It's Such a Pretty World Today
| "It's Such a Pretty World Today" | ||||
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| SinglebyWynn Stewart | ||||
| from the albumIt's Such a Pretty World Today | ||||
| B-side | "Ol' What's Her Name" | |||
| Released | January 1967 | |||
| Studio | Capitol Recording Studio | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:30 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | A-Side: Dale Noe B-Side: Fuzzy Owen | |||
| Producer(s) | Ken Nelson | |||
| Wynn Stewartsingles chronology | ||||
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"It's Such a Pretty World Today"is a popular song released in 1967, written bysongwriterDale Noe.[1]
Wynn Stewart version
[edit]The song was originally acountry musicsingleby singerWynn Stewart.Although Stewart had previously hit theTop 40on theBillboardUS country chartwith songs such as "Wishful Thinking" in 1960, "It's Such a Pretty World Today" was Stewart's highest charting hit, peaking at No.1 on the country music chart for two weeks in the late spring of 1967. It was released as a single from his album of the same name that year.
Track listing
[edit]- 7 "vinyl single[2]
- "It's Such a Pretty World Today" – 2:30
- "Ol' What's Her Name" – 2:42 by Fuzzy Owen
Chart performance
[edit]| Chart (1967) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S.BillboardHot Country Singles[3] | 1 |
Other versions
[edit]Andy Russell version
[edit]| "It's Such a Pretty World Today" | ||||
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| SinglebyAndy Russell | ||||
| B-side | "Summer Roses" | |||
| Released | 1967 | |||
| Genre | Easy listening | |||
| Length | 2:20 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dale Noe | |||
| Producer(s) | Al de Lory | |||
| Andy Russellsingles chronology | ||||
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That same year,Mexican-AmericansingerAndy Russellrecorded acover versionof the song. Russell had enjoyed quite a bit of popularity in the U.S. throughout the 1940s and 1950s, recording songs such as "Bésame Mucho"and co-starring in a short-lived daily musical show with his then-wife, Della, onABCfrom 1950-1951.[4][5]After the couple divorced, Russell left the U.S. and attained great success in Mexico and Latin America as a singer, actor, and host of his own television show. He returned in the mid 1960s and tried resurrecting his singing career. Although his cover of "It's Such a Pretty World Today" failed to reach theBillboardHot 100pop chart (it "bubbled under", peaking at No. 119), it did spend one week at No. 1 on theadult contemporary chart,making the song the first to top the AC chart while not entering the pop chart.[6]
Other versions
[edit]Other artists who have recorded cover versions of the song include:
- Loretta Lynn,whose version appears on her 1967 albumSingin' with Feelin'
- Nancy Sinatra,who also recorded the song in 1967 and included it on her albumCountry, My Way(that version of the song can be heard near the end of the fourth episode of the second season of theAMCcrime dramaBreaking Bad,"Down".[7]
- Connie Smithalso in 1967 on herSoul of Country Musicalbum
- Marie Osmond,whose version appears on her 1973 albumPaper Roses
- SingerMark Dinningreached #117 in the Record World Magazine charts.
- The Jimmy Bowen Singersreleased a version of the song as a single in 1967, but it did not chart[8]
References
[edit]- ^"secondhandsongs.com".secondhandsongs.com.Archived fromthe originalon August 19, 2013.RetrievedDecember 13,2020.
- ^"Wynn Stewart --" It's Such a Pretty World Today "(1967, Vinyl)".Discogs.1967.Retrieved6 August2020.
- ^Whitburn, Joel(2004).The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition.Record Research. p. 334.
- ^"Andy & Della Russell".imdb.com.RetrievedJune 12,2014.
- ^"Andy & Della Russell" Who Shot The Hole In My Sombrero ".youtube.com.RetrievedJune 12,2014.[dead YouTube link]
- ^Hyatt, Wesley (1999).The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits(Billboard Publications), page 57.
- ^Calendarnancysinatra.com. Retrieved 29 March 2009
- ^"The Jimmy Bowen Singers," It's Such a Pretty World Today "Single Release".RetrievedDecember 17,2016.
