Louis Armstrong, “What a Wonderful World” | Music Lifts 🎶 🏋

In the 6^th edition of Lit Music That Lifts, we’re uplifted by iconic jazz musician Louis Armstrong  performing, “What a Wonderful World.”

Welcome to Lit Music That Lifts (LMTL), or Music Lifts for short! This column picks up where Sunday Refresh leaves off, yet it hits different.  Like its predecessor, Music Lifts seeks to highlight songs that encourage, inspire, and uplift the spirit; songs that exude fortitude, positivity, and resolve, even in the face of adversity.  Featured songs aren’t genre-specific; songs may or may not be faith-based. The goal is for these songs to make you feel better – be LIFTED to new heights!  So, for the 6th edition of Music Lifts (2022), we highlight “What a Wonderful World” as performed by iconic jazz musician, Louis Armstrong.

“I see trees of green, red roses too / I see them bloom for me and you / And I think to myself / What wonderful world.” Those lyrics are among the most iconic ever! 🎵 “What a Wonderful World” is one of the greatest and most thoughtful songs ever written.  This timeless record, penned by 🎼✍ George David Weiss and 🎼✍ Bob Thiele arrived back in 1967. A beloved jazz legend, 🎙 Louis Armstrong, made “What a Wonderful World” truly unforgettable.

A hopeful, uplifting song, the smooth “What a Wonderful World” plays the same role it did back in the 60s – assuaging pain as much as a recording itself can do. It exemplifies Music Lifts 🎶 🏋, putting a smile on your face any and every time you hear it.  Armstrong’s distinct vocals are perfectly suited to capture the moving, poetic lyrics.  Only select songs are perfect, but “What a Wonderful World” is surely one of them.  It never ages and honestly, I don’t believe this feel-good song ever will.

“The colors of the rainbow

So pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces

Of people going by

I see friends shaking hands, saying, ‘How do you do?’

They’re really saying, ‘I love you’.”

Appears in 🔻:

• Wonderful: 5ive Songs No. 68 (2021)
• 13 Totally Ear Catching WHAT Songs

 🎙 Louis Armstrong • 💿 What a Wonderful World • 🏷 UMG Recordings, Inc. • 📅 1968

Louis Armstrong, “What a Wonderful World”: Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 No. 6 (2022) [📷: Arek Socha, Benjamin Balazs, Brent Faulkner, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Curb, Ketut Subiyanto, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, UMG Recordings, Inc., Word Entertainment]