What a Wonderful POLL - (ah stop complaining - no-one votes on anything SUBTLE!!)

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So, an all time classic, as in from the moment the first version was recorded, but whoa! cover version overload in recent years.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
1968 Louis Armstrong	19
2002 Joey Ramone	4
2007 Angels & Airwaves	2
2001 Sticky Fingaz	1
1999 Kenny G's digital duet with Louis Armstrong	1
1992 Shane MacGowan & Nick Cave	1
1986 The BMX Bandits	1
1989 The Flaming Lips	1
2008 Dr. John	1
2007 Mika Nakashima	0
2008 Beth Orton	0
2007 Lesley Garrett	0
2006 John Legend	0
2006 Coco d'Or	0
2005 Punkreas	0
2005 TNT	0
2008 Ministry	0
2007 Keane	0
2007 Stacey Kent	0
2007 Paolo Nutini	0
2007 Katie Melua: singing with Eva Cassidy's version	0
2007 Rome Apart	0
2007 Eason Chan	0
2007 Synthetik FM	0
2005 The Meads of Asphodel	0
2004 LeAnn Rimes	0
2004 Celine Dion	0
1989 Diana Ross	0
1993 Israel Kamakawiwo'ole: Hawaiian ukulele version	0
1994 Victoria Williams	0
1995 Natalie Cole, with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras	0
1997 Eva Cassidy	0
1997 Major Organ and the Adding Machine	0
1999 Anne Murray	0
2000 Donna Burke	0
2001 Cliff Richard	0
2002 Tony Bennett and k. d. lang	0
2003 B.B. King	0
2004 Ghoul	0
2003 Guy Sebastian	0
2003 Sarah Brightman	0
2004 Rod Stewart & Stevie Wonder	0
2004 Michael Buble	0
1968 Eddy Arnold	0

― Mark G, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 11:45 (sixteen years ago)

whoa @ 2007

― fantasimundo, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 11:51 (sixteen years ago)

it should be made illegal to not choose sticky fingaz when available. so that.

― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 12:17 (sixteen years ago)

Shoulda left out Louis, feels kind of sacrilegious to vote for anyone else.

― chap, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 13:09 (sixteen years ago)

A "POLLelujah" poll must be in the offing

― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 13:10 (sixteen years ago)

There were two different Armstrong recordings of the song; one in 1967 which was the hit and the other in 1968 with spoken intro as used in Twin Peaks and suchlike.

― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 13:25 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, didn't want to split the Louis vote.

― Mark G, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 13:26 (sixteen years ago)

Plus you missed out Roger Whittaker's 1970 version which he sung in French ("Quel Un Monde Marveilleux").

― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 13:28 (sixteen years ago)

he was showing off...

I obviously nicked the list from Wiki, and added the BMXers and Beth Orton. (oh, and deleted some 'advert' renditions)

― Mark G, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 13:40 (sixteen years ago)

I quite like Roger Whittaker

― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 13:41 (sixteen years ago)

Also missing: Sydney Devine's pognant reading from his top-selling album When I Stop Dreaming.

― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 13:47 (sixteen years ago)

That was the one with Bobby Gillespie on spoons and backing vocals?

― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 13:48 (sixteen years ago)

Can stopped him from using the spoons for copyright reasons. "'Sno fair!" quipped East Kilbride's answer to Eoghan.

― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 13:50 (sixteen years ago)

really, shoulda been "Who after Satch"

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 14:15 (sixteen years ago)

I vote for Sam Cooke ;-)

― the next grozart, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 14:25 (sixteen years ago)

voted o.g. but my real favorite is probably leroy jones

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 14:40 (sixteen years ago)

(i'd be cool never hearing this song again btw)

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 14:41 (sixteen years ago)

I voted the same way you did, pops.

― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 December 2008 14:42 (sixteen years ago)

i think joey possibly meant this song more than anyone since satchmo.

― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 15:27 (sixteen years ago)

No Billy Jenkins version, no credibility :(

― t**t, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 16:07 (sixteen years ago)

Good call!

― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 08:23 (sixteen years ago)

I was kicking myself for having left out Chris Lynham's version, but then decided it really should be recorded/out versions.

Did BJenkins release his? umm. Ok. (That's him off Trimmer and Jenkins/Resonance, right?)

― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 08:45 (sixteen years ago)

Armstrong, although MacGowan and Cave was an interesting pairing. :)

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 09:50 (sixteen years ago)

Did BJenkins release his? umm. Ok. (That's him off Trimmer and Jenkins/Resonance, right?)
― Mark G

The Billy Jenkins version that I know & adore is on this CD: Billy Jenkins/ Fun Horns - East/ West (Babel, 1996).

― t**t, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 11:22 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 8 December 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

and then...

― Mark G, Monday, 8 December 2008 23:05 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah.

And Joey running up is a good one too.

― Mark G, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 08:07 (sixteen years ago)

― Mark G, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 16:42 (sixteen years ago)

No sense in having Louis Armstrong in there.

― Moka, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 20:54 (sixteen years ago)

good #2 tho!

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 21:15 (sixteen years ago)

lolsome #3

― the cef (united nations children's fund ha ha) (some dude), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 21:18 (sixteen years ago)

No sense in having Louis Armstrong in there.

― Moka, Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:54 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Ach, you guys.

If I'd excluded him there would have beenan elephant not in the room.

Would anyone really care about who did the best 'cover'?

At least, this shows Louis dominates this song by a percentage of 63%

― Mark G, Thursday, 11 December 2008 08:44 (sixteen years ago)

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