Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p For other uses, see Some Kind of Wonderful (disambiguation)"Some Kind of Wonderful" is a song written by John Ellison and first recorded by his group, Soul Brothers Six, in 1967, peaking at number 91 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It is not related to the other song by the same name written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King (and recorded by artists including The Drifters and Marvin Gaye).In 1974, Grand Funk Railroad recorded the song for the group's album All the Girls in the World Beware!!!. Reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 on 22 February 1975, it ranked #74 on Billboard's Hot 100 year-end chart for 1975 (but the 27 December 1975 print edition of Billboard, which contained the Hot 100 for 1975 that Casey Kasem followed, erred in placing it at #6 and in placing all the songs from #6 through #73 one position lower apiece) and is one of the band's best-known songs. Their version of the song appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the fictitious radio station K-DST.British blue-eyed soul band Q-Tips (featuring lead singer and guitarist Paul Young) recorded a version on their 1980 debut album. The Fantastic Johnny C also recorded a version of the song. Buddy Guy released a version of the song on his 1993 album Feels Like Rain. Later, Huey Lewis and the News charted with their own version, including it on their 1994 covers album Four Chords & Several Years Ago. The song was also covered by English rock band Toploader on their 2002 album Magic Hotel and by English soul singer Joss Stone on her debut album, 2003's The Soul Sessions. Native American singer-songwriter Robert Richmond recorded a version of the song in 2004 for inclusion on the compilation album "Great Lakes Twang", but pulled the song at the last minute. It remains unreleased.. }
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- Some_Kind_of_Wonderful_(Soul_Brothers_Six_song) abstract "For other uses, see Some Kind of Wonderful (disambiguation)"Some Kind of Wonderful" is a song written by John Ellison and first recorded by his group, Soul Brothers Six, in 1967, peaking at number 91 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It is not related to the other song by the same name written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King (and recorded by artists including The Drifters and Marvin Gaye).In 1974, Grand Funk Railroad recorded the song for the group's album All the Girls in the World Beware!!!. Reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 on 22 February 1975, it ranked #74 on Billboard's Hot 100 year-end chart for 1975 (but the 27 December 1975 print edition of Billboard, which contained the Hot 100 for 1975 that Casey Kasem followed, erred in placing it at #6 and in placing all the songs from #6 through #73 one position lower apiece) and is one of the band's best-known songs. Their version of the song appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the fictitious radio station K-DST.British blue-eyed soul band Q-Tips (featuring lead singer and guitarist Paul Young) recorded a version on their 1980 debut album. The Fantastic Johnny C also recorded a version of the song. Buddy Guy released a version of the song on his 1993 album Feels Like Rain. Later, Huey Lewis and the News charted with their own version, including it on their 1994 covers album Four Chords & Several Years Ago. The song was also covered by English rock band Toploader on their 2002 album Magic Hotel and by English soul singer Joss Stone on her debut album, 2003's The Soul Sessions. Native American singer-songwriter Robert Richmond recorded a version of the song in 2004 for inclusion on the compilation album "Great Lakes Twang", but pulled the song at the last minute. It remains unreleased.".