George David Weiss, a prolific songwriter who co-wrote “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” “What a Wonderful World,” “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and many other pop hits, has died. He was 89.

Weiss, a former longtime president of the Songwriters Guild of America, died Monday of natural causes at his home in Oldwick, N.J., the Associated Press reported.

During his heyday in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, Weiss co-wrote songs that were recorded by singers such as Frank Sinatra (“Oh! What It Seemed to Be”), Perry Como (“Surrender”), Patti Page (“Confess”), Kay Starr (“Wheel of Fortune”), Ella Fitzgerald (“Lullaby of Birdland”) and Nat “King” Cole (“That Sunday, That Summer”).

“Can’t Help Falling in Love,” with words and music by Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, was written for the 1961 Elvis Presley movie “Blue Hawaii.” It became a big hit for Presley, who regularly sang the ballad in his later stage shows.

Weiss, Peretti and Creatore also shared credit on the 1961 song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” which became a No. 1 hit for the Tokens.

The song was based on a 1939 South African hit called “Mbube” (Zulu for “Lion”) by Solomon Linda and performed by his group. In 1952, the American folk group the Weavers released an adapted version of the song entitled “Wimoweh.”

Weiss teamed with Bob Thiele to write “What a Wonderful World,” which was recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1967 and later featured in the 1987 Robin Williams movie “Good Morning, Vietnam.”

Weiss also collaborated on three Broadway musicals, including the 1956 hit “Mr. Wonderful,” which starred Sammy Davis Jr. and featured the title song and “Too Close for Comfort.”