RIP Andy Williams

[allenv]

One of the greatest voices ever is gone...Very few ever sang a song or rocked a sweater like Andy Williams.. Rest well Andy..

 

[vchimpanzee]

Today was the first day that I heard him on the radio since hearing the news. There was a station at the beach, but they can't seem to be bothered with this man. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume I just wasn't listening at the right time, because surely that station played his music after the announcement of the news.

As for today, Jeff Rollins played "Can't Get Used to Losing You" and said we can't get used to losing him.

He also played "Moon River" while I was listening, though it was Mancini's version.

 

[EZway2go]

Interesting how his signature song "Moon River" was never released as a single.

 

[klutch00]

Interesting how his signature song "Moon River" was never released as a single.

Really? What a shame!

No wonder it didn't chart! Was that Cadence's fault or Columbia's?

 

[EZway2go]

Interesting how his signature song "Moon River" was never released as a single.

Really? What a shame!

No wonder it didn't chart! Was that Cadence's fault or Columbia's?

That's a good question since 1961 appears to be when his Cadence hits ended and the Columbia era began. (Of course, that decision could have factored into his changing companies, too). The story cited in my newspaper was "...because his record company feared such lines as 'my huckleberry friend' were too confusing and old-fashioned for teens." [Huh??]

 

[Chuck]

I hope that somebody digs out the old "Andy Williams Christmas Special" video tapes and airs them. PBS showed one of them a few years ago, and it was still fantastic.

 

[EZway2go]

I hope that somebody digs out the old "Andy Williams Christmas Special" video tapes and airs them. PBS showed one of them a few years ago, and it was still fantastic.

It was a little depressing last week when I told a co-worker about Andy Williams and she had never heard of him. She's 37. But as soon as I mentioned "The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year," she immediately knew who he was. That's a nice testimonial to the timelessness of this great music.

 

[klutch00]

Interesting how his signature song "Moon River" was never released as a single.

Really? What a shame!

No wonder it didn't chart! Was that Cadence's fault or Columbia's?

That's a good question since 1961 appears to be when his Cadence hits ended and the Columbia era began. (Of course, that decision could have factored into his changing companies, too). The story cited in my newspaper was "...because his record company feared such lines as 'my huckleberry friend' were too confusing and old-fashioned for teens." [Huh??]

Well, if that's the case, explain why Henry Mancini's version with orchestra and chorus made it to #11 on the pop-singles chart?

 

[EZway2go]

Interesting how his signature song "Moon River" was never released as a single.

Really? What a shame!

No wonder it didn't chart! Was that Cadence's fault or Columbia's?

That's a good question since 1961 appears to be when his Cadence hits ended and the Columbia era began. (Of course, that decision could have factored into his changing companies, too). The story cited in my newspaper was "...because his record company feared such lines as 'my huckleberry friend' were too confusing and old-fashioned for teens." [Huh??]

Well, if that's the case, explain why Henry Mancini's version with orchestra and chorus made it to #11 on the pop-singles chart?

I did some additional research and learned it was Columbia. Both Henry Mancini's and Jerry Butler's versions debuted on the charts on 10-9-61 and both versions peaked at Number 11.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Is it just me or is Dial Global playing him more than when he was alive?

 

[Darth_vader]

I guess I'll find out next Monday.....

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