- Written by
- Herb Alpert, Sam Cooke, Lou Adler
- Language
- English
- First recorded on
- March 2, 1959
- Released on
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Wonderful World
Single
April 14, 1960 - Other release
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The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke
Album
October 1960 - Chart placings
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#12 in United States
- Tags
- hit song
- Comments
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Nr. 2 UK (when re-issued in early 1986)
Interesting fact regarding the recording session: "Behind Sam, hitting the last, rhymed word in each line, is Lou Rawls; Deano Lappas remembers him standing about a foot and a half behind Sam, singing into the same mike." (Source: Daniel Wolff - "You Send Me - the Life and Times of Sam Cooke") - Rating
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- Licensing
- Request a synchronization license
Original
Adaptations
An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.
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Wonderful World written by Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Lou Adler English March 2, 1959
- Wat een waanzin written by Herman Pieter de Boer Dutch 1980
- Politieke lieke written by Armand Remang Dutch 1986
- Kaunis maailma written by Matti Inkinen Finnish 1987
- Weiß nicht viel written by Lutz Kerschowski German 1989