Andy Williams' Newest Hits

Andy Williams' Newest Hits
Compilation album by Andy Williams
Released 1966
Recorded 1962-1965[1]
Genre Traditional pop, Vocal pop, AM Pop, Standards, Soft rock[2]
Length 31:38
Label Columbia Records
Producer Robert Mersey
Andy Williams chronology
Merry Christmas
(1965)		 Andy Williams' Newest Hits
(1966)		 May Each Day
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Billboard [3]

Andy Williams' Newest Hits is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released early in 1966 by Columbia Records.[3] This first album to compile the singer's Columbia material made its debut on the Billboard Top LP's chart in the issue dated February 5, 1966, and remained there for 23 weeks, peaking at number 23.[4] A similar collection entitled May Each Day entered the UK album chart the following month, on March 19, and reached number 11 over the course of six weeks.[5] While the cover photo and design of the two releases were the same, there were only five songs that they had in common.[6]

Andy Williams' Newest Hits was issued on compact disc for the first time as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on February 5, 2002, the other album being Williams's Columbia release from the fall of 1962, Warm and Willing.[7] 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.[8]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I'll Remember You" (Kui Lee) – 2:31
  2. "Almost There" (Jerry Keller, Gloria Shayne) – 2:59
  3. "A Fool Never Learns" (Sonny Curtis) – 2:01
  4. "Noelle" (Edward Pola, George Wyle) – 2:48
  5. "On the Street Where You Live" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:12
  6. "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" (Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper) – 2:27
  7. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 3:00
  8. "The Wonderful World of the Young" (Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper) – 2:31
  9. "Don't You Believe It" (Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard) – 2:29
  10. "...And Roses and Roses" (Dorival Caymmi, Ray Gilbert)) – 2:25
  11. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) – 2:22
  12. "May Each Day" (Mort Green, George Wyle) – 2:54

Recording dates[1]

Chart positions

Song US debut Billboard Hot 100[9] Billboard Easy Listening[10] UK debut UK singles chart[5]
"The Wonderful World of the Young" 3/24/62 99 – – –
"Don't You Believe It" 9/15/62 39 15 – –
"A Fool Never Learns" 1/11/64 13 4 2/29/64 40
"On the Street Where You Live" 9/12/64 28 3 – –
"Almost There" 11/14/64 67 12 9/18/65 2 (3 weeks)
"...And Roses and Roses" 4/3/65 36 4 – –
"Corcovado (song)" 11/27/65 92 18 – –
"May Each Day" – – – 2/26/66 19

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ a b (2002) Album notes for Warm and Willing/Newest Hits by Andy Williams [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music.
  2. ^ a b "Andy Williams' Newest Hits - Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/andy-williams-newest-hits-r26697. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Album Reviews". Billboard: p. 72. 1966-01-29. 
  4. ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 845.
  5. ^ a b "Andy Williams". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=1192. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
  6. ^ (1966) May Each Day by Andy Williams [album jacket]. London, CBS Records.
  7. ^ "Warm and Willing/Newest Hits". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r572147. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
  8. ^ "Classic Album Collection, Vol. 2". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/classic-album-collection-vol-2-r612403. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
  9. ^ Whitburn 2009, pp. 1059–1060.
  10. ^ Whitburn 2007, p. 295.

References

  • Whitburn, Joel (2007), Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0898201691 
  • Whitburn, Joel (2009), Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955-2008, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0898201802 
  • Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0898201837