
"What a Wonderful World" – Louis Armstrong (1967)
Overview:
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Released: 1967
Genre: Traditional pop / jazz
Writer(s): Bob Thiele (as George Douglas) and George David Weiss
Label: ABC Records
Song Meaning:
"What a Wonderful World" is a heartfelt and optimistic song that celebrates the simple beauties of everyday life — like the blue skies, trees of green, and the love between people. At the height of social unrest in the 1960s (Vietnam War, civil rights struggles), the song offered a comforting, peaceful vision of hope and unity