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Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing

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Released
  
1962

Artist
  
Andy Williams

Producer
  
Robert Mersey

Length
  
38:13

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
COLUMBIA

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Recorded
  
September 27, 1961 November 3, 1961 November 6, 1961 November 8, 1961 November 10, 1961

Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing (1962)
  
Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes (1962)

Genres
  
Traditional pop music, Standard

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Andy williams original album collection danny boy and other songs i love to sing


Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing is an album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released early in 1962 by Columbia Records. Williams' first project for the label after leaving Cadence Records, the LP made its debut on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated March 3 of that year and stayed around for 36 weeks, eventually reaching number 19.

Contents

The album's first single, "Danny Boy", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the issue dated October 30, 1961, and reached number 64 during its six-week stay. It fared even better as his first single to appear on Billboard's recently christened Easy Listening chart, peaking at number 15 and only hinting at the even greater success Williams would have with the Easy Listening audience.

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Sony Music Distribution on May 15, 2001, as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of Williams's Columbia album from April 1962, Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes. It was also released as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on February 5, 2002, the other album being Williams's Columbia album from January 1964, The Wonderful World of Andy Williams. Collectables included this CD in a box set entitled Classic Album Collection, Vol. 2, which contains 15 of his studio albums and two compilations and was released on November 29, 2002.

Reception

Allmusic's William Ruhlmann wrote that this was an "entertaining collection" and "features some excellent performances of well-known tunes."

Side one

  1. "Danny Boy" (Frederick Edward Weatherly) – 2:56
  2. "Tammy" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:08
  3. "The Twelfth of Never" (Jerry Livingston, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:53
  4. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 3:00
  5. "Come to Me, Bend to Me" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:25
  6. "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:16

Side two

  1. "The Heather on the Hill" (Lerner, Loewe) – 3:02
  2. "Can I Forget You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Kern) – 3:44
  3. "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:01
  4. "I Want to Be Wanted" (Kim Gannon, Giuseppe Spotti, Alberto Testa) – 3:20
  5. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:07
  6. "Misty" (Erroll Garner, Burke) – 3:24

Recording dates

  • September 27, 1961 - "Danny Boy"
  • November 3, 1961 - "Tammy", "Misty"
  • November 6, 1961 - "The Heather on the Hill'", "I Want to Be Wanted"
  • November 8, 1961 - "I'm Old Fashioned", "Secret Love", "Summertime"
  • November 10, 1961 - "The Twelfth of Never", "Come to Me, Bend to Me", "Can I Forget You", "It Could Happen to You"
  • Grammy nomination

    The single "Danny Boy" brought another of the six Grammy nominations that Williams received over the course of his career, this time in the category for Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male. The winner was Jack Jones for "Lollipops and Roses".

    Personnel

  • Andy Williams – vocals
  • Robert Mersey – arranger, conductor, producer
  • Bob Cato – photographer
  • Songs

    1Danny Boy2:53
    2Tammy3:05
    3The Twelfth of Never2:50

    References

    Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing Wikipedia