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The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits

{{Infobox album

| name = The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits

| type = studio

| artist = Andy Williams

| cover = Williams-Lady_2.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1964

| recorded = 1964

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Traditional pop|vocal pop|early pop/rock}}

| length = 33:37

| label = Columbia

| producer = Robert Mersey(1964) The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits by Andy Williams [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 9005.

| prev_title = The Academy Award-Winning "Call Me Irresponsible" and Other Hit Songs from the Movies

| prev_year = 1964

| next_title = Andy Williams' Dear Heart

| next_year = 1965

| misc = {{Singles

| name = The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits

| type = studio

| single1 = On the Street Where You Live

| single1date = August 25, 1964

}}

}}

The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits is the fifteenth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in September 1964 by Columbia Records, one month before the premiere of the film version of My Fair Lady starring Audrey Hepburn.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058385/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt |title=My Fair Lady (1964) – Release Info|work=imdb.com|publisher=Amazon.com|access-date=28 March 2017}}

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated September 26, 1964, and remained on the chart for 33 weeks, peaking at number five.{{Harvnb|Whitburn|1985|p= 405}}. it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated September 19, 1964, and remained on the chart for total of 34 weeks, also peaking at number three.{{sfnp|Hoffmann|1988|p=406}} The album received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on September 17, 1965.{{cite web|url= https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|title= Gold & Platinum |publisher=riaa.com|access-date=27 March 2017}} Type Andy Williams in the Search box and press Enter.

The single from the album, "On the Street Where You Live", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated September 12, 1964, eventually reaching number 28 during its eight-week stay.{{Harvnb|Whitburn|1999 |p= 702}}. The song peaked at number 3 on the magazine's Easy Listening chart, during its eight weeks there.{{Harvnb|Whitburn|1993|p=256}}. and number 40 on the Cashbox singles chart during its seven weeks there.{{sfnp|Downey|1994|p=376}}

The album was released on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on March 23, 1999, along with Williams's 1964 Columbia album, The Academy Award-Winning "Call Me Irresponsible" and Other Hit Songs from the Movies.{{cite web |url= {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1900733|pure_url=yes}}

|title= Call Me Irresponsible/My Fair Lady|work=allmusic.com |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date= 10 August 2010}} This same pairing was also released as two albums on one CD by Sony Music Distribution in 2000.(2000) Album notes for Call Me Irresponsible/My Fair Lady by Andy Williams, [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music. The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/classic-album-collection-vol-1-r539720|title=Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1 - Andy Williams|work=allmusic.com|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=6 May 2011}}

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{sfnp|Larkin|2007|p=1498}}

}}

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic noted that "Williams may have been going for a more swinging, up-tempo mood, but the busy charts, full of pizzicato strings, vocal choruses, and competing counter-melodies, distracted attention from the songs. an essentially comic song like "Get Me to the Church on Time," and a few of the arrangements did work, notably the bossa nova treatment of "Begin the Beguine" and the big band style of "The Sweetest Sounds.", it was these well-written Broadway tunes."{{Cite web |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |title="The Great Songs From "My Fair Lady" & Other Broadway Hits" Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-great-songs-from-my-fair-lady-other-broadway-hits-mw0000852196 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=AllMusic}}

Billboard magazine wrote, "A sure-fire winner results from the combination of Andy Williams and selections from My Fair Lady during the season when the Warner Bros. film treatment of the Broadway hit musical will go into national release. This is further buttressed with a half dozen top tunes from other Broadway shows."{{cite magazine |date=September 19, 1964 |title=Pop Spotlight: The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6EQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=andy+williams+September+19%2C+1964&pg=PT1 |magazine=Billboard |page=48 |volume=76 |issue=38 |editor=}}

Cashbox notes "[Williams] devotes one side of the set to the music from "My Fair Lady" and the other to six melodic gems from current, recent and years-back Broadway shows"{{Cite magazine |date=September 19, 1964 |title=Cashbox Album Pop Picks Reviews: The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox26unse_0/page/n43/mode/2up |magazine=Cash Box |pages=43 |volume=26 |issue=0}}

Variety believed "[Williams] slick vocal works out on "On the Street Where You Live, [and] "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"{{Cite magazine |date=October 7, 1964 |title=Variety Album Reviews Fiddler on The Roof, Andy Williams. Connie Francis, Bing-Sinatra-Waring, Bill Black's Combo Top New Albums: The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1964-10-07_236_7/page/48/mode/2up |magazine=Variety |pages=48 |volume=236 |issue=7}}

Track listing

=Side one=

Songs from My Fair Lady:

  1. "On the Street Where You Live" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:12
  2. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Lerner, Loewe) – 3:07
  3. "I Could Have Danced All Night" (Lerner, Loewe) – 2:18
  4. "Get Me to the Church on Time" (Lerner, Loewe) – 1:58
  5. "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" (Lerner, Loewe) – 2:30
  6. "Show Me" (Lerner, Loewe) – 2:02

=Side two=

  1. "Hello, Dolly!" from Hello, Dolly! (Jerry Herman) – 2:58
  2. "Where or When" from Babes in Arms (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:35
  3. "Begin the Beguine" from Jubilee (Cole Porter) – 3:15
  4. "Once Upon a Time" from All American (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) – 3:30
  5. "People" from Funny Girl (Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) – 3:32
  6. "The Sweetest Sounds" from No Strings (Richard Rodgers) – 2:44

Charts

class="wikitable"

!Chart (1964)

!Peak

position

US Top LPs (Billboard)

| align="center" |5

US Cashbox{{sfnp|Hoffmann|1988|p=406}}

| align="center" |3

UK Albums Chart{{cite web |title=Andy Williams |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4530/andy-williams/ |access-date=January 18, 2020 |publisher=The Official Charts Company}}

| align="center" |30

= Singles =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!U.S. Hot 100

!U.S. AC

!U.S. Cashbox

{{sfnp|Downey|1994|p=376}}

1964

|"On the Street Where You Live"

| align="center" |28

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |40

Personnel

From the liner notes for the original album:

References

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