Let's Love While We Can
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Let's Love While We Can is an album
by American pop singer Andy Williams
that was released in the U.K. in 1980 by CBS Records. It was made available on June 21, 2004, as one of two albums on one CD by Sony Music Distribution
, the other album being Williams's Columbia
release from the fall of 1974, You Lay So Easy on My Mind
. Two songs from Let's Love While We Can, "Jason" and "I'll Never Love Anyone Anymore", were included as bonus tracks on the 2002 CD release of Williams's previous album, Andy
.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
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 in the U.K. in 1980 by CBS Records. It was made available on June 21, 2004, as one of two albums on one CD by Sony Music Distribution
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
, the other album being Williams's Columbia
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
release from the fall of 1974, You Lay So Easy on My Mind
You Lay So Easy on My Mind
You Lay So Easy on My Mind is an album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in the fall of 1974 by Columbia Records. It made its first appearance on the Billboard Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated December 28, 1974, and remained there for four weeks, peaking at number 150...
. Two songs from Let's Love While We Can, "Jason" and "I'll Never Love Anyone Anymore", were included as bonus tracks on the 2002 CD release of Williams's previous album, Andy
Andy (album)
Andy is an album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in the fall of 1976 by Columbia Records. In the liner notes for the album's 2002 CD release, writer Richard M. Erickson explains that the album "was recorded at six different studios to accommodate Andy's touring schedule...
.
Track listing
- "Let's Love While We Can" (Ronny Scaife) - 2:49
- "Only Everything" (Randy GoodrumRandy GoodrumRandy Goodrum is an American songwriter. Goodrum has written numerous popular songs, including Anne Murray's #1 hit "You Needed Me" and "Broken Hearted Me" , Michael Johnson's "Bluer Than Blue" , England Dan & John Ford Coley's "It's Sad to Belong" , Steve Perry's "Oh Sherrie" , DeBarge's "Who's...
) - 3:32 - "Jason" (Deborah Kay Hupp, Robert E. Morrison) - 3:12
- "Beside Me" (Randy GoodrumRandy GoodrumRandy Goodrum is an American songwriter. Goodrum has written numerous popular songs, including Anne Murray's #1 hit "You Needed Me" and "Broken Hearted Me" , Michael Johnson's "Bluer Than Blue" , England Dan & John Ford Coley's "It's Sad to Belong" , Steve Perry's "Oh Sherrie" , DeBarge's "Who's...
) - 2:24 - "If I Were a Singer" (Marty Cooper) - 3:29
- "Railway Hotel" (Mike BattMike BattMichael Philip "Mike" Batt is a British songwriter, musician, producer and Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry...
) - 3:11 - "I Don't Want to Be in Love" (Charlie Black, Rory Michael BourkeRory Michael BourkeRory Michael Bourke is a country music songwriter born July 14, 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio.Bourke moved to Nashville in 1964 and worked for a period in the promotional department of Mercury Records....
) - 3:31 - "Love Is a Cold Wind" (Charlie Black, Rory Michael BourkeRory Michael BourkeRory Michael Bourke is a country music songwriter born July 14, 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio.Bourke moved to Nashville in 1964 and worked for a period in the promotional department of Mercury Records....
) - 3:53 - "Regrets" (Barbara Myrick) - 3:15
- "If I Reach for You" (Charlie Black, Mike Lawler) - 3:37
- "It Was Time" (Barry MannBarry MannBarry Mann is an American songwriter, and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil.-Career:...
, Cynthia WeilCynthia WeilCynthia Weil is a prominent American songwriter. She is famous for having written many songs together with her husband Barry Mann....
) - 4:13 - "I'll Never Love Anyone Anymore" (Laurie Andrew, Cedric Chiles) - 2:46
Song information
Williams eschews covering well-known pop hits and standards on this album, relying exclusively on original or lesser-known songs. The information below will provide the historical context in which he was choosing some of this material.- Barbara FairchildBarbara FairchildBarbara Fairchild is an American Country Music/Gospel Music Singer, who is best known for her 1973 Country chart-topper "The Teddy Bear Song". After the success of the song, she continued to have success on the Country charts....
entered the CountryHot Country SongsHot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
singles chart with "Let's Love While We Can" in the issue of 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...
magazine dated May 10, 1975, and reached number 52 over the course of 10 weeks.
- "Beside Me" by Steve WarinerSteve WarinerSteven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records...
made its first appearance on the CountryHot Country SongsHot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
singles chart in the August 4, 1979, issue of 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...
and got as high as number 60 during its seven weeks there.
- "Railway Hotel" first appeared on Mike BattMike BattMichael Philip "Mike" Batt is a British songwriter, musician, producer and Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry...
's 1977 album Schizophonia.
- "Love Is a Cold Wind" was recorded by Roy OrbisonRoy OrbisonRoy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...
for his 1979 album Laminar FlowLaminar Flow (album)Laminar Flow is an album by Roy Orbison recorded at Wishbone Recording Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and released in 1979 on the Asylum Records label...
.
- James BrownJames BrownJames Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
's recording of "Regrets" debuted on the Billboard R&BHot R&B/Hip-Hop SongsHot 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 in the issue of the magazine dated January 26, 1980, and began a six-week run that took the song to number 63. Kenny RankinKenny RankinKenny Rankin was an American pop and jazz singer and songwriter, originally from the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City, New York.-Biography:...
entered the Adult Contemporary chart with the song six months later, in the July 19 issue, and peaked at number 33 during his seven weeks there.
Personnel
- Andy WilliamsAndy WilliamsHoward 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,...
- vocals - Dick Peirce - producer
- Billy SherrillBilly SherrillBilly Sherrill is a record producer and arranger who is most famous for his association with a number of country artists, most notably Tammy Wynette...
- engineer - Bill JustisBill JustisWilliam E. "Bill" Justis Jr. was an American pioneer rock and roll musician, composer, and musical arranger, best known for his 1957 Grammy Hall of Fame song, "Raunchy."-Biography:...
- arrangements - Yvonne Hodges - background vocals
- Donna McElroy - background vocals
- Lewis Nunley - background vocals
- Steve Pippin - background vocals
- Wendy Suits - background vocals
- Dennis WilsonDennis WilsonDennis Carl Wilson was an American rock and roll musician best known as a founding member and the drummer of The Beach Boys. He was a member of the group from its formation until his death in 1983...
- background vocals - Gil Wright - background vocals
- Mary Ann KennedyMary Ann KennedyMary Ann Kennedy , born 1967 or 1968, is a Scottish musician, singer, composer, radio and television presenter, and music producer.-Biography:Mary Ann Kennedy was born and brought up in Glasgow in a Gaelic-speaking household...
- female vocal solo ("Regrets") - Slick Lawson - cover photo
- Keats Tyler - back cover photo
- Simon Cantwell - design
Musicians
- David BriggsDavid Briggs (American musician)David Briggs is an American keyboardist, record producer, arranger, composer and studio owner....
- piano - Jimmy Capps - acoustic & rhythm guitars
- Jerry CarriganJerry CarriganJerry Carrigan is an American drummer and record producer born 13 September 1943 in Florence, Alabama. He first achieved widespread recognition by being part of the first wave of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and later as a session musician in Nashville, Tennessee for over 3 decades...
- drums & percussion - Chuck Cochran - piano
- Pete DrakePete DrakePete Drake , born Roddis Franklin Drake, was a major Nashville, Tennessee-based record producer and pedal steel guitar player....
- steel guitar - Ray Edenton - acoustic & rhythm guitars
- Shane KeisterShane KeisterShane Keister is an American musician. He is known for his work as a studio musician, writer, arranger and producer. He plays synthesizer, piano, Hammond B3, Synclavier, Fairlight, Fender Rhodes, and others.-History:...
- keyboards - The Ron Keller Brass - brass
- Dave Kirby - acoustic & rhythm guitars
- Jerry Kroon - drums & percussion
- The Sheldon Kurland Strings - strings
- Mike Lawler - synthesizer
- Kenny MaloneKenny MaloneKenny Malone is an American drummer/percussionist from Nashville, Tennessee. He has been, since the 1970s, and continues to be a prominent session musician in folk, country and many other acoustic-based genres.-References:...
- drums & percussion - Bob MooreBob MooreBob Loyce Moore is an American session musician, orchestra leader, and bassist who was a member of the legendary Nashville A-Team during the 1950s and 60s.-Biography:...
- bass - Roger Morris - keyboards
- Leon Rhodes - electric guitar
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
- Billy Sanford - electric guitar
- Jerry Shook - acoustic & rhythm guitars
- Jack Solomon - acoustic & rhythm guitars
- Pete Wade - electric guitar