Andy Williams' Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in early 1970 by Columbia Records. It was not,however,as its title might suggest,strictly a hit singles compilation,although some of his biggest songs since joining Columbia were included. A couple of selections were never released as singles by Williams,and his signature song,"Moon River",was released in the 7-inch single format but only for jukeboxes. His six Cadence singles that made the Top 10 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 are passed over for the inclusion of his number 11 hit from that label,"The Hawaiian Wedding Song",and 17 of his Columbia recordings that made the Hot 100 up until 1970 are left out here in favor of "Charade",which spent its one week on the chart at number 100.
The Wonderful World of Andy Williams is the thirteenth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released by Columbia Records to coincide with the December 31,1963,broadcast of The Andy Williams Show. Various tracks were recorded with members of his family,including The Williams Brothers,who joined him for a remake of his first top 10 hit,"Canadian Sunset",from 1956.
Andy Williams' Dear Heart is the sixteenth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in the spring of 1965 by Columbia Records and was the last of his Columbia releases that remained exclusively within the realm of traditional pop. After covering two Beatles hits on his next non-holiday studio album,The Shadow of Your Smile,he would try out samba music on In the Arms of Love,aim for a much younger crowd with "Music to Watch Girls By" on Born Free,and focus more on contemporary material on subsequent albums.
The Shadow of Your Smile is the eighteenth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in April 1966 by Columbia Records and included covers of "Michelle" and "Yesterday",the same pair of Beatles ballads that labelmate Johnny Mathis recorded for his 1966 album of the same name. For Williams these selections initiated a trend away from the traditional pop formula that his album output at Columbia up until this point had adhered to.
In the Arms of Love is the nineteenth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released on December 19,1966,by Columbia Records and was the last of twelve consecutive Williams studio LPs produced by Robert Mersey.
Born Free is the twentieth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released on April 10,1967,by Columbia Records and includes half a dozen songs associated with movies or musicals. Two of these tracks,however,originated in the scores of the films indicated on the album jacket but had lyrics added later:the melody for "Strangers in the Night" was written for A Man Could Get Killed,and "Somewhere My Love" began as "Lara's Theme" from Doctor Zhivago.
Love,Andy is the twenty-first studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams,released on October 16,1967,by Columbia Records to coincide with the NBC special of the same name,which aired on November 6. The LP had a mix of covers of old and recent hits that included two songs from the 1940s that also had chart success in 1966 via Chris Montez:"The More I See You" and "There Will Never Be Another You".
Happy Heart is the twenty-third studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams,released in the spring of 1969 by Columbia Records and continued the trend of his recent albums in relying exclusively on contemporary material. This particular project eschewed offerings from Broadway and Hollywood that had been predominant on his LPs with Columbia.
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head is the twenty-fifth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in the spring of 1970 by Columbia Records. Williams was less focused on covering recent hits on this project and instead selected several songs from the singer-songwriter genre. The concept for the album came from Mason Williams,who contacted producer Dick Glasser about co-producing an album that would give Williams's fans a medley of songs that did more than just highlight the most familiar parts of popular songs but rather focus on a unifying theme or storyline of songs that were not necessarily hit records. Billboard magazine opined that the album "may well be titled 'A Journey Through Life.' Through carefully selected songs it conveys a message of dreams,hopes,reality,frustrations and ultimate truth."
The Andy Williams Show is the twenty-sixth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in the fall of 1970 by Columbia Records. In his review on AllMusic.com,William Ruhlmann writes that "The Andy Williams Show LP was not a soundtrack recording from the TV series,and it was not really a live album,although it gets categorized as such. What appears to be the case is that Columbia Records took a group of Williams' studio recordings,most of them made during the summer of 1970 and consisting of his versions of recent soft rock hits,and added a lot of canned applause along with some of the kind of musical interludes used to usher numbers on and off on the show,including bits of its "Moon River" theme music at the start and the finish."
Love Story is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in the UK in July 1971 by the CBS Records division of Columbia and was mainly composed of tracks that had not been included on his studio LPs.
You've Got a Friend is the twenty-eighth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams,released in August 1971 by Columbia Records. The album bears a striking resemblance to the Johnny Mathis album You've Got a Friend released that same month. Besides sharing their name,the two albums are both made up of covers of easy listening hits of the time,with 11 songs each,and the two albums have seven songs in common that are positioned in a similar order.
Love Theme from "The Godfather" is the twenty-ninth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams,released on March 21,1972,by Columbia Records. The two new songs on what was otherwise another LP of covers of hits by other artists were the title track and "Music from Across the Way",which came from the songwriters behind his recent hits "Happy Heart" and "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story".
Alone Again (Naturally) is the thirtieth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams,released in September 1972 by Columbia Records and mainly consisting of songs originated by other artists. For its release in the UK,the album was titled The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face),and three of the songs were replaced with the 7-inch single tracks "Who Was It?" and "Marmalade,Molasses &Honey" and a recording that was not released on vinyl in the U.S.,"If You're Gonna Break Another Heart".
The Way We Were is the thirty-second studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams,released in the spring of 1974 by Columbia Records and was a return to singing songs that his audience was already familiar with after Solitaire,his previous LP that was less reliant on covers of recent pop hits,did not perform well.
Andy Williams' Best is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released late in 1961 by Cadence Records. This second album to compile the singer's material features 10 songs that made the Billboard Hot 100 along with two of their corresponding B-sides.
Andy Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. 2 is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in June 1973 by Columbia Records. This collection follows in the footsteps of its predecessor,Andy Williams' Greatest Hits,in that it is not limited to his biggest and most recent hit singles,although his final two US Top 40 entries were included. It also has an album track not released as a single,a couple of hits from his time with Cadence Records,two other singles that could have been included on the first volume,and two Easy Listening chart entries that never made the Billboard Hot 100.
Reflections is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in the UK on December 30,1977,by the CBS Records division of Columbia. The subtitle on the cover reads,"A collection of 20 of my favorite songs",and a statement from Williams in the liner notes says,"Songs have very special memories for all of us. They pinpoint moments in our time. On this album I have chosen 20 songs that do just that. I hope you like them." While there was one new song ("Sad"),the collection was otherwise a balanced mix of album cuts and chart hits from his years with Columbia Records,including the seven top 10 UK singles he'd had during this period.
B Sides and Rarities is a compilation album by the American pop singer Andy Williams that was released by Collectables Records on May 27,2003. Although the collection starts with two 1947 recordings by Kay Thompson and The Williams Brothers,the rest of the material comes from his time at Columbia Records and includes covers of contemporary hits as well as lesser-known material from the songwriters of "Can't Get Used to Losing You","Home Lovin' Man" and "Moon River".
The Very Best of Andy Williams is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in the UK on October 5,2009. A note from Williams inside the CD booklet explains that the album "was put together to coincide with my memoir Moon River and Me,published by Orion Press. It includes many of the songs that you made hits. I truly appreciate that,and I hope you enjoy the songs we selected for this CD." This compilation includes recordings that either charted in the UK but not in the US or charted much higher on the UK singles chart than they did on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. It entered the UK albums chart on October 17,2009,and reached number 10 during its six weeks there.
