What A Wonderful World - Or Was It?
Nearly half a century ago an African-American recorded a song that was to define not only his career, but also Music in general. The song itself had already been rejected by Tony Bennett, one of the top singers of the time. In hindsight, it probably turned out to have been a very bad decision by Bennett. Anyway, the song was referred to an ageing 66 year old jazz musician who eagerly agreed to record the song. The musician was Louis Armstrong and the song was entitled “What a Wonderful World”. Over the decades since it was released it has become a beacon of hope for the future, as well as being a staple song at weddings during the father and bride dance. With lyrics such as: “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”. It is easy to see the positiveness in the song. A song of hope, of a bright future and of the things in life that we take for granted but ul...