The Very Best of Andy Williams (2000 album)

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The Very Best of Andy Williams
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ReleasedFebruary 7, 2000 [1]
Recorded1956–1975
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Label Sony Music Entertainment
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The Very Best of Andy Williams is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released by Sony Music Entertainment on February 7, 2000. [1]

Contents

The album first appeared on the UK album chart on February 19 of that year and remained there for nine weeks, peaking at number 27. [2]

On July 22, 2013, the British Phonographic Industry awarded the album with Silver certification for sales of 60,000 units. [1]

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Music to Watch Girls By" (Tony Velona, Sid Ramin) – 2:38
  2. "House of Bamboo" (William Crompton, Norman Murrells) – 2:06
  3. "Spooky" (Buddy Buie, James B. Cobb, Jr., Harry Middlebrooks, Mike Shapiro) – 3:18
  4. "Happy Heart" (James Last, Jackie Rae) – 3:15
  5. "Up, Up and Away" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:36
  6. "Born Free" from Born Free (Don Black, John Barry) – 2:27
  7. "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" from Man of La Mancha (Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh) – 2:39
  8. "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (A Time for Us)" from Romeo and Juliet (Larry Kusik, Nino Rota, Eddie Snyder) – 2:35
  9. "Almost There" from I'd Rather Be Rich (Jerry Keller, Gloria Shayne) – 2:59
  10. "Call Me Irresponsible" from Papa's Delicate Condition (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:10
  11. "I'm All Smiles" (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin) – 2:25
  12. "Can't Get Used to Losing You" (Jerome "Doc" Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 2:25
  13. "It's So Easy" (Dor Lee, Dave Watkins) – 2:29
  14. "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss) – 3:15
  15. "MacArthur Park" (Webb) – 5:03
  16. "Home Lovin' Man" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Tony Macaulay) – 3:10
  17. "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 3:10
  18. "Whistling Away The Dark" from Darling Lili (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 3:19
  19. "Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from 'The Godfather')" (Kusik, Rota) – 3:05
  20. "Getting over You" (Tony Hazzard) – 3:23
  21. "The Other Side of Me" (Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka) – 3:20
  22. "You Lay So Easy on My Mind" (Charles W. Fields, Bobby G. Rice, Donald L. Riis) – 2:41
  23. "Abraham, Martin and John" (Dick Holler) – 3:43
  24. "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) – 3:27
  25. "Solitaire" (Phil Cody, Sedaka) – 4:22

Disc two

  1. "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's (Mancini, Mercer) – 2:46
  2. "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio) – 3:15
  3. "On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:12
  4. "Embraceable You" from Girl Crazy (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:40
  5. "Canadian Sunset" (Norman Gimbel, Eddie Heywood) – 2:37
  6. "Dreamsville" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Mancini) – 2:59
  7. "The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from The Sandpiper)" from The Sandpiper (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:04
  8. "In the Arms of Love" from What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (Evans, Livingston, Mancini) – 2:56
  9. "Under Paris Skies" (Jean Andre Brun, Kim Gannon, Hubert Giraud) – 3:03
  10. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 3:38
  11. "Charade" (Mancini, Mercer) – 2:35
  12. "Days of Wine and Roses" from Days of Wine and Roses (Mancini, Mercer) – 2:48
  13. "The Hawaiian Wedding Song" (Al Hoffman, Charles E. King, Dick Manning) – 2:29
  14. "Unchained Melody" (Hy Zaret, Alex North) – 3:16
  15. "Danny Boy" (Frederick Edward Weatherly) – 2:56
  16. "The Village of St. Bernadette" (Eula Parker) – 3:22
  17. "Stranger on the Shore" (Acker Bilk) – 2:50
  18. "Do You Mind?" (Lionel Bart) – 2:17
  19. "(In the Summertime) You Don't Want My Love" (Roger Miller) – 2:16
  20. "A Fool Never Learns" (Sonny Curtis) – 2:01
  21. "I Like Your Kind of Love" (Melvin Endsley) – 2:30
  22. "Butterfly" (Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann) – 2:21
  23. "Lonely Street" (Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder, W.S. Stevenson) – 2:46
  24. "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) – 3:00
  25. "May Each Day" from The Andy Williams Show (Mort Green, George Wyle) – 2:54

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