Solute to Classic - What a Wonderful World
向经典致敬- What a Wonderful World
Louis Armstrong
路易斯 阿姆斯特朗 （美）
1901年8月4日---1971年7月6日
"What a Wonderful World" is a pop ballad 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.[1] Thiele and Weiss were both prominent in the music world (Thiele as a producer and Weiss as a composer/performer).[2] 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.
What a WonderfulWorld“是由Bob Thiele(又名George Douglas)和George David Weiss创作的流行民谣。最先由Louis Armstrong录制并于1967年作为单曲发行，并在英国登上了流行歌曲榜的首位。Thiele和Weiss在音乐界都是杰出的人物（Thiele是制作人，Weiss是作曲/表演）。Armstrong录制的这版歌曲于1999年进入格莱美名人堂。这首歌的出版权现在由Memory LaneMusic Group, Carlin Music Corp. 和 BMG Rights Management三家公司拥有。
The song was initially offered to Tony Bennett, who turned it down.[3] Thereafter, it was offered to Louis Armstrong. 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. The song was not initially a hit in the United States, where it sold fewer than 1,000 copies because ABC Records head Larry Newton did not like the song and therefore did not promote it,[4] but was a major success in the United Kingdom, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart.[1] In the US, the song hit No. 116 on the BillboardBubbling Under Chart.
最初这首歌是选由Tony Bennett来演唱，但他拒绝了。然后选择了Louis Armstrong。George Weiss在Graham Nash 写的Off the Record: Songwriters on Songwriting一书中谈到这首歌是专门写给Louis Armstrong的。Weiss是受到Armstrong可以把不同种族的人们吸引到一起的能力的激发而创作的。这首歌最初在美国遭到冷遇，唱片仅仅销售了不到一百张，只因为ABC唱片公司的头儿Larry Newton不喜欢这首歌而且没有做推广。但它在英国却获得巨大成功，在英国单曲榜上排名首位。而在美国它排在BillboardBubbling Under Chart榜的第116位。
It was also the biggest-selling single of 1968 in the UK where it was among the last pop singles issued by HMV Records before becoming an exclusive classical music label.[5] The song made Louis Armstrong the oldest male to top the UK Singles Chart, at sixty-six years and ten months old.[1] Armstrong's record was broken in 2009 when a cover version of "Islands in the Stream" recorded for Comic Relief—which included the 68-year-old Tom Jones—reached number one in that chart. Tony 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.
这首歌也是1968年英国最佳销售单曲，是由HMV唱片公司发行的最后的流行单曲之一，之后它就成为了独家授权的经典音乐。这首歌也使Louis Armstrong成为了英国单曲榜上年龄最大的男性歌手，那年他66岁零十个月。Armstrong 的纪录到2009年才由Tom Jones打破，他参加演唱的为Comic Relief录制的翻唱版本的“Islandsin the Stream” 登上了榜首。Tony Bennett也曾翻唱了几次“What A Wonderful World”，如在2003年同k.d. lang, 共同演出，以向他的朋友Armstrong致敬。
I see trees of green........ red roses too
我看见绿树，也看到了红玫瑰
I see'em bloom..... for me and you
我看见花儿为你为我而开
And I think to myself.... what a wonderful world.
我听到自己的心声，多么美好的世界
I see skies of blue..... clouds of white
我看见蓝天，也看到了白云
Bright blessed days....dark sacred nights
明亮福润的白天，黑色神圣的夜晚
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world.
我听到自己的心声，多么美好的世界
The colors of a rainbow.....so pretty ..in the sky
天空中彩虹的颜色是这么美丽
Are also on the faces.....of people ..going by
就像擦身而过身边人们的脸
I see friends shaking hands.....saying.. how do you do
我看见朋友们握手，互道你好
They're really saying......i love you.
他们真正的是在说，我爱你
I hear babies cry...... I watch them grow
我听见婴儿们的哭声，我看着他们长大
They'll learn much more.....than I'll never know
他们要学很多，学的比我知道要多得多
And I think to myself.... what a wonderful world.
我听见自己的心声，多么美好的世界wonderful world.
是的，我听见自己的心声，多么美好的世界
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