The Wonderful World of Andy Williams

The Wonderful World of Andy Williams
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Studio album by Andy Williams
Released	1964
Recorded	January 13, 1963 November 1, 1963 November 7, 1963 November 27, 1963 December 3, 1963
Genre	Traditional pop music Vocal pop Early pop/rock
Length	33:31
Label	Columbia
Producer	Robert Mersey
Andy Williams chronology
Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests (1963)Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests1963 The Wonderful World of Andy Williams (1964) The Academy Award-Winning "Call Me Irresponsible" and Other Hit Songs from the Movies (1964)The Academy Award-Winning "Call Me Irresponsible" and Other Hit Songs from the Movies1964

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The Wonderful World of Andy Williams is an album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released by Columbia Records to coincide with the December 31, 1963, broadcast of The Andy Williams Show. Various tracks were recorded with members of his family, including The Williams Brothers, who joined him for a remake of his first top 10 hit, "Canadian Sunset", from 1956.

The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated January 25 of that year and remained there for 24 weeks, peaking at number nine. It received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on August 17, 1964.

The single from the album, "A Fool Never Learns," made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 11, 1964, eventually reaching number 13 during its 10-week stay. It performed even better on the Easy Listening chart, peaking at number four.

The album was released on compact disc for the first time as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on January 22, 2002, the other album being Williams's Columbia album from February 1962, Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing. 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.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Canadian Sunset" performed with The Williams Brothers (Norman Gimbel, Eddie Heywood) – 2:32
2. "Sing a Rainbow" performed with The Williams Family Children (Arthur Hamilton) – 2:40
3. "Dream" performed with The Williams Brothers (Johnny Mercer) – 2:40
4. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:19
5. "Wives and Lovers" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:20
6. "First Born" performed with The Entire Williams Family (John Lehman, Jerry Reed) – 2:41

Side two

1. "A Fool Never Learns" (Sonny Curtis) – 2:01
2. "Noelle" (Paul Kenny, Edward Pola, George Wyle) – 2:48
3. "Pennies from Heaven" performed with The Williams Brothers (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston) – 3:32
4. "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) – 3:00
5. "Let It Be Me" performed with Claudine Longet (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë) – 2:51
6. "Softly, As I Leave You" (Giorgio Calabrese, Tony De Vita, Hal Shaper) – 3:13

Recording dates

• January 13, 1963 – "Softly, As I Leave You"
• November 1, 1963 – "A Fool Never Learns"
• November 7, 1963 – "This Is All I Ask", "First Born", "Noelle", "September Song"
• November 27, 1963 – "Canadian Sunset"
• December 3, 1963 – "Sing a Rainbow", "Dream", "Wives and Lovers", "Pennies from Heaven", "Let It Be Me"

Personnel

• Andy Williams – vocals
• The Williams Brothers – vocals
• Claudine Longet – vocals
• Robert Mersey – arranger, conductor, producer
• Frank Bez – photography
• Parker of Vienna, Inc. – sweaters