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It's a Wonderful World
Words & Music:
Sid Tepper/ Roy C. BennettYoung as a circus parade, it's a wonderful world
Pretty as pink lemonade, it's a wonderful world
Life is a carnival, live it for all your worth
You are the star of the greatest show on earth
This big wide world is a clown with his nose painted red
A rainbow colored balloon's dancing high overhead
It's everyone's oyster, step up get your pearl
It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world
This big wide world is a clown with his nose painted red
A rainbow colored balloon's dancing high overhead
It's everyone's oyster, step up get your pearl
It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world
It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world Recorded:
1964/03/02, first released on
RoustaboutReactions
Not a groundbreaker in any sense of the word but just a very pleasant film tune that Elvis could sing without getting out of first gear. Served its purpose in the film and transfers satisfactorily to vinyl.
Pleasant but thats about it. He needed more than a pleasant tune in 1964. How about a challange to the Brit invasion? This wasnt it. This was the last decent soundtrack, well half-way decent anyway. No studio LP in 1964 was a huge mistake.
Can you imagine Elvis singing this song in 1957? Hell no!
Without a doubt a fun song on a fun soundtrack.
Theres just something about the Roustabout movie and album that I really love. This song from the movie/ album is a very happy go lucky pleasant enough tune. Unusual that it is a song with a fast tempo but slow vocal delivery. Kind of jazzy in a way ! Nice summer tune.
My favourite of this vinyl soundtrack album,not the CD version,that was messed up.
The Roustabout album wasn't that bad at all, perhaps the last decent movie soundtrack from Elvis. A bubbly song from two song writers who have not always hit the right note.
I really like this happy go lucky song, always been a favourite.
This is easily my second favorite "Wonderful World" song by Elvis! (I prefer the similarly titled song from "Live a Little, Love a Little")---But I like this track too. "Pleasant" is the right word for this song. Utterly inoffensive, just a little forgettable.
Nice, pleasant movie ballad. Good arrangement. Excellent vocal.
A very nice ballad from "Roustabout" delivered in style by Elvis. This song actually received Oscar buzz for best soundtrack song, but did not make the final cut. This song could have been a single in 1964 and probably been a hit, but RCA chose not to release a single from this movie after the disappointing performance by the previous soundtrack single "Viva Las Vegas".
Not a bad song from this usually bland songwriting team. Very filmsy but the arrangement and his great vocal make it work. The movie songs were improving a bit in the late 60's.