To You Sweetheart, Aloha

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To You Sweetheart, Aloha
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Studio album by
Andy Williams
Released1959
RecordedNovember 3, 1958
November 7, 1958
April 29, 1959
April 30, 1959
May 4, 1959 [1]
Genre
Length27:59
Label Cadence
Andy Williams chronology
Two Time Winners
(1959)		To You Sweetheart, Aloha
(1959)		 Lonely Street
(1959)

To You Sweetheart, Aloha is the fourth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released late in the summer of 1959 by Cadence Records. [3] This, his fourth LP for the label, has a Hawaiian theme that coincides with the admission of the 50th of the United States.

Contents

One of the songs on this album, "Hawaiian Wedding Song", was originally recorded and released as a single in 1958 and stayed on the pop chart for 20 weeks, peaking at number 11. [4] It was included on his last album, Two Time Winners , as were two other songs from this album, "Blue Hawaii" and "Sweet Leilani". Both of those songs, however, were rerecorded for this album while the hit single was not.

The album was reissued with the title The Hawaiian Wedding Song in 1965 by Columbia Records and entered the Top LP's chart in Billboard magazine's May 22 issue that year and reached number 61 during its 18 weeks there. [5]

To You Sweetheart, Aloha was released on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on September 12, 2000, along with William's 1962 Cadence compilation album, Million Seller Songs . [6] Collectables included this CD in a box set entitled Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1, which contains 17 of his studio albums and three compilations and was released on June 26, 2001. [7] This album was also released on compact disc with four bonus tracks after being digitally remastered by Varèse Sarabande in 2001. [8] Three of those four ("Blue Hawaii", "Sweet Leilani", and "Love Letters in the Sand") were recorded for the Two Time Winners album, and the fourth ("House of Bamboo") was the B-side of "Hawaiian Wedding Song". [9] To You Sweethheart, Aloha was included in a box set entitled Eight Classic Albums Box Set, which contains 7 of his studio albums, 1 compilation, and was released on November 9, 2012. [10]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Billboard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]

AllMusic's William Ruhlmann pointed out that Cadence Records head and orchestra conductor Archie Bleyer "eschewed the usual practice of employing traditional Hawaiian instruments and importing the islands' musicians, settling instead for Hawaiian-styled arrangements played by a standard orchestra." [2] Ruhlmann emphasized, however, that "what mattered was Williams's typically warm vocal interpretations, which made the album a romantic touchstone." [2]

Billboard gave the album a favorable review. "Here's a tasteful, restful package of familiar Hawaiian themes, sung with relaxed showmanship and rich vocal quality by Williams." [3]

Record Mirror gave the album a positive reviews, saying "the similarity of style doesn't poll one little bit. "Beyond The Reef" is a lovely song; "Sweet Leilani" is outstandingly sung" [12]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "To You Sweetheart, Aloha" (Harry Owens) - 2:50
  2. "Blue Hawaii" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 1:59
  3. "I'll Weave a Lei of Stars for You" (Robert Alexander Anderson, Harry Owens) - 2:18
  4. "Sweet Leilani" (Harry Owens) - 2:34
  5. "Moon of Manakoora" (Frank Loesser, Alfred Newman) - 2:48
  6. "The Hawaiian Wedding Song" (Al Hoffman, Charles E. King, Dick Manning) - 2:29

Side two

  1. "Song of the Islands" (Charles E. King) - 2:21
  2. "A Song of Old Hawaii" (Gordon Beecher, Johnny Noble) - 2:32
  3. "Love Song of Kalua" (Ken Darby) - 2:23
  4. "Beyond the Reef" (Jack Pitman) - 3:05
  5. "Ka-Lu-A" (Anne Caldwell, Jerome Kern) - 2:34
  6. "Aloha ‘Oe (Farewell to Thee)" (Liliuokalani) - 2:25

CD bonus tracks

  1. "Blue Hawaii" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 2:03
  2. "Sweet Leilani" (Harry Owens) - 2:22
  3. "Love Letters in the Sand" (J. Fred Coots, Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny) - 2:32
  4. "House of Bamboo" (William Crompton, Norman Murrells) - 2:06

Grammy nomination

The single "Hawaiian Wedding Song" brought the first of six Grammy nominations that Williams received over the course of his career, this time in the category of Best Vocal Performance, Male. [13]

Personnel

Original album

Varèse Sarabande reissue

From the liner notes for the 2001 CD: [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Cadence Era: "Canadian Sunset" brightens Andy's disk career". Billboard . 1967-11-11. pp. AW-22.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "To You Sweetheart, Aloha – Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "Reviews of This Week's LP's". Billboard . 1959-09-14. p. 44.
  4. ↑ Whitburn 2009 , p. 1059.
  5. ↑ Whitburn 2010 , p. 844.
  6. ↑ "Million Seller Songs/To You Sweetheart, Aloha — Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1 - Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "To You Sweetheart, Aloha (Bonus Tracks) - Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  9. 1 2 (2001) Album reissue notes for To You Sweetheart, Aloha by Andy Williams [CD booklet]. Studio City: Varèse Sarabande.
  10. ↑ Eight Classic Albums - Andy Williams | Album | AllMusic , retrieved 2025-05-03
  11. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1498. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  12. 1 2 "Norman Jopling and Peter Jones new albums reviewed by Norman Jopling and Peter Jones new albums: London issue more original Sun rock sides from Jerry Lee Lewis" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 243. November 6, 1965. p. 12.
  13. ↑ O'Neil 1999 , p. 28.
  14. ↑ (1959) To You Sweetheart, Aloha by Andy Williams [album jacket]. New York: Cadence Records CLP 25029.

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