The Complete Singles As & Bs 1954-62

Andy Williams’s career as one of the most popular and successful singers of his generation spanned six decades, reflecting his unique ability to transcend the genres and appeal to different tastes and generations, with seventeen US gold albums, five Grammy awards, three Emmy awards for his TV shows, and well over sixty chart hits to his credit. Beginning his solo recording career in 1954, he established himself as a major star over the next few years, racking up over twenty hits during the period covered by this overview of his early years in the limelight, including his first No. 1 “Butterfly”. This great-value 56-track 2-CD set comprises the A & B sides of all his singles during the era for the X, Cadence and Columbia labels, and along with “Butterfly” his twenty other hits during these years featured here include the Top 10 entries “Canadian Sunset”, “I Like Your Kind Of Love”, “Are You Sincere”, “Lonely Street”, & “The Village Of St. Bernadette”. As well as the tracks from singles, the anthology also includes bonus tracks from each of his first ten albums, released during the era covered. It’s an enlightening and entertaining insight into the music which took him to the top of the pop music tree.