who sings what a wonderful world
(November 2013).  What a Wonderful World  is a song written by Bob Thiele (as George Douglas) and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released in 1967 as a single, which topped the pop charts in the United Kingdom.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.The publishing for this song is controlled by Memory Lane Music Group, Carlin Music Corp. and BMG Rights Management.ony Bennett did go on to cover What A Wonderful World several times, as in 2003 with K.D. Lang, paying homage to Bennett's friend Armstrong. ABC Records' European distributor EMI forced ABC to issue a What a Wonderful World album in 1968 (catalogue number ABCS-650).