The Shadow of Your Smile (Andy Williams album)

The Shadow of Your Smile (Andy Williams album)
Studio album by Andy Williams
Released	1966
Recorded	1966
Genre	AM pop, Traditional pop, Standards[1]
Length	34:18
Label	Columbia
Producer	Robert Mersey
Andy Williams chronology
Andy Williams' Newest Hits (1966) The Shadow of Your Smile (1966) In the Arms of Love (1966)

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The Shadow of Your Smile is an album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in April 1966 by Columbia Records.^[1] It made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated May 14 of that year and remained on the album chart for 54 weeks, peaking at number six.^[4] It entered the UK charts in July and spent four weeks there, reaching number 27.^[5] The album received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on September 27, 1966.^[6]

The A-side from this album, "Bye Bye Blues", "bubbled under" Billboard's Hot 100, reaching number 127, and got to number 18 on the magazine's Easy Listening (or Adult Contemporary) chart.^[7]

The album was released on compact disc for the first time as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on March 23, 1999, the other album being Williams's Columbia release from the spring of 1965, Andy Williams' Dear Heart.^[8] It was also released as one of two albums on one CD by Sony Music Distribution on December 28, 1999, paired this time with Williams's Columbia album from the fall of 1962, Warm and Willing.^[9]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Grammy nominations 3 Song information 4 Personnel 5 Notes 6 References

Track listing

1. "The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from The Sandpiper)" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:04
2. "That Old Feeling" (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain) – 2:51
3. "Meditation" _{with Antonio Carlos Jobim} (Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) – 3:06
4. "Try to Remember" (Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt) – 2:55
5. "Michelle" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:25
6. "Somewhere" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 3:00
7. "The Summer of Our Love" (Marty Paich, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:38
8. "Peg O' My Heart" (Alfred Bryan, Fred Fisher) – 2:24
9. "How Insensitive " _{with Antonio Carlos Jobim} (Vinícius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 2:40
10. "Yesterday" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:50
11. "Bye Bye Blues" (David Bennett; Chauncey Gray, Frederick Hamm, Bert Lown) – 2:43
12. "A Taste of Honey" (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) – 2:47

Grammy nominations

This album brought the sixth and final Grammy nomination that Williams received over the course of his career, this time in the category for Best Vocal Performance, Male. This nomination did not focus on the performance of a particular song but rather Williams's performance of the album as a whole. The winner was Frank Sinatra for the single "Strangers in the Night", a song that Williams went on to record for his 1967 album Born Free.^[10]

Song information

• The 1965 film The Sandpiper introduced "The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from The Sandpiper)" with an instrumental version by trumpeter Jack Sheldon as well as a choral arrangement, and the song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.^[11][12] Tony Bennett took it to number 95 on the Hot 100 after debuting in the issue of Billboard dated November 13, 1965, and also went to number eight on the Easy Listening chart.^[13][14] His recording was nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year but lost to another song covered on this album, "A Taste of Honey" by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.^[15] Composer Johnny Mandel and lyricist Paul Francis Webster did, however, take home Grammys for Song of the Year in a category in which two of the other titles nominated were already or eventually covered by Williams: "Yesterday", which is also on this album, and "I Will Wait for You", which can be found on his 1967 album Born Free.^[15]

• "That Old Feeling" charted twice in 1937: Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra spent four weeks at number one after their debut of the song in August of that year, and Jan Garber & His Orchestra took it to number 10 that October.^[16][17] The song received its Oscar nomination for Best Original Song for the 1937 film Vogues of 1938 but lost to "Sweet Leilani", the song from Waikiki Wedding that Williams recorded for his 1959 album To You Sweetheart, Aloha.^[18][19] Kitty Kallen brought back "That Old Feeling" in 1960 and made it to number 55 on the Hot 100.^[20]

• An instrumental version of "Meditation" by jazz and classical guitar virtuoso Charlie Byrd as well as a vocal version of the song by Pat Boone both made the pop chart in 1963. Byrd, backed by the Walter Raim Strings, spent nine weeks on the chart, peaking at number 66, while Boone charted for one week at number 91.^[21][22]

• "Try to Remember" originated in the 1960 musical The Fantasticks, where it was first sung by Jerry Orbach.^[23][24] Three renditions of the song charted in 1965: Ed Ames debuted his single on the Hot 100 chart in the issue dated January 23, 1965, eventually reaching number 73, and on the Easy Listening chart that same week, eventually reaching number 17.^[25][26] Roger Williams debuted in the issue dated April 10, 1965, and spent two weeks on the pop chart, peaking at number 97.^[27] For The Brothers Four, "Try to Remember" had its initial success on the Easy Listening chart, with a debut date of October 16, 1965, and a peak position at number 10 over a period of 10 weeks.^[28] Their Hot 100 debut came three weeks later, and they spent three weeks there, making it to number 91.^[29]

• "Michelle" was originally released on both the US and UK versions of the 1965 Beatles album Rubber Soul but was not released by the group as a single in either of those regions.^[30] In the UK a cover version by the Overlanders spent three weeks at number one, and another by David and Jonathan peaked at number 11 in addition to charting stateside at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three Easy Listening.^{[31][32][33][34]} David and Jonathan were one of three acts that debuted with the song in the US in January 1966, the other two being jazz saxophonist Bud Shank, who reached number 65 pop and number 12 Easy Listening with an instrumental recording, and Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra, who climbed to number 77 on the Hot 100 and number 17 Easy Listening with a choral arrangement.^{[35][36][37][38]} "Michelle" won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in March 1967, beating out four songs that Williams would eventually record: "Born Free", "Somewhere, My Love", and "Strangers in the Night" from his 1967 album Born Free, as well as "The Impossible Dream" from his 1968 album Honey.^[10]

• "Somewhere" is featured in both the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story, whose original cast recording reached number five on Billboard's Best Selling Pop LP's chart, and the 1961 film version, whose motion picture soundtrack album spent 54 weeks at number one and 106 weeks in the top 10 and is ranked by Joel Whitburn at number one out of 100 albums released between 1955 and 2009 in terms of chart performance.^{[39][40][41][42]} P.J. Proby was the first to put the song on the charts, reaching number six in the UK and number 91 on the Hot 100 in 1965, and Len Barry made it to number 26 on the US pop chart in March 1966.^[43][44][45]

• "Peg O' My Heart" had three versions that charted between November 1913 and January 1914: Charles Harrison debuted in November and spent seven weeks at number one during his 14-week stay.^[46] Henry Burr followed in December and spent 11 weeks on the chart, four of which were at number two.^[47] And Walter Brunt spent two weeks on the chart beginning in January and peaked at number seven.^[48] A resurgence in popularity began in April 1947 when a recording of the song by The Harmonicats made its debut, eventually spending 26 weeks on the charts and eight of those weeks at number one.^[49] Five more renditions appeared on the charts before the end of June: The Three Suns spent 19 weeks on the charts at four weeks at number one; Buddy Clark spent 15 weeks on the charts and six weeks at number one; Art Lund had a 13-week stay and peaked at number four; Clark Dennis was around for 10 weeks, getting as high as number eight; and Ted Weems & His Orchestra lasted for six weeks, reaching number five.^{[50][51][52][53][54]}

• Vocalists who had already recorded "How Insensitive" by the time of this album included Tony Bennett, Vikki Carr, Doris Day, Astrud Gilberto, Morgana King, Peggy Lee, and Sylvia Syms.^{[55][56][57][58][59][60][61]}

• "Yesterday" received five Grammy nominations, although none of them cited The Beatles as a group receiving the nomination: the Song of the Year nomination acknowledged the song's credited writers, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and the other four categories -- Record of the Year; Best Vocal Performance, Male; Contemporary (Rock & Roll) Single; and Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance, Male—recognized the song as a solo performance by McCartney.^[62] Although eventually inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, "Yesterday" came up empty on Grammy night in 1966, losing in two of the categories to songs that Williams covers on this album: the Song of the Year mentioned above, "The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from The Sandpiper)" and the Record of the Year, "A Taste of Honey".^[15] The song did, however, spend four weeks at number one on the Hot 100 and receive Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.^[63]

• "Bye Bye Blues" first charted in August 1930 as a number five hit for Bert Lown & His Orchestra featuring the Biltmore Rhythm Boys on vocal and was soon followed by a number 17 recording by Leo Reisman & His Orchestra with Philip Steele on vocal.^[64][65] Cab Calloway spent a week on the charts at number 24 with it in 1941, and Les Paul & Mary Ford took the song to number five in 1953.^[66][67]

• "A Taste of Honey" originated as an instrumental track from the 1961 film version of the 1958 play of the same name.^[68] Martin Denny & His Orchestra were the first to put the song on the charts, entering the Hot 100 in July 1962 and eventually reaching number 50 during their 15-week stay, while also making it onto the Easy Listening chart for 11 weeks and peaking at number 13.^[69][70] The Victor Feldman Quartet made it onto the Hot 100 for one week in September at number 88, and Tony Bennett had the only vocal version to make the charts, reaching number 94 pop and number 19 Easy Listening after debuting in August 1964.^[13][14][71] But it was the instrumental recording by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass that, in addition to winning the Grammy Award for Record of the Year as mentioned above, also won in the categories of Best Instrumental Arrangement and Best Instrumental Performance.^[72] Their recording entered the Easy Listening chart first, on September 11, 1965, and spent five weeks at number one over the course of 21 weeks.^[73] Entry onto the pop chart followed on September 25, and the song reached number seven during a 16-week stay.^[74]

Personnel

• Andy Williams – vocals
• Robert Mersey - arranger/conductor ("That Old Feeling", "Meditation", "Peg O' My Heart", "How Insensitive", "Bye Bye Blues"), producer
• Jack Elliott - arranger ("Yesterday"), conductor ("The Shadow of Your Smile", "Try to Remember", "Michelle", "Somewhere", "The Summer of Our Love", "Yesterday", "A Taste of Honey")
• Bob Florence - arranger ("Try to Remember", "Michelle", "A Taste of Honey")
• Dick Hazard - arranger ("The Shadow of Your Smile")
• Johnny Mandel - arranger ("Somewhere")
• Marty Paich - arranger ("The Summer of Our Love")

Notes

References