Andy Williams' Newest Hits

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Released1966
Recorded1962–1965[1]
Genre
Length31:38
Andy Williams' Newest Hits
Compilation album by
Andy Williams
Released1966
Recorded1962–1965[1]
Genre
Length31:38
LabelColumbia
ProducerRobert Mersey[3]
Andy Williams chronology
Merry Christmas
(1965)		 Andy Williams' Newest Hits
(1966)		 May Each Day
(1966)

Andy Williams' Newest Hits is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released early in 1966 by Columbia Records[4] and was the first LP to compile the singer's Columbia material. Seven of the 12 tracks had reached the charts in Billboard magazine, and another had been released as a single in the UK. Three album cuts were also included along with a recent B-side.

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LP's chart in the issue dated February 5, 1966, and remained there for 23 weeks, peaking at number 23.[5] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated January 29, of that year, and remained on the chart for in a total of 24 weeks, peaking at number 20.[6] A similar collection entitled May Each Day entered the UK album chart the following month, on March 19, and reached number 11 over the course of six weeks.[7] While the cover photo and design of the two releases were the same, there were only five songs that they had in common.[8]

Andy Williams' Newest Hits was issued on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on February 5, 2002, alongside Williams's 1962 Columbia release, Warm and Willing.[9] Collectables included the CD in a box set entitled Classic Album Collection, Vol. 2, which contains 15 of his studio albums and two compilations, released on November 29, 2002.[10]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarHalf star[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[11]

Billboard magazine described the album as "one of the finest romantic mood albums in the Williams catalog."[4]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "I'll Remember You" (Kui Lee) – 2:31
  2. "Almost There" from I'd Rather Be Rich (Jerry Keller, Gloria Shayne) – 2:59
  3. "A Fool Never Learns" (Sonny Curtis) – 2:01
    • rec. 11/1/63,[1] rel. 12/16/63;[12] Billboard Hot 100: #13,[13] Easy Listening: #4[14]
  4. "Noelle" (Edward Pola, George Wyle) – 2:48
  5. "On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:12
    • rec. 5/7/64,[1] rel. 8/25/64;[12] Billboard Hot 100: #28,[13] Easy Listening: #3[14]
  6. "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" (Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper) – 2:27

Side two

  1. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 3:00
    • rec. 5/18/65[1] rel. 11/1/65;[12] Billboard Hot 100: #92,[13] Easy Listening: #18[14]
  2. "The Wonderful World of the Young" (Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper) – 2:31
    • rec. 1/12/62[1] rel. 2/9/62;[12] Billboard Hot 100: #99[13]
  3. "Don't You Believe It" (Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard) – 2:29
    • rec. 1/12/62[1] rel. 8/10/62;[12] Billboard Hot 100: #39,[13] Easy Listening: #15[14]
  4. "...and Roses and Roses" (Dorival Caymmi, Ray Gilbert)) – 2:25
    • rec. 2/9/65[1] rel. 3/22/65;[12] Billboard Hot 100: #36,[13] Easy Listening: #4[14]
  5. "Emily" from The Americanization of Emily (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) – 2:22
  6. "May Each Day" from The Andy Williams Show (Mort Green, George Wyle) – 2:54

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