In the Arms of Love (Andy Williams album)

In the Arms of Love (Andy Williams album)
Studio album by Andy Williams
Released	1966
Recorded	1966
Genre	AM pop, Traditional pop, Vocal pop [1]
Length	31:13
Label	Columbia
Producer	Robert Mersey
Andy Williams chronology
The Shadow of your Smile (1966) In the Arms of Love (1966) Born Free (1967)

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Allmusic	[2]
Billboard	[3]

In The Arms of Love is an album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in December 1966 by Columbia Records.^[1] It made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated January 21, 1967, and remained on the album chart for 22 weeks, peaking at number 21.^[4]

The title song from the album was released as a single in July 1966, one month before the release of the film What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, the soundtrack of which is performed by the song's composer, Henry Mancini, and includes instrumental and vocal versions of the song.^[5] The film opened on August 31, 1966, and Williams' version of "In the Arms of Love" first appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue of the magazine dated August 27, eventually reaching number 49 over the course of eight weeks.^[6] The song performed even better on the Easy Listening (or Adult Contemporary) chart after debuting in the issue dated July 30 and spending two weeks at number one during a 17-week stay.^[7] It debuted on the UK charts shortly thereafter, on September 24, and stayed around for seven weeks, peaking at number 33.^[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 16, 2001, the other album being Williams's Columbia release from April 1963, Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests.^[9] It was also released as one of two albums on one CD by Sony Music Distribution on May 14, 2001, paired this time with Williams's Columbia album from the spring of 1967, Born Free.^[10]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Song information 3 Personnel 4 Notes 5 References

Track listing

1. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 2:42
2. "If I Love Again" (Jack Murray, Ben Oakland) – 2:33
3. "Theme from The Sand Pebbles (And We Were Lovers)" (Leslie Bricusse, Jerry Goldsmith) – 2:50
4. "Remember" (Irving Berlin) – 2:48
5. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen) – 2:43
6. "In the Arms of Love" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini) – 2:56
7. "The Face I Love" (Ray Gilbert, Carlos Pingarilho, Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle) – 2:03
8. "Sand and Sea" (Gilbert Bécaud, Mack David, Mike Vidalin) – 2:48
9. "So Nice (Summer Samba) " (Norman Gimbel, Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle) – 2:37
10. "Pretty Butterfly" (Mario Albanese Loryn Deane, Ciro Pereira, Sunny Skylar) – 2:16
11. "A Man and a Woman" (Pierre Barouh, Jerry Keller, Francis Lai) – 2:50
12. "All Through the Night" (Cole Porter) – 2:09

Song information

• Ray Noble & His Orchestra spent five weeks at number one in 1934 with their recording of "The Very Thought of You" with Al Bowlly on vocal, and Bing Crosby had a number 11 hit with the song later that same year.^[11][12] Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra spent a week on the chart with it at number 19 in 1944, and by the time Luis Russell & His Orchestra released their rendition in 1946, Billboard had established its R&B Singles chart, which placed them at number three for two weeks.^[13][14] That same chart gave Arthur Prysock a number 19 hit with the song in May 1960.^[14] Although Little Willie John had more success on the R&B Singles chart, his recording of "The Very Thought of You" only reached the Hot 100, peaking at number 61 in 1961.^[15][16] Rick Nelson debuted on Billboard's pop and Easy Listening charts with the song in the issue dated April 25, 1964, and eventually peaked at positions 26 and 11, respectively.^[17][18]

• "If I Love Again" comes from the 1933 Broadway musical Hold Your Horses and first made the charts in February 1934 when Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra took the song to number 16.^[19][20] Other vocalists who had already recorded the song by the time of this album's release include Tony Bennett on I Wanna Be Around... (1963),^[21] Judy Garland on That's Entertainment! (1960),^[22] Frankie Laine on Wanderlust (1963),^[23] Marian McPartland on After Dark (1956),^[24] Anita O'Day on Incomparable! (1964),^[25] and Dakota Staton on Dakota (1960).^[26]

• Tony Martin spent six weeks on the Easy Listening chart with the "Theme from The Sand Pebbles (And We Were Lovers)" after debuting in the Billboard issue dated February 11, 1967, and eventually reached number 22.^[27] Other vocal recordings of the song from 1967 include Shirley Bassey on And We Were Lovers,^[28] Jack Jones on Lady,^[29] Trini Lopez on Trini Lopez Now!,^[30] Matt Monro on Invitation to the Movies,^[31] and Kate Smith on Kate Smith Here and Now.^[32]

• Three different versions of "Remember" charted between May 1925 and February 1926, starting with Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra featuring Seymour Simons on vocal reaching number six.^[33] An instrumental recording by Isham Jones & His Orchestra first appeared on the charts on December 12, 1925, and spent a week at number one during an eight-week stay.^[34] Cliff Edwards reached number 10 the following February.^[35]

• "Here's That Rainy Day" comes from the 1953 Broadway musical Carnival in Flanders, and was covered many times prior to this album.^[36] Earlier vocal versions can be found on Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays (1966),^[37] Ella Fitzgerald's Ella in Hamburg (1965),^[38] Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley's A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness (1966),^[39] Robert Goulet's Two of Us (1962),^[40] Jack Jones's Where Love Has Gone (1964),^[41] Morgana King's It's a Quiet Thing (1965),^[42] Peggy Lee's If You Go (1961),^[43] Julie London's For the Night People (1966),^[44] George Maharis's Portrait in Music (1962),^[45] Carmen McRae's Bittersweet (1964),^[46] Frank Sinatra's No One Cares (1959),^[47] and Nancy Wilson's From Broadway with Love (1966).^[48]

• Williams's number one Easy Listening hit, "In the Arms of Love" was covered by two vocalists in 1967: Ed Ames recorded the song for his album My Cup Runneth Over, and Matt Monro included it on his Invitation to the Movies.^[31][49]

• Recordings of "The Face I Love" that followed close on the heels of the one on this album were done by Astrud Gilberto on 1967's Beach Samba, one of the song's composers, Marcos Valle, on Samba '68, and Chris Montez on Watch What Happens.^[50][51][52] Montez debuted the song on the Easy Listening chart in the Billboard issue dated February 24, 1968, and eventually reached number 15.^[53]

• Frank Sinatra recorded "Sand and Sea" just ahead of Williams in late 1966 for his album That's Life, and one of the song's composers, Gilbert Bécaud, did his own version of it for his 1975 album A Little Love and Understanding.^[54][55]

• Organist Walter Wanderley's recording of "So Nice (Summer Samba)", from the album Rain Forest, made its way onto the Easy Listening chart in the issue of Billboard dated August 13, 1966, and spent 17 weeks there, peaking at number three.^[56][57] On the pop chart, the debut date was August 27, and the song spent nine weeks there, reaching as high as number 26.^[58] Three Easy Listening chart entries by vocalists followed in quick succession, with Connie Francis and Johnny Mathis each debuting on September 10 and Vikki Carr entering the chart on October 15. Francis and Mathis also both got as high as number 17 Easy Listening, while Carr peaked at number 32.^[59][60][61]

• The Mills Brothers reached number 21 with "Pretty Butterfly" in 1953.^[62] Vic Damone covered the song on his 1966 album Stay with Me, while Vikki Carr's rendition appears on her album from March 1967, Intimate Excitement.^[63][64]

• Tamiko Jones provided the vocal on "A Man and a Woman" in its most successful version, which was included on her 1967 album with Herbie Mann entitled A Mann & A Woman and first appeared on the Easy Listening chart in the Billboard issue dated October 29, 1966.^[65] The title song from the film of the same name eventually peaked at number nine there and made it to number 88 on the Hot 100.^[66][67] Ferrante & Teicher first appeared on the Easy Listening chart the following December, and their piano version reached number 24.^[68] The next few years saw several others chime in with interpretations on their own albums: The Ray Conniff Singers on It Must Be Him (1968),^[69] Ella Fitzgerald on Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) (1970),^[70] Astrud Gilberto (in Japanese) on Gilberto Golden Japanese Album (1967),^[71] Robert Goulet on Hollywood Mon Amour (1967),^[72] Engelbert Humperdinck on A Man Without Love (1968),^[73] Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé on A Man and a Woman (1970),^[74] Williams's then-wife Claudine Longet on Claudine (1967),^[75] Johnny Mathis on Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (1970),^[76] and Matt Monro on An Invitation to the Movies (1967),^[77]

• "All Through the Night" comes from the 1934 musical Anything Goes and first charted in December of that year thanks to Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra with Bob Lawrence on vocal.^[78] Their version spent six weeks on the charts and peaked at number eight, while a version by Harry Rosenthal & His Orchestra spent a week on the charts at number 18 the following month with Helen Ward on vocal.^[20][79] Bing Crosby recorded the song for the soundtrack of the 1956 film that was also entitled Anything Goes but bore little resemblance to the original musical,^[80] and several other vocalists have recorded the song for albums of their own: Ella Fitzgerald on Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956),^[81] Shirley Horn (in concert) on I Love You, Paris (1992),^[82] Julie London on All Through the Night: Julie London Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter (1965),^[83] Johnny Mathis on Wonderful Wonderful (1957),^[84] and Johnnie Ray on 'Til Morning (1956).^[85]

Personnel

• Andy Williams – vocals
• Robert Mersey - arranger/conductor ("Here's That Rainy Day", "In the Arms of Love"), arranger ("A Man and a Woman"), conductor ("Remember", "All Through the Night"), producer
• Dick Hazard - arranger ("The Very Thought of You", "If I Love Again", "Theme from The Sand Pebbles (And We Were Lovers)", "Remember", "The Face I Love", "Sand and Sea", "So Nice (Summer Samba)")
• Allyn Ferguson - arranger ("Pretty Butterfly")
• Dave Grusin - arranger ("All Through the Night")
• Bob Cato - photography

Notes

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