Wonderful World : Rolling Stone

Written by: Cooke, Herb Alpert, Lou Adler
Produced by: Cooke, Adler
Released: May '60 on RCA
Charts: 15 weeks
Top spot: No. 12

Cooke was rooming with Adler, who had already finished this song when Cooke fiddled with the lyrics and came up with the academic conceit that made it work. Cut while Cooke was still signed to Keen, it sat around until he'd moved to RCA -- then sold a million. Before it came out, Cooke liked to sing it for women he met, telling them he'd made it up on the spot just for them.

Appears on: Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 (ABKCO)

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