It's Such a Pretty World Today

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Name = It's Such a Pretty World Today


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Artist = Andy Russell
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Released = 1967
Format = 7" (45 rpm)
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Genre = Adult contemporary
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Label = Capitol Records
Writer = Dale Noe
Producer = Al de Lory
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"It's Such a Pretty World Today" is the title of a popular song released in 1967. The song was written by songwriter Dale Noe.

The song was originally a country music single by singer Wynn Stewart. Although Stewart had previously hit the Top 40 on the "Billboard" US country chart with songs such as "Wishful Thinking" in 1960, "It's Such a Pretty World Today" would become his highest charting hit, peaking at #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. Country music superstar Loretta Lynn also recorded a cover version of the song in 1967, however this version was not released as a single.

That same year, Mexican American singer Andy Russell recorded a cover version of 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, Anna, on ABC from 1950-1951. After the couple divorced, Russell left the U.S. for many years, but 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 the "Billboard" Hot 100 pop chart (it "bubbled under", peaking at #119), it did spend one week at #1 on the adult contemporary chart, making the song the first to top the AC chart while not entering the pop chart. [Hyatt, Wesley (1999). "The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits" (Billboard Publications)] Russell died in 1992.

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