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Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing

Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing is the eighth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams. It was released in early 1962 by Columbia Records. This was his first project after leaving Cadence Records, where his albums each had a specific theme. Additionally, it was his first in a series of LPs that covered songs established on stage, screen, and other hits from the pop chart and the Great American Songbook. This trend would not be interrupted until his 1966 album, The Shadow of Your Smile, hinted at a shift toward contemporary material with its inclusion of songs first recorded by the Beatles.

Reception
AllMusic's William Ruhlmann wrote that this was an "entertaining collection" and "features some excellent performances of well-known tunes." In its review of the album from January 1962, Cashbox believed the album "should be a welcome asset to all the William's Admirers." Variety noted Williams' "warm baritone gives plenty of meaning to such as 'Danny Boy', 'The Heather On The Hill', 'Tammy', 'Secret Love', and 'Misty'.' Nigel Hunter of Disc notes "The arranger-MD does a first-class job throughtout-good enough to warrant a credit somewhere which he doesn't get, giving the album a four-star rating." Both The Encyclopedia of Popular Music and AllMusic gave the album three-star rating. ==Track listing==
Track listing
Side one • "Danny Boy" (Frederic Weatherly) – 2:56 • "Tammy" from Tammy and the Bachelor (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:08 • "The Twelfth of Never" (Jerry Livingston, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:53 • "I'm Old Fashioned" from You Were Never Lovelier (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 3:00 • "Come to Me, Bend to Me" from Brigadoon (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:25 • "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:16 Side two • "The Heather on the Hill" from Brigadoon (Lerner, Loewe) – 3:02 • "Can I Forget You" from High, Wide, and Handsome (Oscar Hammerstein II, Kern) – 3:44 • "It Could Happen to You" from And the Angels Sing (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:01 • "I Want to Be Wanted" (Kim Gannon, Giuseppe Spotti, Alberto Testa) – 3:20 • "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:07 • "Misty" (Erroll Garner, Burke) – 3:24 ==Recording dates==
Recording dates
From the liner notes for the 2002 CD: • September 27, 1961 - "Danny Boy" • November 3, 1961 - "Tammy", "Misty" • November 6, 1961 - "The Heather on the Hill'", "I Want to Be Wanted" • November 8, 1961 - "I'm Old Fashioned", "Secret Love", "Summertime" • November 10, 1961 - "The Twelfth of Never", "Come to Me, Bend to Me", "Can I Forget You", "It Could Happen to You" == Charts ==
Charts
Singles ==Grammy nomination==
Grammy nomination
The single "Danny Boy" brought another of the six Grammy nominations that Williams received over the course of his career, this time in the category for Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male. == Personnel==
Personnel
From the liner notes for the original album: • Andy Williams – vocals • Robert Mersey – arranger, conductor, producer • Bob Cato – photographer ==References==
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