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Andy Williams
American singer (1927–2012)
For other people named Andrew Williams, see Andrew Williams (disambiguation).
Musical artist
Howard Andrew Williams (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified[1] and three platinum certified.[2] He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hosted the Andy Williams Show, a television variety show, from 1962 to 1971, along with numerous TV specials. The Andy Williams Show won three Emmy Awards. He sold more than 45 million records worldwide, including more than 10 million certified units in the United States.[3][4]
Williams was active in the music industry for over 70 years until his death in September 2012 from bladder cancer, at the age of 84.
Early life and education
Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, on December 3, 1927,[5] to Florence (née Finley) and Jay Emerson Williams, who worked in insurance and the post office.[6] While living in Cheviot, Ohio, Wi
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Andy Williams: nice guy makes good
His very name brings to mind Squaresville—thanks to that pressed white collar worn over the ubiquitous sweater, his Midwestern, nice-guy demeanor and songs that are never going to burn down the house. But give Andy Williams credit: he’s worked long and hard to make things look, feel and sound so darn easy.
The man with the mellow tenor tells how it was done—charting the good times and the bad—in the impressively detailed and introspective Moon River and Me.
It’s no milquetoast memoir. Anecdotes are candid: Sinatra’s cruelty; Lawrence Welk’s puritanism; those innocent young Osmonds; Judy Garland forgetting the lyrics to “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”; Williams’ affair with the much older Kay Thompson. Owning up to his failings, Williams was such an absentee husband and father that one of their kids didn’t even notice when he and wife Claudine Longet divorced. Longet was later embroiled in a scandal involving the shooting death of her skier lover; Williams stood by throughou
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Andy Williams facts: The life, death, songs and films of the easy listening 'Moon River' superstar
20 September 2022, 10:13 | Updated: 16 November 2023, 12:27
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The life, death, songs and films of easy listening superstar Andy Williams.
To many people, he'll forever be Mr Moon River, but Andy Williams was so much more than that.
In a career spanning nearly three-quarters of a century, Williams saw in the trad pop age, dabbled in rock and roll, and became maybe the ultimate crooner.
Depending on who's counting, Williams sold anything from 45 to 100 million albums.
He picked up Grammy nods and Emmy Awards. It was his performance of 'Moon River' – originally performed by Audrey Hepburn for Breakfast at Tiffany's – that celebrated the track at the 1962 Academy Awards, where it won Best Original Song.
To mark a decade since his passing, we're inducting Andy Wiliams into a virtual Hall of Fame and celebrating the life and work of one of the all-timers.
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