''Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests'' is the eleventh studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in April 1963 by Columbia Records following his first season as host of his variety series, ''

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''. The LP has a studio recording of the closing theme from the show, " May Each Day", and continues the format of his previous Columbia releases by including songs from the 1920s (" When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)"), 1930s (" Exactly Like You", " Falling in Love with Love"), 1940s (" It's a Most Unusual Day", "

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"), and 1950s ("

I Really Don't Want to Know "I Really Don't Want to Know" is a popular song written by Don Robertson (music) Howard Barnes (lyrics). The song was published in 1953. The best-known version of the song was recorded by Les Paul and Mary Ford in 1953, one of the top 100 songs ...

"). The album made its first appearance on '' Billboard'' magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated April 20 of that year and remained on the album chart for 107 weeks, spending 16 consecutive weeks at number one. The album received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on September 19, 1963, becoming his first to do so, while his 1962 album '' Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes'' followed suit one month later. For its release in the UK, the album was retitled ''Can't Get Used to Losing You and Other Requests'', and it spent its only week on the album chart there at number 16 in 1965. The single from the album, "

Can't Get Used to Losing You "Can't Get Used to Losing You" is a song written by Jerome "Doc" Pomus and Mort Shuman, first made popular by Andy Williams in a 1963 record release, which was a number-two hit in both the US and the UK. Twenty years later, British band the Bea ...

," made its debut on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart on March 7, 1963, eventually spending four weeks at number two during its 15-week stay. On the

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chart it spent four weeks at number one. Its B-side, " Days of Wine and Roses" reached number 26 on the Hot 100 and number nine, Easy Listening. The album was released on compact disc for the first time (and under its UK title) by Sony Music Distribution in the mid-90s 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 October 1967, ''

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''. It was also released (under its original title) as one of two albums on one CD by

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on January 16, 2001, the other album being Williams's Columbia album from December 1966, '' In the Arms of Love''. The Collectables 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.

Track listing

Side one

# " Falling in Love with Love" from ''

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'' ( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:13 # "

I Left My Heart in San Francisco "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is a popular song, written in the fall of 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, with music by George Cory (1920–1978) and lyrics by Douglass Cross and best known as the signature song of Tony Bennett. In 1962, the ...

" ( George Cory, Douglass Cross) – 3:06 # "

" ( Jimmie Davis,

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) – 2:29 # "

What Kind of Fool Am I? "What Kind of Fool Am I?" is a popular song written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and published in 1962. It was introduced by Anthony Newley in the musical '' Stop the World – I Want to Get Off''. It comes at the end of Act Two to close ...

" from ''

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'' (

Leslie Bricusse Leslie Bricusse OBE (; 29 January 1931 – 19 October 2021) was a British composer, lyricist, and playwright who worked on theatre musicals and wrote theme music for films. He was best known for writing the music and lyrics for the films '' Do ...

Anthony Newley Anthony Newley (24 September 1931 – 14 April 1999) was an English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker. A "latter-day British Al Jolson", he achieved widespread success in song, and on stage and screen. "One of Broadway's greatest leadin ...

) – 3:22 # " When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)" (

Mark Fisher Mark Fisher (11 July 1968 – 13 January 2017), also known under his blogging alias k-punk, was an English writer, music critic, political and cultural theorist, philosopher, and teacher based in the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsm ...

, Joe Goodwin,

Larry Shay Larry Shay ''(né'' Lawrence Fredrick Schaetzlein; 10 August 1897 Chicago – 22 February 1988 Newport Beach, California) was an American songwriter. Shay was born in Chicago, Illinois. While still young, he studied the piano at the Bush Conservat ...

) – 1:44 # " Days of Wine and Roses" from '' Days of Wine and Roses'' (

Henry Mancini Henry Mancini ( ; born Enrico Nicola Mancini, ; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Award ...

, Johnny Mercer) – 2:48

Side two

# " It's a Most Unusual Day" from ''

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'' (

Harold Adamson Harold Campbell Adamson (December 10, 1906 – August 17, 1980) was an American lyricist during the 1930s and 1940s. Early life Adamson, the son of building contractor Harold Adamson and Marion "Minnie" Campbell Adamson, was born and raised in ...

Jimmy McHugh James Francis McHugh (July 10, 1894 – May 23, 1969) was an American composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he is credited with over 500 songs. His songs were recorded by many artists, including Chet Baker, Ju ...

) – 2:04 # " My Coloring Book" (

Fred Ebb Fred Ebb (April 8, 1928 – September 11, 2004) was an American musical theatre lyricist who had many successful collaborations with composer John Kander. The Kander and Ebb team frequently wrote for such performers as Liza Minnelli and Chita Riv ...

John Kander John Harold Kander (born March 18, 1927) is an American composer, known largely for his work in the musical theater. As part of the songwriting team Kander and Ebb (with lyricist Fred Ebb), Kander wrote the scores for 15 musicals, including ''Cab ...

) – 3:34 # "

" ( Jerome "Doc" Pomus,

Mort Shuman Mortimer Shuman (12 November 1938 – 2 November 1991) was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas". He also wrote and sang many songs in French, such as " ...

) – 2:25 # "

" (Howard Barnes, Don Robertson) – 2:54 # " Exactly Like You" from the 1930

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show ''

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's International Revue'' (

Dorothy Fields Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Her best-known pieces include "The Way You Look Tonight" (1936), "A Fine Romance" (1936), " On t ...

) – 1:59 # " May Each Day" from ''

'' (Mort Green,

George Wyle George Wyle (born Bernard Weissman; March 22, 1916 – May 2, 2003) was an American orchestra leader and composer best known for having written the theme song to 1960s television sitcom '' Gilligan's Island''. He is the grandfather of music ...

) – 2:54

Grammy nominations

This album brought the third and fourth Grammy nominations that Williams received over the course of his career, with one in the category for Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male for the song " Days of Wine and Roses.". The winner was Jack Jones for "

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". The other nomination was for the album itself in the category of Album of the Year, but the winner was ''

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''.

Song information

" When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)" had its best chart performance as a number four hit recording for

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& His Orchestra in 1928. Three different versions of " Exactly Like You" (from the 1930

show ''

's International Revue'') made the charts in May 1930:

Ruth Etting Ruth Etting (November 23, 1896 – September 24, 1978) was an American singer and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings and worked in stage, radio, and film. Known as "America's sweetheart of song", her signature tunes ...

reached number 11 with the song;

Harry Richman Harry Richman (born Henry Reichman Jr.; August 10, 1895 – November 3, 1972) was an American singer, actor, dancer, comedian, pianist, songwriter, bandleader, and nightclub performer, at his most popular in the 1920s and 1930s. In his peak yea ...

got up to number 12; and

Sam Lanin Samuel Charles Lanin (September 4, 1891 – May 5, 1977) was an American jazz bandleader. Lanin's brothers, Howard and Lester, were also bandleaders, and all of them had sustained careers in music. Lanin was one of ten children born to Benjamin ...

& His Orchestra made it to number 19 with

Smith Ballew Sykes "Smith" Ballew (January 21, 1902 – May 2, 1984) was an American actor, sophisticated singer, orchestra leader, and a western singing star. He also was billed as Buddy Blue, Charles Roberts, and Billy Smith. Early years The son of Wil ...

on vocal. " Falling in Love with Love" originated in the 1938 musical ''

'' and was first charted in 1939 by

Frances Langford Julia Frances Newbern-Langford (April 4, 1913 – July 11, 2005) was an American singer and actress who was popular during the Golden Age of Radio and made film and television appearances for over two decades. She was known as the "GI Nightinga ...

, who took the song to number 18. "

" first appeared on the charts in 1940 when

Wayne King Harold Wayne King (February 16, 1901 – July 16, 1985) was an American musician, songwriter, and bandleader with a long association with both NBC and CBS. He was referred to as "the Waltz King" because much of his most popular music involved ...

& His Orchestra took the song to number 20, but the most successful chart run for the song belongs to

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, who went to number seven in 1962. "It's a Most Unusual Day" comes from the 1948 film ''

'' and was a number 21 hit that same year for

Ray Noble Raymond Stanley Noble (17 December 1903 – 2 April 1978) was an English jazz and big band musician, who was a bandleader, composer and arranger, as well as a radio host, television and film comedian and actor; he also performed in the United ...

& His Orchestra with

Anita Gordon Anita Gordon (December 21, 1929 - May 10, 2015) was an American singer who performed on radio and television and sang on films and records. Early years Gordon was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Gordon of Corsicana, Texas. Her father was a b ...

on vocal. "

" was a number 11 hit for Les Paul and

Mary Ford Mary Ford (born Iris Colleen Summers; July 7, 1924 – September 30, 1977) was an American vocalist and guitarist, comprising half of the husband-and-wife musical team Les Paul and Mary Ford. Between 1950 and 1954, the couple had 16 top-ten hit ...

in 1954. "

", from the 1961 musical ''

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'', won the

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and had its biggest chart success as a hit by Sammy Davis, Jr. that went to number 17 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number six

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's 1962 recording of "

" won two Grammys (

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and Best Male Solo Vocal Performance). and peaked at number 19 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number seven

's recording of " Days of Wine and Roses" (from the 1962 film of the same name) won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...

s for

and Song of the Year. In 1963

Kitty Kallen Kitty Kallen (born Katie Kallen; May 25, 1921 – January 7, 2016) was an American popular singer whose career spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, to include the Swing era of the Big Band years, the post-World War II pop scene and the early ...

's version of " My Coloring Book" made it to number 18 on the pop chart and number seven

, and Sandy Stewart took the song to number 20 on the Hot 100 as well as number eight Easy Listening. "May Each Day" was the song that Williams used to close ''

'' each week from 1962 to 1967.

References

Bibliography

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