Andy Williams (album)
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Andy Williams is a compilation album
by American pop singer Andy Williams
that was released early in 1958 by Cadence Records
. This first album to compile the singer's material features his first six songs to make the Billboard Hot 100
along with their corresponding B-sides
.
In "The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting", author Dave Thompson writes, "Of additional interest among Cadence LPs of this period was [company founder Archie] Bleyer
's insistence on adding droll commentaries" to the cover design. For example, the cover for the album Kenneth Patchen Reads His Poetry quotes Bleyer as saying, "' Puts muscles in your ears.'" Thompson, however, adds that "the most bizarre phrase is surely that which attends Andy Williams' Andy Williams album: 'He's All Male and Catnip to Quail,' Says Archie". The cover photo alongside it shows Williams standing next to a quail and a squatting figure in a lion costume with a man in the far background seated on a stool with his back to the camera. A much simpler cover design featuring the artist's name and photo with a list of the album's contents was eventually released.
The album was issued on compact disc for the first time as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records
on September 12, 2000, the other album being Williams's other Cadence
release from early 1958, Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein
. 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. It was also released as one of two albums on one CD by Ace Records
on January 8, 2008, paired this time with his first Cadence
album, Andy Williams Sings Steve Allen
.
Billboard
Also spent two weeks at number one on the UK singles chart and reached number 14 on Billboards Most Played R&B by Jockeys
chart.
Also reached number 16 on the UK singles chart.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by American pop singer Andy Williams
Andy Williams
Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams is an American singer who has recorded 18 Gold- and three Platinum-certified albums. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a TV variety show, from 1962 to 1971, as well as numerous television specials, and owns his own theater, the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri,...
that was released early in 1958 by Cadence Records
Cadence Records
Cadence Records was an American record company based in New York City. It was founded by Archie Bleyer, who had been the musical director and orchestra leader for Arthur Godfrey in 1952...
. This first album to compile the singer's material features his first six songs to make the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
along with their corresponding B-sides
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
.
In "The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting", author Dave Thompson writes, "Of additional interest among Cadence LPs of this period was [company founder Archie] Bleyer
Archie Bleyer
Archie Bleyer was an American song arranger, bandleader, and record company executive.-Early life:He was born in the Corona section of the New York City borough of Queens. He began playing the piano when he was only seven years old...
's insistence on adding droll commentaries" to the cover design. For example, the cover for the album Kenneth Patchen Reads His Poetry quotes Bleyer as saying, "' Puts muscles in your ears.'" Thompson, however, adds that "the most bizarre phrase is surely that which attends Andy Williams' Andy Williams album: 'He's All Male and Catnip to Quail,' Says Archie". The cover photo alongside it shows Williams standing next to a quail and a squatting figure in a lion costume with a man in the far background seated on a stool with his back to the camera. A much simpler cover design featuring the artist's name and photo with a list of the album's contents was eventually released.
The album was issued on compact disc for the first time as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records
Collectables Records
Collectables is a reissue record label founded in 1980 by Jerry Greene. Greene was previously associated with New York City's Times Square Record Shop, Philadelphia's Record Museum retail chain, and the Lost Nite and Crimson record labels....
on September 12, 2000, the other album being Williams's other Cadence
Cadence Records
Cadence Records was an American record company based in New York City. It was founded by Archie Bleyer, who had been the musical director and orchestra leader for Arthur Godfrey in 1952...
release from early 1958, Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein
Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein
Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein is an album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was orchestrated and conducted by Alvy West...
. 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. It was also released as one of two albums on one CD by Ace Records
Ace Records (UK)
Ace Records Ltd. was started in 1978. Initially the company only gained permission from the label based in Mississippi to use the name in the UK, but eventually also acquired the rights to publish their recordings. When Chiswick's pop side was licensed to EMI in 1984, Ace switched to more licensing...
on January 8, 2008, paired this time with his first Cadence
Cadence Records
Cadence Records was an American record company based in New York City. It was founded by Archie Bleyer, who had been the musical director and orchestra leader for Arthur Godfrey in 1952...
album, Andy Williams Sings Steve Allen
Andy Williams Sings Steve Allen
Andy Williams Sings Steve Allen is an album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released late in 1956 by Cadence Records. This was his first LP and features songs written or co-written by then-Tonight Show host Steve Allen...
.
Track listing
- "Canadian SunsetCanadian Sunset"Canadian Sunset" is a popular song with music by jazz pianist Eddie Heywood and lyrics by Norman Gimbel. An instrumental version by Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter reached #2 on the Billboard chart in 1956. A version sung by Andy Williams was also popular that year, reaching #7 on the Billboard chart...
" (Norman GimbelNorman GimbelNorman Gimbel is an American lyricist of popular songs, television and movie themes whose writing career includes such titles as "Sway", "Canadian Sunset", "Summer Samba", "The Girl from Ipanema", "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "Meditation" and "I Will Wait for You", along with an Oscar for...
, Eddie HeywoodEddie HeywoodEddie Heywood was a jazz pianist who was popular in the 1940s. His father, Eddie Heyward, Sr. was also a jazz musician from the 1920s. Heywood, Jr...
) - 2:37 - "I Like Your Kind of Love" (Melvin Endsley) - 2:30
- "Walk Hand in HandWalk Hand in Hand"Walk Hand in Hand" is a popular song by Johnny Cowell, published in 1956.The biggest-selling version recorded of the song was sung by Tony Martin, reaching #10 on the United States Billboard charts in 1956. The same year, it was recorded by Andy Williams, whose version hit #54 on the chart, and by...
" (Johnny Cowell) - 2:51 - "Lips of Wine" (Sy Soloway, Shirley Wolfe) - 1:46
- "Not Anymore" (Bob Terry) - 1:59
- "It Doesn't Take Very Long" (Sherman Feller, Kathleen Goodrich) - 2:51
- "Baby Doll" (Bernie HanighenBernie HanighenBernard D. Hanighen was an American songwriter best known for co-writing "'Round Midnight" and "When a Woman Loves a Man"...
, Kenyon HopkinsKenyon HopkinsKenyon Hopkins was an American composer who composed many film scores in a jazz idiom. Although he has been neglected in recent years, he was once called "one of jazz's great composers and arrangers"....
) - 2:04 - "ButterflyButterfly (1957 song)"Butterfly" is a popular song written by Bernie Lowe and Kal Mann and published in 1957. The song is credited to Anthony September as songwriter in some sources...
" (Bernie LoweBernie LoweBernie Lowe was an American songwriter / record producer / arranger / pianist and bandleader.Born Bernard Lowenthal in Philadelphia, Lowe started Teen Records and in 1955 was working with Freddie Bell and the Bellboys. He asked Freddie Bell to rewrite the lyrics of "Hound Dog" to appeal to a...
, Kal MannKal MannKal Mann was an American lyricist. He is best known for penning the words to Elvis Presley's "Teddy Bear", plus "Butterfly", a hit for both Charlie Gracie and Andy Williams.-Biography:...
) - 2:21 - "High upon a Mountain" (Jill Jackson, Seymour Miller) - 2:48
- "Stop Teasin' Me" (Y. Des Louvettes (a.k.a. Kay ThompsonKay ThompsonKay Thompson was an American author, composer, musician, actress and singer. She is best known as the creator of the Eloise children's books.-Background:Catherine Louise Fink was born in St...
)) - 2:30 - "Since I've Found My Baby" (Jesse StoneJesse StoneJesse Stone was an American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter whose influence spanned a wide range of genres...
) - 2:25 - "Straight from My Heart" (Kay ThompsonKay ThompsonKay Thompson was an American author, composer, musician, actress and singer. She is best known as the creator of the Eloise children's books.-Background:Catherine Louise Fink was born in St...
) - 2:27
Recording dates
- 3/15/56 - "Not Anymore", "Walk Hand in Hand"
- 7/2/56 - "Canadian Sunset", "High upon a Mountain"
- 8/30/56 - "Baby Doll", "Since I've Found My Baby"
- 1/23/57 - "Butterfly", "It Doesn't Take Very Long"
- 4/5/57 - "I Like Your Kind of Love", "Stop Teasin' Me"
- 8/6/57 - "Lips of Wine", "Straight from My Heart"
BillboardBillboard (magazine)Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
pop chart positions
| Song | Chart debut | Best Sellers in Stores Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
Most Played by Jockeys Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
Most Played in Jukeboxes Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
Top 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Walk Hand in Hand Walk Hand in Hand "Walk Hand in Hand" is a popular song by Johnny Cowell, published in 1956.The biggest-selling version recorded of the song was sung by Tony Martin, reaching #10 on the United States Billboard charts in 1956. The same year, it was recorded by Andy Williams, whose version hit #54 on the chart, and by... " |
4/21/56 | – | – | – | 54 |
| "Canadian Sunset Canadian Sunset "Canadian Sunset" is a popular song with music by jazz pianist Eddie Heywood and lyrics by Norman Gimbel. An instrumental version by Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter reached #2 on the Billboard chart in 1956. A version sung by Andy Williams was also popular that year, reaching #7 on the Billboard chart... " |
8/11/56 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| "Baby Doll" | 12/8/56 | – | – | – | 33 |
| "Butterfly Butterfly (1957 song) "Butterfly" is a popular song written by Bernie Lowe and Kal Mann and published in 1957. The song is credited to Anthony September as songwriter in some sources... " |
2/23/57 | 4 | 1 (2 weeks) | 2 | 1 (3 weeks) |
| "I Like Your Kind of Love" | 5/20/57 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 9 |
| "Lips of Wine" | 9/23/57 | – | 17 | – | 39 |
Also spent two weeks at number one on the UK singles chart and reached number 14 on Billboards Most Played R&B by Jockeys
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
chart.
Also reached number 16 on the UK singles chart.