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The Andy Williams Sound of Music

The Andy Williams Sound of Music is a double compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released early in 1969 by Columbia Records.[3][5] Although seven of the 21 tracks date back to his years with Cadence Records, where he racked up a half a dozen top 10 pop hits, the selections here are more in the vein of Standards or Easy Listening fare, as exemplified by the two charting singles included -- "On the Street Where You Live" and "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)".

The Andy Williams Sound of Music
Compilation album by
Andy Williams
Released1969
Recorded10/59–10/68[1][2]
Genre
Length64:55
LabelColumbia
Andy Williams chronology
Honey
(1968) 		The Andy Williams Sound of Music
(1969) 		Happy Heart
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

The album made its first appearance on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated February 1, 1969, and remained there for seven weeks, peaking at number 139,[5] and it entered the UK album chart on January 24, 1970, and reached number 22 there over the course of nine weeks.[6]

The plan to use the collection to promote Williams's previous Columbia releases was explained in an article in the issue of Billboard magazine dated November 23, 1968: "Andy Williams' 18 Columbia albums are featured in an extensive promotion being sparked by The Andy Williams Sound of Music, a special two-record gift package.... A special [color] sleeve displaying Williams' 18 albums has been designed for" the two LPs in the set.[7] The front and back cover and gatefold photos for this album are credited to Keats Tyler.[8]

The album's only new track, "The Sound of Music", was recorded on October 3, 1968.[2] In 2003 it was included on the Williams collection from Collectables Records entitled B Sides and Rarities.[2]

Track listing

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Side one
  1. "The Sound of Music" from The Sound of Music (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 2:25
  2. "That Old Feeling" from Vogues of 1938 (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain) – 2:51
  3. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 3:00
  4. "Let It Be Me" (Gilbert Becaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë) – 3:24
  5. "Try to Remember" from The Fantasticks (Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt) – 2:55
  6. "If Ever I Would Leave You" from Camelot (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:38
Side two
  1. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 2:42
  2. "The Summer of Our Love" (Marty Paich, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:38
  3. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 3:39
  4. "Embraceable You" from Girl Crazy (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:40
  5. "I Wish You Love" (Albert A. Beach, Charles Trenet) – 3:44
Side three
  1. "On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:12
  2. "Mam'selle" from The Razor's Edge (Mack Gordon, Edmund Goulding) – 3:33
  3. "When Your Lover Has Gone" from Blonde Crazy (Einar Aaron Swan) – 2:42
  4. "How Wonderful to Know" (Salvatore d'Esposito, Kermit Goell, Domenico Titomanlio) – 2:21
  5. "The Touch of Your Lips" (Ray Noble) – 3:09
Side four
  1. "Say It Isn't So" (Irving Berlin) – 3:29
  2. "If I Love Again" (Jack Murray, Ben Oakland) – 2:33
  3. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 2:44
  4. "People" from Funny Girl (Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) – 3:32
  5. "May Each Day" from The Andy Williams Show (Mort Green, George Wyle) – 2:54

References

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  1. ^ "The Cadence Era: "Canadian Sunset" brightens Andy's disk career". Billboard. 1967-11-11. p. AW-20.
  2. ^ a b c (2003) Album notes for B Sides and Rarities by Andy Williams [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music.
  3. ^ a b "The Andy Williams Sound of Music - Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1498. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b Whitburn 2010, p. 845.
  6. ^ "Andy Williams". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Williams' 18 Col. LPs Get Pitch Sparked by 2-LP Pkg". Billboard. 1968-11-23. p. 4.
  8. ^ (1969) The Andy Williams Sound of Music by Andy Williams [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 9752.

Bibliography

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  • Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-183-7
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