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Monday 18 March 2013

"WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT...)", SAM COOKE. [Song from the film "WITNESS"]


We've watched the film "WITNESS", now we're going to work on the music from the film. A classic old soul song from 1960, originally by Sam Cooke, on the film a cover by Greg Chapman to which John and Rebecca dance to in the barn...

 Video "WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD" scene from "WITNESS":




Samuel Cook (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964), better known under the stage name Sam Cooke, was an American gospel, R&Bsoul, and pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. He is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocal abilities and influence on the modern world of music. Cooke had 30 U.S. top 40 hits between 1957 and 1964, and a further three after his death. 
"Wonderful World" (sometimes referred to as "(What a) Wonderful World") is a soul song that was written in the late 1950s by soul music pioneer Sam Cooke, along with songwriters Lou Adler and Herb Alpert The song was released as a single in the spring of 1960, reaching #12 in the US and #27 in the UK. A bouncy love song, the lyrics have the singer showing his lack of knowledge of academic subjects (the song is often referred to informally by its first line, "Don't know much about history"), but affirming the object of his affection "but I do know that I love you". After a Greg Chapman cover of the song was featured prominently in the 1985 film Witness, "Wonderful World" gained further exposure.

Listening exercise-practice: Complete the lyrics to the song with the help of this chart:


Now check with the audio lyrics on screen video below:
Audio "WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD", Sam Cooke (+lyrics on screen):

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