Andy Williams (album)
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Released | 1958 | |||
Recorded | March 15, 1956 July 2, 1956 August 30, 1956 January 23, 1957 April 5, 1957 August 6, 1957[1] | |||
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Length | 29:03 | |||
Label | Cadence Records | |||
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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.[3] 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.[4] For example, the cover for the album Kenneth Patchen Reads His Poetry quotes Bleyer as saying, "' Puts muscles in your ears.'"[5] 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".[4] 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.[6] A much simpler cover design featuring the artist's name and photo with a list of the album's contents was eventually released.[7]
The album was issued on compact disc for the first time as one of two albums on one CD by
Critical reception
William Ruhlmann of
Track listing
Side one
- "Canadian Sunset" (Norman Gimbel, Eddie Heywood) – 2:37
- "I Like Your Kind of Love" (Melvin Endsley) – 2:30
- "Walk Hand in Hand" (Johnny Cowell) – 2:51
- "Lips of Wine" (Sy Soloway, Shirley Wolfe) – 1:46
- "Not Anymore" (Bob Terry) – 1:59
- rec. 3/15/56;[1] B-side of "Walk Hand in Hand"
- "It Doesn't Take Very Long" (Sherman Feller, Kathleen Goodrich) – 2:51
Side two
- "Baby Doll" (Bernie Hanighen, Kenyon Hopkins) – 2:04
- "Butterfly" (Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann) – 2:21
- "High upon a Mountain" (Jill Jackson, Seymour Miller) – 2:48
- rec. 7/2/56;[1] B-side of "Canadian Sunset"
- "Stop Teasin' Me" (Y. Des Louvettes (a.k.a. Kay Thompson)) – 2:30
- rec. 4/5/57;[1] B-side of "I Like Your Kind of Love"
- "Since I've Found My Baby" (Jesse Stone) – 2:25
- rec. 8/30/56;[1] B-side of "Baby Doll"
- "Straight from My Heart" (Kay Thompson) – 2:27
- rec. 8/6/57;[1] B-side of "Lips of Wine"
- A All of the tracks on this compilation were released before Billboard created its Hot 100 chart for tracking song performance.
Personnel
- Andy Williams – vocalist
- Archie Bleyer – arranger, conductor[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "The Cadence Era: "Canadian Sunset" brightens Andy's disk career". Billboard. 1967-11-11. p. AW-20.
- ^ a b c d "Andy Williams (Cadence) – Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Reviews and Ratings of New Albums". Billboard. 1958-02-03. p. 39.
- ^ a b Thompson 2002, p. 152.
- ^ "Cadence Label Album Discography". Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ^ (1958) Andy Williams by Andy Williams, [album jacket]. New York: Cadence Records CLP-3002.
- ^ (1960) Andy Williams Sings Steve Allen (reissue) by Andy Williams, [album jacket, back cover]. New York: Cadence Records CLP-1018.
- ^ "Andy Williams/Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein – Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1 – Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ "Andy Williams/Andy Williams Sings Steve Allen – Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f Whitburn 2009, p. 1059.
Bibliography
- Thompson, Dave (2002), The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting, Hal Leonard Corporation, ISBN 978-0-87930-713-4
- Whitburn, Joel (2009), Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955–2008, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-180-2