Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing

Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing
Studio album by Andy Williams
Released	1962
Recorded	September 27, 1961 November 3, 1961 November 6, 1961 November 8, 1961 November 10, 1961[1]
Genre	Traditional pop, Standards, Vocal pop, Early pop/rock[2]
Length	38:13
Label	Columbia
Producer	Robert Mersey[3]
Andy Williams chronology
Andy Williams' Best (1961) Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing (1962) Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes (1962)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Billboard	[4]

Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing is an album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released early in 1962 by Columbia Records. Williams' first project for the label after leaving Cadence Records, the LP made its debut on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated March 3 of that year and stayed around for 36 weeks, eventually reaching number 19.^[5]

The album's first single, "Danny Boy", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the issue dated October 30, 1961, and reached number 64 during its six-week stay.^[6] It fared even better as his first single to appear on Billboard's recently christened Easy Listening chart, peaking at number 15 and only hinting at the even greater success Williams would have with the Easy Listening audience.^[7]

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Sony Music Distribution on May 15, 2001, as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of Williams's Columbia album from April 1962, Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes.^[8] It was also released as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on February 5, 2002, the other album being Williams's Columbia album from January 1964, The Wonderful World of Andy Williams.^[9] 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.^[10]

Reception

Allmusic's William Ruhlmann wrote that this was an "entertaining collection" and "features some excellent performances of well-known tunes."^[2]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Danny Boy" (Frederick Edward Weatherly) – 2:56
2. "Tammy" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:08
3. "The Twelfth of Never" (Jerry Livingston, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:53
4. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 3:00
5. "Come to Me, Bend to Me" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:25
6. "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:16

Side two

1. "The Heather on the Hill" (Lerner, Loewe) – 3:02
2. "Can I Forget You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Kern) – 3:44
3. "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:01
4. "I Want to Be Wanted" (Kim Gannon, Giuseppe Spotti, Alberto Testa) – 3:20
5. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:07
6. "Misty" (Erroll Garner, Burke) – 3:24

Recording dates^[1]

• September 27, 1961 - "Danny Boy"
• November 3, 1961 - "Tammy", "Misty"
• November 6, 1961 - "The Heather on the Hill'", "I Want to Be Wanted"
• November 8, 1961 - "I'm Old Fashioned", "Secret Love", "Summertime"
• November 10, 1961 - "The Twelfth of Never", "Come to Me, Bend to Me", "Can I Forget You", "It Could Happen to You"

Grammy nomination

The single "Danny Boy" brought another of the six Grammy nominations that Williams received over the course of his career, this time in the category for Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male. The winner was Jack Jones for "Lollipops and Roses".^[11]

Personnel^[3]

• Andy Williams – vocals
• Robert Mersey – arranger, conductor, producer
• Bob Cato – photographer

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