''Two Time Winners'' is the third

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by American pop singer

Andy Williams 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 and three platinum certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hos ...

and was released in the spring of 1959 by

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. This, his third LP for the label, is composed of songs that had been successful on two previous occasions or in two different ways. The first recording from the album that was released as a single, " Hawaiian Wedding Song", entered the '' Billboard'' Hot 100 in the issue of the magazine dated December 29, 1958, and stayed on the chart for 20 weeks, peaking at number 11.. Four months later, in the April 20 issue, the song spent its 1-week on the Hot R&B Sides chart at number 27. The song peaked at number six on the ''Cashbox'' Singles charts during its 21-weeks stay. " Twilight Time" was issued as a single 3 years later to coincide with the release of the 1962

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compilation '' Million Seller Songs'' and entered the Hot 100 at the end of the year in the December 8 issue for a 3-week run that took the song to number 86. and number 96 on the ''Cashbox'' Singles charts during its six-weeks stay. The album was released on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD by

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on September 12, 2000, along with Williams's debut studio album '' Andy Williams Sings Steve Allen''. Collectables included this CD in a box set entitled ''Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1'', which contains 17 of his studio albums and 3 compilations and was released on June 26, 2001. ''Two Time Winner'' was included in a box set entitled Eight Classic Albums Box Set, which contains 7 of his studio albums, 1 compilation, and was released on November 9, 2012.

Reception

William Ruhlmann of

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noted that "Williams continued to prove himself an effective and versatile singer capable of bringing off such lightly rocking or exotic revivals." ''Billboard'' identified the album as a "Spotlight Winner of the Week" in its review from May 1959, stating that it "dress sold standards in new arrangements, giving some beauitful perfromances". ''Cashbox'' in its Popular Pick of The Week Reviews, stated that "Williams indulges the tunes with the modern beat treatment"

Track listing

Side one

# " Sail Along, Silvery Moon" (

Harry Tobias Harry Tobias (September 11, 1895 – December 15, 1994) was an American lyricist. Like his younger brother Charles, he is an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Born in New York City, United States, but raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, ...

Percy Wenrich Percy Wenrich (January 23, 1880 – March 17, 1952) was an American composer of ragtime and popular music. He is best known for writing the songs "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet" and "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose", along with the ...

) - 1:56 # " Twilight Time" (Artie Dunn;

Al Nevins Albert Nevins (born Albert Tepper; May 3, 1915 – January 25, 1965) was an American musician, producer, arranger, guitarist and violinist. He was also a member of pop trio The Three Suns, and is considered one of the major forces behind the evo ...

; Morton Nevins; Buck Ram) - 2:38 # "

So Rare "So Rare" is a popular song published in 1937 by composer Jerry Herst and lyricist Jack Sharpe. It became a no. 2 chart hit for Jimmy Dorsey in 1957. The version by Carl Ravell and his Orchestra, from a session on 4 June 1937, was the earliest r ...

" (

Jerry Herst Jerome Philip Herst (May 28, 1909, in Chicago, Illinois – November 27, 1990, in Alameda, California), known as Jerry Herst, was a lawyer and a songwriter best known for his collaborations with Jack Sharpe on a number of compositions, notably " S ...

, Jack Sharpe) - 2:01 # " Hawaiian Wedding Song" (

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, Charles E. King, Dick Manning) - 2:29 # "

Blueberry Hill "Blueberry Hill" is a popular American song published in 1940 and first recorded and released by Sammy Kaye in 1940 on RCA Victor. It is best remembered for its 1950s rock and roll version by Fats Domino. Glenn Miller peaked at no. 2 on the ' ...

" ( Al Lewis,

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Larry Stock Larry Stock (born Lazarus Goldberger; December 4, 1896 – May 4, 1984) was an American songwriter. He is most known for being a songwriter and composer for many songs including " Blueberry Hill" which was later recorded by Fats Domino. Early li ...

) - 2:01 # "

Sweet Leilani "Sweet Leilani" is a song featured in the 1937 film, '' Waikiki Wedding''. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and Bing Crosby's record became one of the biggest hits of 1937. Harry Owens wrote the song on October 20, 1934 for his dau ...

" (

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) - 2:19

Side two

# "

Love Letters in the Sand "Love Letters in the Sand" is a popular song first published in 1931. It began life as a poem by Nick Kenny. J. Fred Coots read the poem in the New York Daily Mirror, and obtained Kenny's permission to set the poem to music. He went through 4 di ...

" ( J. Fred Coots, Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny) - 2:32 # " It's All in the Game" ( Charles Gates Dawes,

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) - 2:55 # "

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" (

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) - 2:02 # "Be Mine Tonight" (Maria Teresa Lara,

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) - 2:21 # " My Happiness" (

Borney Bergantine Borney Bergantine (October 3, 1909 – July 4, 1952) was the composer of "My Happiness (1948 song), My Happiness," a music hit from the late 1940s that endures as an American love tune. Career Bergantine was born October 3, 1909. His Name at birth ...

, Betty Peterson Blasco) - 2:23 # " Near You" ( Francis Craig, Kermit Goell) - 2:29

Grammy nomination

The single " Hawaiian Wedding Song" brought the first of six

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nominations that Williams received over the course of his career, this time in the category of Best Vocal Performance, Male..

Personnel

- vocalist *

Archie Bleyer Archibald Martin Bleyer (June 12, 1909 – March 20, 1989) was an American song arranger, bandleader, and record company executive. Early life Bleyer was born in the Corona section of the New York City borough of Queens. His father was a well-k ...

- orchestra conductor * Carlyle Hall - arranger

References

Bibliography

* * * * {{Authority control 1959 albums Andy Williams albums Cadence Records albums Albums conducted by Archie Bleyer