TIL that the Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World didn't chart in the US until it was used on the Soundtrack of "Good Morning, Vietnam" in 1987, 17 years after his death. The president of the record label hated it and refused to promote it in the US. In the UK it charted at #1 in 1967.

https://downbeat.com/news/detail/qa-with-armstrong-scholar-ricky-riccardi-50-years-…
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