Wonderful! Wonderful!

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For other uses, see Wonderful Wonderful (disambiguation).
"Wonderful! Wonderful!"
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Single by Johnny Mathis and Ray Conniff and his Orchestra
from the album Johnny's Greatest Hits
B-side "When Sunny Gets Blue"
Released November 5, 1956
Recorded 1956
Studio Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 2:34
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Sherman Edwards, Ben Raleigh
Producer(s) Ray Conniff
Johnny Mathis singles chronology
"Wonderful! Wonderful!"
(1956)		 "It's Not for Me to Say"
(1957)

"Wonderful! Wonderful!" is a popular music song written by Sherman Edwards, with lyrics by Ben Raleigh.[1] The song was first published in 1956. In the United States, a recording by Johnny Mathis[2] reached number 14 on the Billboard charts.[3] It was Mathis' debut single.

Other versions

  • In the United Kingdom, Ronnie Hilton recorded a version that reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart.[4]
  • In 1963, a recording by the Tymes peaked at number 23 on the R&B charts and number 7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[5] They also spent four weeks at number two on the Easy Listening chart.[6] Their version also reached number 7 in Canada.[7]
  • A third version was recorded by American alternative rock band Sebadoh for their 1991 album Sebadoh III.[8]
  • During season four of The X-Files, the second episode titled "Home", was played. Johnny Mathis did not approve his version of the song due to the graphic nature of the episode and a new rendition featuring an unknown soundalike was created for the episode.

References

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