The discovery of Buddy Holly is just one of the stories Thiele tells in What a Wonderful World.
Over a career spanning six decades, He has been a musician, dance band leader, publisher of a jazz magazines, record producer, DJ, a record label owner, an A & R man, and a songwriter. Indeed, his song-writing credits include the Louis Armstrong classic from which the book takes its title.
Thiele tells how he discovered Jackie Wilson, Errol Garner, Buddy Holly, and others, and takes readers behind-the-scenes to legendary recording sessions with Ellington, Armstrong, John Coltrane, Teresa Brewer, Jack Kerouac, Steve Allen, the McGuire Sisters, Pat Boone, Frankie Laine and many others.
Contains 16 pages of b/w illustrations
