Canadian Sunset (album)

Canadian Sunset
Compilation album by Andy Williams
Released 1965
Recorded 1956-1961[1]
Genre Early pop/rock, Traditional pop, Vocal pop, Standards, Soft rock[2]
Length 31:45
Label Columbia Records
Andy Williams chronology
Andy Williams' Dear Heart
(1965)		 Canadian Sunset
(1965)		 Merry Christmas
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Billboard [3]

Canadian Sunset is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in the spring of 1965 by Columbia Records.[3] The cover bears the phrase "formerly titled Andy Williams' Best" underneath the title, suggesting that the same songs can be found here that were on that 1961 release by Cadence Records, but his number one hit "Butterfly" and its top 10 follow-up "I Like Your Kind of Love" that were included on the Cadence album were replaced on this release with the B-sides of two of the other songs here.[4] This album made its first appearance on the Billboard Top LP's chart in the issue dated July 3, 1965, and remained there for six weeks, peaking at number 112.[5]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Bilbao Song" (Bertolt Brecht, Johnny Mercer, Kurt Weill) - 2:15
  2. "Hawaiian Wedding Song" (Al Hoffman, Charles E. King, Dick Manning) - 2:29
  3. "Lonely Street" (Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder, W.S. Stevenson) - 2:46
  4. "Do You Mind?" (Lionel Bart) - 2:17
  5. "(In the Summertime) You Don't Want My Love" (Roger Miller) - 2:16
  6. "Are You Sincere" (Wayne Walker) - 2:41
  7. "The Village of St. Bernadette" (Eula Parker) - 3:22
  8. "Canadian Sunset" (Norman Gimbel, Eddie Heywood) - 2:37
  9. "Don't Go to Strangers" (Redd Evans, Arthur Kent, David Mann) - 2:56
  10. "How Wonderful to Know" (Salvatore d'Esposito, Kermit Goell, Domenico Titomanlio) - 2:21
  11. "Summer Love" (Kay Thompson) - 2:52
  12. "Dreamsville" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini) - 2:59

Recording dates[1]

Billboard pop chart positions[6]

Pre-Hot 100 era singles

Song Chart debut Best Sellers in Stores Most Played by Jockeys Most Played in Jukeboxes Top 100
"Canadian Sunset" 8/11/56 10 7 9 8
"Are You Sincere" 2/17/58 11 3 - 10

Hot 100 era singles

Song Chart debut Hot 100 Hot R&B Sides[7]
"Hawaiian Wedding Song" 12/29/58 11 27
"Lonely Street" 9/7/59 5 20
"The Village of St. Bernadette" 12/14/59 7 -
"Do You Mind?" 7/4/60 70 -
"(In the Summertime) You Don't Want My Love" 12/12/60 64 -
"The Bilbao Song" 4/24/61 37 -

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "The Cadence Era: "Canadian Sunset" brightens Andy's disk career". Billboard. 1967-11-11. 
  2. ^ a b "Canadian Sunset - Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/canadian-sunset-r26667. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Album Reviews". Billboard: p. 68. 1965-06-19. 
  4. ^ (1961) Andy Williams' Best by Andy Williams, [album jacket]. New York: Cadence Records.
  5. ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 844.
  6. ^ Whitburn 2009, p. 1059.
  7. ^ Whitburn 2004, p. 624.

References

  • Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn Presents Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, 1942-2004, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0898201608 
  • 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