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Nathaniel shares his arrangement of Louis Armstrong’s 1967 classic, “What a Wonderful World,” on a 1959 Gibson ES-335, and with a guitar like that, there’s no doubting that it’s true. SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE CHICAGO MUSIC EXCHANGE! About the song “What A Wonderful World“ The song was written by producer Bob Thiele (as “George Douglas“) and composer and performer George David Weiss. One source claims the song was first offered to Tony Bennett, who turned it down,[4] although Louis Armstrong biographer Ricky Riccardi disputes this claim. George Weiss recounts in the book Off the Record: Songwriters on Songwriting by Graham Nash that he wrote the song specifically for Louis Armstrong. Weiss was inspired by Armstrong’s ability to bring people of different races together. Because he was gigging at the Tropicana Hotel, Armstrong recorded the song in Las Vegas at Bill Porter’s United Recording studio. The session was scheduled to follow Armstrong’s midnight show, and by
