This album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated April 10 of that year and remained on the album chart for 65 weeks, peaking at number four.[5] The name of the album was changed to Andy Williams' Almost There for its release in the UK, where it became Williams's first album chart entry, spending 46 weeks there and peaking at number four. (Two of his previous albums, Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests—which was retitled Can't Get Used to Losing You and Other Requests for its UK release—and The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits, appeared on the album chart in the UK following the success of this album.)[6]
Andy Williams' Dear Heart received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on July 30, 1965. This was Williams's sixth album to receive this award as well as the one to do so the fastest thus far in terms of the amount of time between chart debut and certification, having accomplished this feat in less than four months as compared to the previous recordholder, Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests, which did so in five months.[7]
Williams's acting role in the 1964 film I'd Rather Be Rich[8] included a performance of the original song "Almost There",[9] which makes its first album appearance here. As the B-side of "On the Street Where You Live" (the single from his last album), "Almost There" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue of the magazine dated November 14, 1964, eventually reaching number 67 during its five-week stay.[10] It performed even better on the Easy Listening (or Adult Contemporary) chart, going as high as number 12 during its four weeks there.[11] The song's biggest success was in the UK, where it spent three weeks at number two during a 17-week run on the singles chart.[6] This album's A-side, "Dear Heart", written for the 1964 Glenn Ford/Geraldine Page movie of the same name, debuted on the pop and Easy Listening charts just two weeks later and spent 11 weeks on each of them, peaking at number 24 on the Hot 100[10] and spending a week at number two Easy Listening.[11]
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 May 1966, The Shadow of Your Smile.[12] The CD was included in a box set entitled Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1, which contains 17 of his studio albums and three compilations and was released on June 26, 2001.[13]
Allmusic's William Ruhlmann liked the album: "Williams applied his usual warm, smooth vocal style to all the songs, with string-filled arrangements that emphasized the melodies."[1] He also described the LP as "a well-assembled collection of contemporary material in what had become Williams's patented style."[1]
Billboard magazine felt that Williams "performed in his inimitable rich, warm style"[3] and asserted that his "interpretations of 'I'm All Smiles' and 'Who Can I Turn To?' are outstanding."[3]
^ abcd"Dear Heart". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
^ ab(1965) Andy Williams' Dear Heart by Andy Williams [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 9138.
^ abcd"Album Reviews". Billboard. 1965-04-03. p. 64.
^Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (5 June 1965). (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 221. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^"Dear Heart/The Shadow of Your Smile". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
^"Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1 - Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
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andy, williams, dear, heart, sixteenth, studio, album, american, singer, andy, williams, released, spring, 1965, columbia, records, last, columbia, releases, that, remained, exclusively, within, realm, traditional, after, covering, beatles, hits, next, holiday. Andy Williams Dear Heart is the sixteenth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in the spring of 1965 by Columbia Records 3 and was the last of his Columbia releases that remained exclusively within the realm of traditional pop After covering two Beatles hits on his next non holiday studio album The Shadow of Your Smile he would try out samba music on In the Arms of Love aim for a much younger crowd with Music to Watch Girls By on Born Free and focus more on contemporary material on subsequent albums Andy Williams Dear HeartStudio album by Andy WilliamsReleased1965Recorded1965GenreTraditional popvocal popearly pop rock 1 Length31 49LabelColumbiaProducerRobert Mersey 2 Andy Williams chronologyThe Great Songs from My Fair Lady and Other Broadway Hits 1964 Andy Williams Dear Heart 1965 Canadian Sunset 1965 Alternative coverUK CoverProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 1 BillboardSpotlight Pick 3 Record Mirror 4 This album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine s Top LP s chart in the issue dated April 10 of that year and remained on the album chart for 65 weeks peaking at number four 5 The name of the album was changed to Andy Williams Almost There for its release in the UK where it became Williams s first album chart entry spending 46 weeks there and peaking at number four Two of his previous albums Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests which was retitled Can t Get Used to Losing You and Other Requests for its UK release and The Great Songs from My Fair Lady and Other Broadway Hits appeared on the album chart in the UK following the success of this album 6 Andy Williams Dear Heart received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on July 30 1965 This was Williams s sixth album to receive this award as well as the one to do so the fastest thus far in terms of the amount of time between chart debut and certification having accomplished this feat in less than four months as compared to the previous recordholder Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests which did so in five months 7 Williams s acting role in the 1964 film I d Rather Be Rich 8 included a performance of the original song Almost There 9 which makes its first album appearance here As the B side of On the Street Where You Live the single from his last album Almost There debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue of the magazine dated November 14 1964 eventually reaching number 67 during its five week stay 10 It performed even better on the Easy Listening or Adult Contemporary chart going as high as number 12 during its four weeks there 11 The song s biggest success was in the UK where it spent three weeks at number two during a 17 week run on the singles chart 6 This album s A side Dear Heart written for the 1964 Glenn Ford Geraldine Page movie of the same name debuted on the pop and Easy Listening charts just two weeks later and spent 11 weeks on each of them peaking at number 24 on the Hot 100 10 and spending a week at number two Easy Listening 11 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 May 1966 The Shadow of Your Smile 12 The CD was included in a box set entitled Classic Album Collection Vol 1 which contains 17 of his studio albums and three compilations and was released on June 26 2001 13 Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 2 1 Side one 2 2 Side two 3 Personnel 4 References 5 BibliographyReception editAllmusic s William Ruhlmann liked the album Williams applied his usual warm smooth vocal style to all the songs with string filled arrangements that emphasized the melodies 1 He also described the LP as a well assembled collection of contemporary material in what had become Williams s patented style 1 Billboard magazine felt that Williams performed in his inimitable rich warm style 3 and asserted that his interpretations of I m All Smiles and Who Can I Turn To are outstanding 3 Track listing editSide one edit Red Roses for a Blue Lady Roy C Bennett Roy Brodsky Sid Tepper 2 27 It Had to Be You Isham Jones Gus Kahn 2 41 I Can t Stop Loving You Don Gibson 2 27 Till Charles Danvers Carl Sigman 3 05 I m All Smiles Michael Leonard Herbert Martin 2 25 Who Can I Turn To When Nobody Needs Me from The Roar of the Greasepaint The Smell of the Crowd Leslie Bricusse Anthony Newley 2 24Side two edit You re Nobody till Somebody Loves You James Cavanaugh Russ Morgan Larry Stock 2 37 Emily from The Americanization of Emily Johnny Mandel Johnny Mercer 2 22 Almost There from I d Rather Be Rich Jerry Keller Gloria Shayne 2 59 My Carousel Kenny Rankin Yvonne Rankin 2 28 Everybody Loves Somebody Sam Coslow Ken Lane Irving Taylor 3 05 Dear Heart from Dear Heart Ray Evans Jay Livingston Henry Mancini 2 55Personnel editFrom the liner notes for the original album 2 Andy Williams vocals Robert Mersey arranger conductor producer Don Heckman liner notes Frank Bez cover photoReferences edit a b c d Dear Heart allmusic com Rovi Corporation Retrieved 18 August 2010 a b 1965 Andy Williams Dear Heart by Andy Williams album jacket New York Columbia Records CS 9138 a b c d Album Reviews Billboard 1965 04 03 p 64 Jones Peter Jopling Norman 5 June 1965 Andy Williams Almost There PDF Record Mirror No 221 p 10 Archived from the original PDF on 1 April 2022 Retrieved 17 August 2022 Whitburn 2010 p 844 a b Andy Williams Official Charts Company Retrieved 22 August 2010 Gold amp Platinum riaa com Retrieved 27 March 2017 Type Andy Williams in the Search box and press Enter Soundtracks for I d Rather Be Rich imdb com Amazon com Retrieved 22 August 2010 I d Rather Be Rich imdb com Amazon com Retrieved 22 August 2010 a b Whitburn 1999 p 702 a b Whitburn 1993 p 256 Dear Heart The Shadow of Your Smile allmusic com Rovi Corporation Retrieved 18 August 2010 Classic Album Collection Vol 1 Andy Williams allmusic com Rovi Corporation Retrieved 6 May 2011 Bibliography editWhitburn 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 2010 Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums Seventh Edition Record Research Inc ISBN 0 89820 183 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andy Williams 27 Dear Heart amp oldid 1104919222, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
