<P> Otis Redding recorded a version of the song on his 1965 album Otis Blue . In 1978, Art Garfunkel recorded the song at a slow tempo, with Paul Simon and James Taylor alternating as lead and backing vocalists . This reached number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 15 on the Cash Box Top 100 . The Garfunkel version also became a number - one US Adult Contemporary hit for five weeks . Despite Paul Simon's presence on the recording, the song was not credited as a Simon and Garfunkel single . Instead, labels for US copies of the Columbia Records single read, "Art Garfunkel with James Taylor & Paul Simon". A photograph from Discogs displays the label as it appeared . </P> <P> The song (as credited under the alternate title, (What A) Wonderful World ") was included on later versions of Garfunkel's solo album, "Watermark". It was added in place of another song ("Fingerpaint") to capitalize on the single's success . </P> <P> The Garfunkel version includes a final verse not present in the original Sam Cooke recording; however, it is still credited to Adler, Alpert and Cooke . </P> <P> Don't know much about the middle ages, looked at the pictures then I turned the pages, </P>

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