Andy Williams used to be one of mom’s favorites so there were a few Andy Williams albums as well as singles. I remember the album The Impossible Dream. It was a bunch of Andy Williams covers. I’ve looked around but The Impossible Dream is not available on CD. That’s too bad, I’d pick it up if only for nostalgia.
Andy has a smooth style and delivery. He’s not Dean Martin but I’d say he’s probably one of my favorites in his particular category. Let’s listen to a few Andy Williams songs and then you can use the comments section and tell me what you think about Andy.
Here’s Can’t Get Used To Losing You.
The Theme From Love Story
Here is Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
See, he has a pretty good voice and that 1960’s performance style. Here’s Born Free
Well here’s one I haven’t heard for a long time. I really need to try to dig up some of these. I Will Wait For You.
How About El Condor Pasa? What does that mean anyway?
Just a couple more and then we’ll move on. The Impossible Dream
OK Last one. Good Morning Starshine with the Osmond Brothers.
Andy has a lot of music out there. A quick scan of Amazon shows a plethora of double albums on CD. Yes, the Eclectic Collection has plenty of lounge style singers like Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Tom Jones. The strangest part is that although Andy Williams was the first of them that I knew of and liked, I don’t have any of his numerous CDs. I’ll have to look into that. Really, putting this post together was the first time I’ve listened to Andy Williams in decades, apart from some Christmas Songs. I’ve really enjoyed it.
Creating My Musical Evolution has been a lot of fun. To stop and look back and to listen to some of these old tunes on YouTube. I know life is busy and it is hard to slow down but I highly recommend trying to recall the earliest musical memories you have and try to find those songs and listen to them again.