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Music Appreciation

PJMcK

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2. The song was written specifically for Louis Armstrong

Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Original post)

Sat Nov 22, 2025, 06:20 PM

13 hrs ago

The composers wanted to write a positive song in the midst of the traumatic 1960s and they had Armstrong record it because of the artist's ability to bring people of different backgrounds together.

In 2015, the song was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame as a Towering Song.

There are hundreds of recordings of the song. Here's one of my favorites by the late but great Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole:

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Louis Armstrong. [View all] MarineCombatEngineer 14 hrs ago OP

His horn on Weat End Blues Tom Dyer 14 hrs ago #1

The song was written specifically for Louis Armstrong PJMcK 13 hrs ago #2

I never knew this. MarineCombatEngineer 12 hrs ago #3

I did not know.....thanks for adding to this thread! OAITW r.2.0 11 hrs ago #4