He is a full-fledged artist in singing, film, television and Broadway, with an artistic career of 75 years, with 18 gold and 3 platinum albums, and 5 Grammy Award nominations; he is the evergreen tree of the music world, standing in the music world for more than 60 years since he began to enter the music world; he is handsome, sweet and charming, and his performance is simple and natural. Before the Beatles swept the world in the 50s and 60s, he was arguably the most successful artist in the United States.
He became popular for singing "Moon River", and the theme songs of movies such as "Breakfast at Tiffany" and "The Godfather" were all sung by him. He is good at country, jazz, light music, beautiful voice, charming, and simple and natural, and many of his songs are still loved by the people. It is known as the "King of Light Music".
U.S. President Ronald Reagan once praised his voice as a "national treasure."
Born in Iowa in 1927, Andy Williams' father worked for a railroad company as a postman before running the real estate and insurance businesses.
As a teenager, Williams and his brothers sang in the church choir under the guidance of their father. By the time Williams was 6 years old, the four brothers formed the "Williams Brothers" choir, and soon their music appeared on radio shows in Des Moines, Chicago, and Cincinnati.
Moved to Los Angeles with the family.
In 1952, he began his solo career, known for his warm and amorous high notes.
In 1961, after joining Xinli Columbia Records, it entered its heyday. The most popular theme songs of movies, including "Breakfast at Tiffany's", "The Godfather", "Love Story" and other movies, although not the original song, have become his signature songs, even more popular than the original song.
In 1962, at the 34th Academy Awards ceremony, the interlude "Moon River" from the film "Breakfast at Tiffany", which won two awards for best original song and best film score, caused a sensation. The first singer was Audrey Hepburn, but it was Andy Williams who really made the song a household name.
In the 12 years from 1961 to 1972, he released 30 albums, performed many movie theme songs and many popular songs, such as "Moon River", "Love Story", "Soft Talk", "Exodus", "Westside Story" have become classics in history. Includes theme songs from classic films such as The Godfather, Love Story, Breakfast in Divannet, Doctor Zhivago, etc. His songs have won the number one song many times.
From 1962 to 1971, and Williams hosted the TV variety show "Andy Williams Show", which was very popular, and won 3 American Television Emmy Awards.
In 1966, Williams began performing in Las Vegas, becoming a big star at caesar's palace hotel and staying in Las Vegas for 20 years.
From 1967 to 1988, Williams hosted a golf tournament in San Diego that bore his name.
In 1987, he was named one of the top 100 collectors in the United States by Art & Antiques magazine.
In 1991, an opportunity to visit the resort town of Branson led Williams to decide to build a theater here. The following year, a theater with a capacity of 2,000 spectators was inaugurated and became the town's first music venue in Branson not to be marked by country music. Since then, Williams has been there for several months each year until he was diagnosed with bladder cancer.
In 1999, the 71-year-old Andy and British singer Denise Van Otteng re-sang the classic "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" in the 60s, which also caused a sensation in the United Kingdom and made countless fans in Taiwan fascinated by Andy again.
In 2006, he released his first new album in 15 years, Never Grew Up, and the following year toured Asia and the United Kingdom.
Williams became famous in the early 1950s, and in addition to singing and hosting TV shows, he has appeared in several TV series, movies and stage plays.
Williams also owns a theater called Moon River in Branson, Missouri.
On September 25, 2012, Andy Williams died of bladder cancer in Branson, Missouri, at the age of 84. The year before that, he had disclosed that he had bladder cancer.
Andy Williams, also translated as: Andy Williams. (Andy Williams , December 3, 1927 – September 25 , 2012 ) was an American singer.
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