Album: A World of Love by Andy Williams (1998)
Genre: Swing | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Swing, Rock/Pop, 1990s, Album


Album: Dear Heart / The Shadow of Your Smile by Andy Williams (1999)
Genre: Swing | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Swing, Rock/Pop, 1990s, Album


Album: The Andy Williams Sound of Music by Andy Williams (1968)
Genre: Swing | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Swing, Rock/Pop, 1960s, Album

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


Album: Merry Christmas by Andy Williams (1965)
Genre: Christmas | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: Columbia
Format: Album

Description: Merry Christmas is the second Christmas album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released by Columbia Records in 1965, and his seventeenth studio album overall. This seasonal LP is focused exclusively on 20th century compositions, unlike 1963's The Andy Williams Christmas Album, which, of its 12 tracks, had six with origins predating the turn of the century.

For the six consecutive holiday seasons from 1965 through 1970, Merry Christmas charted on Billboard magazine's special year-end weekly Christmas Albums sales chart. The album spent two weeks as the number one selling Christmas album during the holiday season of 1966 and one week atop that same chart in 1969. The single from the album, "Do You Hear What I Hear?", reached number 18 on the Christmas Singles chart in 1965.

On May 23, 1968, Merry Christmas was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States.  Platinum certification for sales of one million copies followed on November 10, 1989.

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Christmas, Rock/Pop, 1960s, Album, Columbia


Merry Christmas is the second Christmas album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released by Columbia Records in 1965, and his seventeenth studio album overall. This seasonal LP is focused exclusively on 20th century compositions, unlike 1963's The Andy Williams Christmas Album, which, of its 12 tracks, had six with origins predating the turn of the century.

For the six consecutive holiday seasons from 1965 through 1970, Merry Christmas charted on Billboard magazine's special year-end weekly Christmas Albums sales chart. The album spent two weeks as the number one selling Christmas album during the holiday season of 1966 and one week atop that same chart in 1969. The single from the album, "Do You Hear What I Hear?", reached number 18 on the Christmas Singles chart in 1965.

On May 23, 1968, Merry Christmas was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States.  Platinum certification for sales of one million copies followed on November 10, 1989.

Album: Dear Heart by Andy Williams (1965)
Genre: Swing | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Swing, Rock/Pop, 1960s, Album

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


Album: Happy Heart by Andy Williams (1969)
Genre: Swing | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Swing, Rock/Pop, 1960s, Album


Album: Love Theme From 'The Godfather'-The Way We Were by Andy Williams (1972)
Genre: Swing | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Swing, Rock/Pop, 1970s, Album


Album: Nashville by Andy Williams (1991)
Genre: Swing | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Swing, Rock/Pop, 1990s, Album


Album: The Andy Williams Christmas Album by Andy Williams (1963)
Genre: Christmas | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: Columbia
Format: Album

Description: The Andy Williams Christmas Album is the first Christmas holiday album released by singer Andy Williams and his twelfth studio album overall. It was issued by Columbia Records in 1963, and it would prove to be the first of eight Christmas albums released by Williams. Though it was also the album that introduced Williams' perennial holiday classic "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", Columbia instead opted to release Williams' cover of "White Christmas" as the album's promotional single at the time.

A front-page story in Billboard magazine on Nov. 23, 1963, made clear the album was already destined to be a big hit, reporting: "Though the majority of retailers around the country that were contacted reported that Christmas product sales were just starting, they have already singled out the new 'Andy Williams Christmas Album' as the probably No. 1 LP for the next two months; at least of those albums thus far on the market. It is already registering heavy sales, as is his single 'White Christmas.'"

From 1963 to 1973, Billboard published special weekly Christmas Albums and Christmas Singles sales charts. For all five weeks that these special charts were published in 1963 (for the weeks ending November 30, 1963 through December 28, 1963), The Andy Williams Christmas Album was the number one selling Christmas album, while Williams' cover of "White Christmas" was the number one selling Christmas single. The Andy Williams Christmas Album spent three weeks as the number one selling Christmas album during the holiday season of 1964, and one week as the number one selling Christmas album during the holiday season of 1965. It charted on Billboard's Christmas Albums chart at least one week for each of the years that the chart was published. In 2018, when separate Christmas rankings were not published in the magazine, the album made its debut on the Billboard 200 chart at number 152.

On December 14, 1964, The Andy Williams Christmas Album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States. The album was reissued with a different cover in the UK in 1975 and was awarded Silver certification by the British Phonographic Industry in 1976 for selling 60,000 units. Platinum certification in the United States was awarded on November 21, 1986.

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Christmas, Rock/Pop, 1960s, Album, Columbia

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


The Andy Williams Christmas Album is the first Christmas holiday album released by singer Andy Williams and his twelfth studio album overall. It was issued by Columbia Records in 1963, and it would prove to be the first of eight Christmas albums released by Williams. Though it was also the album that introduced Williams' perennial holiday classic "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", Columbia instead opted to release Williams' cover of "White Christmas" as the album's promotional single at the time.

A front-page story in Billboard magazine on Nov. 23, 1963, made clear the album was already destined to be a big hit, reporting: "Though the majority of retailers around the country that were contacted reported that Christmas product sales were just starting, they have already singled out the new 'Andy Williams Christmas Album' as the probably No. 1 LP for the next two months; at least of those albums thus far on the market. It is already registering heavy sales, as is his single 'White Christmas.'"

From 1963 to 1973, Billboard published special weekly Christmas Albums and Christmas Singles sales charts. For all five weeks that these special charts were published in 1963 (for the weeks ending November 30, 1963 through December 28, 1963), The Andy Williams Christmas Album was the number one selling Christmas album, while Williams' cover of "White Christmas" was the number one selling Christmas single. The Andy Williams Christmas Album spent three weeks as the number one selling Christmas album during the holiday season of 1964, and one week as the number one selling Christmas album during the holiday season of 1965. It charted on Billboard's Christmas Albums chart at least one week for each of the years that the chart was published. In 2018, when separate Christmas rankings were not published in the magazine, the album made its debut on the Billboard 200 chart at number 152.

On December 14, 1964, The Andy Williams Christmas Album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States. The album was reissued with a different cover in the UK in 1975 and was awarded Silver certification by the British Phonographic Industry in 1976 for selling 60,000 units. Platinum certification in the United States was awarded on November 21, 1986.

Album: Danny Boy / The Wonderful World of Andy Williams by Andy Williams (2002)
Genre: Swing | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Swing, Rock/Pop, 2000s, Album


Album: Love Story by Andy Williams (1971)
Genre: Swing | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Swing, Rock/Pop, 1970s, Album


Album: Music to Fall in Love By by Andy Williams (2001)
Genre: Swing | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Swing, Rock/Pop, 2000s, Album


Album: Love Theme From "The Godfather" by Andy Williams (1972)
Format: Album

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: 1970s, Album


Album: Million Seller Songs by Andy Williams (1962)
Genre: Swing | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Swing, Rock/Pop, 1960s, Album


Album: Call Me Irresponsible / My Fair Lady & Other Broadway Hits by Andy Williams (2000)
Genre: Swing | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Swing, Rock/Pop, 2000s, Album


Album: The Very Best of Andy Williams by Andy Williams (1999)
Genre: Swing | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Cheerful
Format: Album

Description: The Very Best of Andy Williams is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in the UK in the fall of 2009.

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Swing, Rock/Pop, Cheerful, 1990s, Album

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The Very Best of Andy Williams is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in the UK in the fall of 2009.

Album: The Andy Williams Christmas Album by Andy Williams (2004)
Genre: christmas music | Style: vocal
Record Label: Columbia
Format: CD

Artist Background: Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) 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 the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of Jay Emerson and Florence (née Finley) Williams. He first performed in ... Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Musical Influences: Six Hits and a Miss, Bob Williams, Don Williams, George Ockner

Related Artists: Bing Crosby, Burl Ives, Gene Autry, Perry Como

Music Scene: Part of the Iowa, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Swing movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: christmas music, vocal, 2000s, CD, Columbia


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