Louis Armstrong covers "Give Peace a Chance"

[doctorow]

Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/12/10/louis-armstrong-covers-give.html

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[marcussioux]

Thanks, Cory.

[Boundegar]

This is real… isn’t it? Please tell me it’s real. If this is some kind of Funkmaker 1.3 I will be so mad!

[milliefink]

So claims Wikipedia, though without a linked footnoted source, for what it’s worth:

Louis Armstrong recorded the song on 29 May 1970, for an LP entitled Louis Armstrong and Friends (aka What a Wonderful World). The 1970 Louis Armstrong recording was released as a Philips 7" 45 A side single in the UK, 6073 703.

[ChuckV]

Yep, apparently real…

https://books.google.com/books?id=OwgrKZQeCncC&pg=PA187&dq="louis+armstrong"+"give+peace+a+chance"&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ3af76e3QAhUhrlQKHehwBEIQ6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q="louis%20armstrong"%20"give%20peace%20a%20chance"&f=false

[wrybread]

What an odd choice to cover, musically at least. The production and arrangement reminds me of one of my favorite albums, the soundtrack to the movie Hair.