found on (#1) LABA (cd/cas), WW (non-US version), single Hit 18, single Hit 30; (#2) promo single Hot 4 (3:08 Radio Edit); (#3) single Hit 17, promo single Hot 6 (duration: 5:08/5:09), single Promo 12 (duration: 5:04); (#4) WW (US version), single Hit 30 (remixed); (#5) ECS (live, Blues Alley, Jan. 2, 1996). All except #5 have vocals from same recording. Compilations: Acoustic 04; Best Audiophile Voices; New Jazz Generation; New Woman - Spring Collection 2005; Perfect Sunday (Daily Mail and Sunday Express); [more...] Summer Sounds #2 (Daily Star and Sunday Mirror).
►Variants as follows:
(#2): l. 7-13: omitted.
(#5): l. 1: green: green and;
l. 3: myself: myself oh;
l. 5: And they'll: They'll;
l. 12: I: And I;
l. 17: I: I I;
l. 18: of: that are;
l. 20: myself: myself oh;
l. 21: myself oh: myself.
►Songwriters Hall Of Fame: George David Weiss.
►While Weiss's authorship of WAWW does not appear to be in doubt in any way, a George Douglas is sometimes credited as co-writer (with or without Robert/Bob Thiele). We have found no detailed web bio on Douglas/Thiele.
►Laura's WAWW page (a must read).
►PL - Song by song; PL - ECB live.
original: Louis Armstrong (1967).
covers: George Adams; Eddy Arnold (1968); Roger Bennett (1968); Tony Bennett (1970); Bon Jovi; Sarah Brightman (2003); Nick Cave & Shane MacGowan (1992); Roy Clark; Coldplay; Creaming Jesus; [more...] Flaming Lips; Bill Haley; Engelbert Humperdinck; Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (1998); The King (2000); Kohala & Pauline Wilson; Keiko Lee (2002); Alison Moyet; Accion Mutante; Neutral Milk Hotel; Herb Ohta Jr.; Ray Price; Joey Ramone (2002); Mike Reid; Cliff Richard (2001); Guy Sebastian; The Stingers (2002); Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra; Ultra Violet; Victoria Williams; Dan Zanes & Lou Reed (2002) (Cover Info; Covers Project; Second Hand Songs).