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''The Very Best of Andy Williams'' is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in the UK in the fall of 2009. A note from Williams inside the CD booklet explains that the album "was put together to coincide with my memoir ''Moon River and Me'', published by Orion Press. It includes many of the songs that you made hits. I truly appreciate that, and I hope you enjoy the songs we selected for this CD."〔(2009) ''The Very Best of Andy Williams'' by Andy Williams (booklet ). London: Sony Music Entertainment 88697588282〕 This compilation includes recordings that either charted in the UK but not in the US ("Can't Take My Eyes off You", "It's So Easy", "May Each Day") or charted much higher on the UK singles chart than they did on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the US ("Almost There", "Can't Help Falling in Love"). It entered the UK albums chart on October 17, 2009, and reached number 10 during its six weeks there.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Andy Williams )〕 An 18-track compilation album released in conjunction with the book publication in the US was entitled ''Moon River: The Very Best of Andy Williams'' and had the same cover photo and design but had only nine of the 24 tracks on this album in common.〔(2009) ''Moon River: The Very Best of Andy Williams'' by Andy Williams (booklet ). New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88697 59112 2〕 ==Track listing== # "Moon River" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 2:46 # *Robert Mersey - arranger, conductor, producer〔(1962) ''Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes'' by Andy Williams (jacket ). New York: Columbia Records CS 8609.〕 # "Can't Get Used to Losing You" (Jerome "Doc" Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 2:25 # *Robert Mersey - arranger, conductor, producer〔(1963) ''Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests'' by Andy Williams (jacket ). New York: Columbia Records CS 8815.〕 # "Music to Watch Girls By" (Sid Ramin, Tony Velona) – 2:38 # *Nick DeCaro - arranger, producer〔(1967) ''Born Free'' by Andy Williams (jacket ). New York: Columbia Records CS 9480.〕 # "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio) – 3:15 # *Nick DeCaro - arranger, producer〔(1967) ''Love, Andy'' by Andy Williams (jacket ). New York: Columbia Records CS 9566.〕 # *Eddie Karam - conductor〔 # "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" (Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh) – 2:39 # *Nick DeCaro - arranger, producer〔(1967) ''Honey'' by Andy Williams (jacket ). New York: Columbia Records CS 9662.〕 # "Happy Heart" (James Last, Jackie Rae) – 3:15 # *Jerry Fuller - producer〔(1969) ''Happy Heart'' by Andy Williams (jacket ). New York: Columbia Records CS 9844.〕 # *Al Capps - arranger〔 # "Solitaire" (Phil Cody, Neil Sedaka) – 4:22 # *Richard Perry - producer〔(1973) ''Solitaire'' by Andy Williams (jacket ). New York: Columbia Records KC 32383.〕 # "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Clifton Davis) – 3:33 # *Dick Glasser - producer〔(1971) ''You've Got a Friend'' by Andy Williams (jacket ). New York: Columbia Records KC 30797.〕 # *Ernie Freeman - arranger〔 # "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:11 # *Dick Glasser - producer〔(1970) ''Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head'' by Andy Williams (jacket ). New York: Columbia Records CS 9896.〕 # *Al Capps - arranger, conductor〔 # "It's So Easy" (Dor Lee, Dave Watkins) – 2:29 # *Dick Glasser - producer〔(2002) Album notes for ''The Complete Columbia Chart Singles Collection'' by Andy Williams (booklet ). New York: Sony Music Special Products A2 52310.〕 # *Al Capps - arranger〔 # "Born Free" (John Barry, Don Black) – 2:27 # *Nick DeCaro - arranger, producer〔 # "Up, Up and Away" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:36 # *Nick DeCaro - arranger, producer〔 # "Home Lovin' Man" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Tony Macaulay) – 3:10 # *Dick Glasser - producer〔(1972) ''Alone Again (Naturally)'' by Andy Williams (jacket ). New York: Columbia Records KC 31625.〕 # *Artie Butler - arranger〔 # "Can't Help Falling in Love" (George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore) – 3:15 # *Dick Glasser - producer〔 # *Al Capps - arranger〔 # "MacArthur Park" (Jimmy Webb) – 5:03 # *Dick Glasser - producer〔(1972) ''Love Theme from "The Godfather"'' by Andy Williams (jacket ). New York: Columbia Records KC 31303.〕 # *Artie Butler - arranger〔 # "We've Only Just Begun" (Roger Nichols, Paul Williams) – 3:15 # *Dick Glasser - producer〔 # *Artie Butler - arranger〔 # "Almost There" (Jerry Keller, Gloria Shayne) – 2:59 # *Robert Mersey - arranger, conductor, producer〔(1965) ''Andy Williams' Dear Heart'' by Andy Williams (jacket ). New York: Columbia Records CS 9138.〕 # "Abraham, Martin and John" (Dick Holler) – 3:43 # *Jerry Fuller - producer〔 # *Al Capps - arranger〔 # "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 3:10 # *Dick Glasser - producer〔(1971) ''Love Story'' by Andy Williams (jacket ). New York: Columbia Records KC 30497.〕 # *Dick Hazard - arranger〔 # "Ave Maria" with the St. Charles Borromeo Choir (Franz Schubert) – 4:55 # *Andy Williams - producer〔(1968) ''Battle Hymn of the Republic/ Ave Maria'' by Andy Williams (single ). New York: Columbia Records 4-33163.〕 # "The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:55 # *Nick DeCaro - arranger, producer〔 # *Eddie Karam - conductor〔 # "May Each Day" (Mort Green, George Wyle) – 2:54 # *Robert Mersey - arranger, conductor, producer〔 # "Somethin' Stupid" (C. Carson Parks) – 2:59 # *Nick DeCaro - arranger, producer〔 # *Eddie Karam - conductor〔 # "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Edward Pola, George Wyle) – 2:32 # *Robert Mersey - conductor, producer〔(1963) ''The Andy Williams Christmas Album'' by Andy Williams (jacket ). New York: Columbia Records CS 8887.〕 # *Johnny Mandel - arranger〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Very Best of Andy Williams」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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