RIP MR Easy Listening Andy Williams

[Deleted User] · 26/09/12 - 17:24

Goodbye Mr Williams, you were a regular in my grandads LP collection

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19729630

Anybody else remember Andy?
I bet some of the youngsters on here haven't a clue who I'm on about

I love you baby !!

:D

nokadota · 26/09/12 - 17:26

Mr Easy Listening is apt because he really was so easy to listen to.

RIP

[Deleted User] · 26/09/12 - 17:28

I used to like his TV show where that bear tried to get his cookies every week

[Deleted User] · 26/09/12 - 17:29

ahhhh ive got the Moon river song stuck in my head!

DianaFire · 26/09/12 - 17:30

He was the original king of pastel jumpers. (He must've been pretty old too because I remember him from the Year Dot.)

[Deleted User] · 26/09/12 - 17:31

Remember this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK4pmJQ6zgM

MargMck · 26/09/12 - 17:31

Aww... there used to be The Andy Williams Christmas Show.
And he had The Osmonds on.

[Deleted User] · 26/09/12 - 17:34

DianaFire wrote: »

He was the original king of pastel jumpers. (He must've been pretty old too because I remember him from the Year Dot.)

He was 84.

droogiefret · 26/09/12 - 17:39

CBeeN wrote: »

Remember this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK4pmJQ6zgM

I was just about to hunt that out - and I was just thinking about him the other day!

Belligerence · 26/09/12 - 17:39

Gareth_Cusack_W wrote: »

ahhhh ive got the Moon river song stuck in my head!

Same. Not complaining though...:D

[Deleted User] · 26/09/12 - 17:40

nokadota wrote: »

Mr Easy Listening is apt because he really was so easy to listen to.

RIP

I gotta say his voice knocks the socks off the XFactor contestants.

Lets hope XFactor don't decide to do some sort oif tribute thingy and murder his songs :eek:

thapthap · 26/09/12 - 17:41

The Honda ad wouldn't have been the same without The impossible dream soundtrack.

RIP Andy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjYkYQDweVg

nokadota · 26/09/12 - 17:42

CBeeN wrote: »

I gotta say his voice knocks the socks off the XFactor contestants.

Lets hope XFactor don't decide to do some sort oif tribute thingy and murder his songs :eek:

Definitely. His voice had character and charisma all on it's own.

[Deleted User] · 26/09/12 - 17:43

droogiefret wrote: »

I was just about to hunt that out - and I was just thinking about him the other day!

There were so many which I'd forgotten about, but when listening brought back childhood memories of being in my late grannies & grandads lounge and playing their records...........

Good times which are very sorely missed x

[Deleted User] · 26/09/12 - 17:44

thapthap wrote: »

The Honda ad wouldn't have been the same without The impossible dream soundtrack.

RIP Andy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjYkYQDweVg

oh yes this one is cool

MargMck · 26/09/12 - 17:46

Here he is with Ray Charles... Mama Cass and Elton John

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZfMd1xpcwE

UKMikey · 26/09/12 - 17:50

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5-GD8YeObE

[Deleted User] · 26/09/12 - 18:38

Belligerence wrote: »

Same. Not complaining though...:D

haha!

swingaleg · 26/09/12 - 19:07

Can't Take my Eyes Off You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxahtnSAzgU

As a teenager in the 60s I wouldn't have been caught dead listening to Andy Williams............he was the epitome of 'uncool'............well, him and Val Doonican

But he did go some good records..............:)

KJ44 · 26/09/12 - 19:09

Rowdy wrote: »

I used to like his TV show where that bear tried to get his cookies every week

Yay! I loved that bit as a kid.

Andy Williams wasn't cool when I was a kid, but with hindsight, he was accomplished.

Moon River :cool:

PS - youtube'd it, <gulp>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_jgIezosVA

ganderpoke66 · 26/09/12 - 19:09

I suppose he should be forever chastised for inflicting The Osmonds on us, but we forgive him because of his fantastic voice.

The Voice lives on

Resting In Peace Forever

RecordPlayer · 26/09/12 - 19:14

thapthap wrote: »

The Honda ad wouldn't have been the same without The impossible dream soundtrack.

RIP Andy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjYkYQDweVg

Love that ad. Didn't know it was an Andy Williams track.:o..one of my favourites.:)

Also like Moonriver and Try to Remember.

Radiomaniac · 26/09/12 - 20:13

Very sad. My Mum took me to see Andy in concert back in the early 1970s, at the Royal Albert Hall. I had a huge crush on him in my teenage years.

R.I.P. Andy.

habby · 26/09/12 - 20:29

This is one singer that these idiot x-factor karaoke singers should admire.

He also introduced to the world one of the first very popular boy bands..........The Osmonds.

Jimmy Connors · 26/09/12 - 20:31

I have read his autobiography. Such a fascinating life, from very humble beginnings.

Sleep peacefully Mr. Williams.

hicken · 26/09/12 - 20:38

He had the most amazing taste in modernist art & architecture as well as music. A very cool guy.

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