Get Together with Andy Williams
Get Together with Andy Williams | ||||
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Studio album by Andy Williams | ||||
Released | October 6, 1969[1] | |||
Recorded |
June 16, 1969 July 8, 1969 July 10, 1969 July 12, 1969 August 1969[2] | |||
Genre |
AM pop Traditional pop Vocal pop[3] | |||
Length | 35:50 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Jerry Fuller[4] | |||
Andy Williams chronology | ||||
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Get Together with Andy Williams is an album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released on October 6, 1969, by Columbia Records.[1] The album made its first appearance on the Top LP's chart in the issue of Billboard magazine dated November 8, 1969, and remained there for 21 weeks, peaking at number 27.[6] It entered the UK album chart on December 27 of that year and reached number 13 over the course of 10 weeks,[7] and the Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album Gold certification on February 19, 1970.[8]
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 release from the spring of 1970, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head.[9] 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.[10]
Track listing
Side one
- "My Cherie Amour" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) – 3:02
- "You Are" (Mac Davis) – 2:32
- "Yesterday When I Was Young" (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer) – 3:52
- "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (A Time for Us)" (Larry Kusik, Nino Rota, Eddie Snyder) – 2:35
- "Quentin's Theme (Shadows of the Night)" (Robert Cobert, Charles Randolph Grean) – 3:09
Side two
- "Good Morning Starshine" with The Osmond Brothers and Friends (Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni) – 4:15
- "Sweet Caroline" (Neil Diamond) – 3:25
- "Get Together" with Loadstone (Chester Powers) – 3:56
- "More Today Than Yesterday" with The Osmond Brothers (Pat Upton) – 2:58
- "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" with Loadstone and Girls (Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers) – 2:18
- "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" with The Osmond Brothers (Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni) – 3:51
Recording dates[2]
- June 16, 1969 – "You Are"
- July 8, 1969 – "Yesterday When I Was Young", "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (A Time for Us)", "Quentin's Theme (Shadows of the Night)"
- July 10, 1969 – "Good Morning Starshine", "More Today Than Yesterday", "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
- July 12, 1969 – "My Cherie Amour", "Sweet Caroline"
- August 18, 1969–August 26, 1969 - "Get Together", "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
Personnel [4]
- Andy Williams - vocals
- Jerry Fuller - producer
- Al Capps - arranger, conductor
- Peter Romano - engineer
- Guy Webster - cover photo
Notes
- 1 2 (2009) Moon River: The Very Best of Andy Williams by Andy Williams [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88697 59112 2
- 1 2 (2002) Album notes for Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head/Get Together with Andy Williams by Andy Williams, [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music.
- 1 2 "Get Together with Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
- 1 2 (1969) Get Together with Andy Williams by Andy Williams [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 9922.
- ↑ "Album Reviews". Billboard. 1969-10-25. p. 78.
- ↑ Whitburn 2010, p. 844.
- ↑ "Andy Williams - Get Together with Andy Williams". Chart Stats. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
- ↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Andy Williams
- ↑ "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head/Get Together with Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
- ↑ "Classic Album Collection, Vol. 2". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
References
- O'Neil, Thomas (1999), The Grammys, Perigree Books, ISBN 0-399-52477-0
- Whitburn, Joel (1993), Joel Whitburn's Top Adult Contemporary, 1961-1993, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-099-7
- Whitburn, Joel (1999), Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955-1999, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-140-3
- Whitburn, Joel (2002), Joel Whitburn's Top Country Singles, 1944-2001, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-151-9
- Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn Presents Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, 1942-2004, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-160-8
- Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-183-7