert, but Cooke revised the lyrics to mention the subject of education more.
" Wonderful World" ended up doing substantially better on the charts than several of his early RCA singles, becoming his biggest hit single since" You Send Me"( 1957).
The song peaked at number 12 on the" Billboard" Hot 100 and hit number two on" Billboard" Hot R&B Sides chart.
Herman's Hermits charted better with a cover of the song in 1965, reaching number four in the United States and number seven in the United Kingdom, respectively.
Another cover by Art Garfunkel with James Taylor and Paul Simon charted at number 17 in 1978.
The Sam Cooke version was featured in the 1978 film" Animal House" and gained greater recognition in the UK upon a 1986 re-release when it peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, going silver( it had peaked at number 27 on the UK singles chart on first release in 1960).
Its 1986 success was attributed to sound- alike versions featured in the film" Witness"( 1985) and a memorable Levi's 501 television commercial.
Wonderful World (Elvis Presley song)
"Wonderful World" is a 1968 song written by Guy Fletcher and Doug Flett and sung by Elvis Presley in the film
"Live a Little, Love a Little", released in October 1968.
A Wonderful World
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It's a Wonderful World
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O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley
(January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor.
Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee with his family when he was 13 years old.
His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience.
Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues.
In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades.
Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States.
With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll.
His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, made him enormously popular—and controversial.
In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in "Love Me Tender".
Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work.
He held few concerts however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided.
In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special "Elvis", which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours.
In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, "Aloha from Hawaii".
Years of prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42.
Presley is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music.
He was commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, blues, and gospel.
He won three competitive Grammys, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame.
Motherland (disambiguation)
Motherland is the place of one's birth, the place of one's ancestors, or the place of origin of an ethnic group.
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Wonderful World
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Panda (Astro song)
" Panda" is a song of the Chilean band Astro and is the fifth song of the homonymous album of the year 2011.
The song was composed and produced by the singer of the band Andrés Nusser and released like third single of the album on February 1, 2013.
Where Was I
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Question: Where did the performer of song Wonderful World (Elvis Presley Song) die?
Answer: Graceland