Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein is an album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was orchestrated and conducted by Alvy West.
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The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Collectables Records on September 12, 2000, as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Williams's 1958 collection of Cadence Records singles that was simply entitled Andy Williams.
# "Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from 'The Godfather')" (Larry Kusik, Nino Rota) – 3:05
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Ernie Freeman - arranger ("Music from Across the Way", "A Song for You")
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Archie Bleyer - arranger/conductor ("The Village of St. Bernadette"), conductor ("Lonely Street")
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The front and back cover design for the LP (by Anne Garner and Norman Seeff) shows Williams as he is bursting through a wall-sized collage of black-and-white images from various periods of his career, mainly involving the Williams Brothers and his variety program.
In particular, their popularity may be attributed to the influence of singers such as Andy Williams and Val Doonican, who appeared in these type of jumpers in their television Christmas specials.
We first meet Cynthia Dulaine (Sandra Dee) sitting at a nightclub table while Warren Palmer (Andy Williams) croons to her "It Had To Be You".
McCune has been credited with inventing many of the concepts of the modern day live performance, and was one of the very first companies to provide touring sound systems, beginning in 1965 with Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass and progressing to such diversity as Andy Williams, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) and others.
Thanks to the Andy Williams hit song, the Mun River was called 'Moon River' by U.S. Air Force personnel stationed at Ubon Ratchathani airbase during the Vietnam War.
The result looked like it would hold until former Rapids defender Nat Borchers headed in a service from Andy Williams in the 93rd minute for the 1–1 draw.
He has toured with King Curtis and Aretha Franklin, and accompanied US musicians visiting the UK including Dizzy Gillespie, Andy Williams and Tony Bennett.
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"...and Roses and Roses" is a song written by Ray Gilbert and Dorival Caymmi and performed by Andy Williams.
Andy Williams released a version of the song in 1974 that reached #29 on the adult contemporary chart.
The hotel's ballrooms became the center for numerous high-profile events, including an opening charity gala in 1966 emceed by Bob Hope, who with singer Andy Williams entertained the likes of Ronald and Nancy Reagan and Walt and Lillian Disney.
Other notable artists who have recorded versions of this song include Rita Coolidge, Billie Jo Spears, Ian Matthews, Pegi Young, D'ZRT, Nils Lofgren, who also helped Whitten write the song though he received no album credit for this, Dina Carroll, David Sneddon, winner of the BBC's Fame Academy, Geoff Muldaur, Llama Farmers, Alex Parks, Indigo Girls on the Philadelphia soundtrack, and Andy Williams.
Besides The Four Pennies, Diamond and Presley, it has been covered by Jim Croce, Glen Campbell, Cher, Nancy Sinatra, Willie Nelson, Shirley Bassey, Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, the Boston Pops Orchestra, Roberta Flack, New Birth, Paul Anka, Eddy Arnold, Michael Nesmith of The Monkees, Bobby Darin, Helen Reddy, Andy Williams, Joe Longthorne and Françoise Hardy.
Music was a mixture of current and recurrent adult contemporary hits with a mix of standard hits from artists such as Sérgio Mendes, Dionne Warwick, Barbra Streisand, and Andy Williams.