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Entertainment Legend Andy Williams
MOON RIVER AND ME
-A Memoir -
MOON RIVER AND ME, is a memoir by entertainment legend Andy Williams which shares the story of his remarkable life and seven decades in show business.
Williamsı story begins in Wall Lake, Iowa, where he and his siblings were
encouraged by their ambitious father to form the singing group The Williams
Brothers and bartered public performances for shoes, groceries and even
their youngest brotherıs funeral (they sang in the funeral parlor every day
after school and all day Saturdays to pay off their debt). After moving to
Los Angeles, the brothers gained a short-lived national following before
Andy set off on a solo career, struggling for years until a regular spot on
Steve Allenıs Tonight Show and a string of hit singles established his
stardom. Williamsı plushly beautiful tenor promised that romance could be
found everywhere, and that promise was potent enough to ink Williams the
most lucrative recording contract ever signed up to that point in time. By
the early 1960s, he had become a superstar, with record after record
charting and The Andy Williams Show and his Christmas specials inviting all
of America to become part of his own extended family, an invitation it
happily accepted.
In MOON RIVER AND ME, Williams shares all the highs and lows of this
period?including the controversial and highly publicized shooting by his
ex-wife Claudine Longet of her lover, skier Spider Sabich, and stories
featuring his close friend Bobby Kennedy, Ronald Reagan (who declared him a
national treasure), Judy Garland, John Huston, Jack Lemmon, Howard Hughes,
John Lennon, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, and countless others. Andy will be 82
when this memoir is published, and he's as energetic and popular as ever.
In fact, he still performs throughout the year at his Moon River Theater in
Branson, Missouri. MOON RIVER AND ME is not only an account of an
extraordinary artist, but a history of twentieth-century show business at
its best.
ABOUT ANDY WILLIAMS:
ANDY WILLIAMS has been one of the worldıs best-loved vocalists since he
began appearing professionally nearly 70 years ago. He has been successful
in nearly every medium of entertainment: 18 gold and three
platinum-certified albums; a three-time Emmy Award-winning variety show
(1962-1971); a Las Vegas headliner (Caesarıs Palace) for over twenty years;
longtime host of the Grammys; and since 1992, the first non-country star to
open a theater in Branson, Missouri, where he performs several months each
year?including his famous Christmas Show.
-A Memoir -
MOON RIVER AND ME, is a memoir by entertainment legend Andy Williams which shares the story of his remarkable life and seven decades in show business.
Williamsı story begins in Wall Lake, Iowa, where he and his siblings were
encouraged by their ambitious father to form the singing group The Williams
Brothers and bartered public performances for shoes, groceries and even
their youngest brotherıs funeral (they sang in the funeral parlor every day
after school and all day Saturdays to pay off their debt). After moving to
Los Angeles, the brothers gained a short-lived national following before
Andy set off on a solo career, struggling for years until a regular spot on
Steve Allenıs Tonight Show and a string of hit singles established his
stardom. Williamsı plushly beautiful tenor promised that romance could be
found everywhere, and that promise was potent enough to ink Williams the
most lucrative recording contract ever signed up to that point in time. By
the early 1960s, he had become a superstar, with record after record
charting and The Andy Williams Show and his Christmas specials inviting all
of America to become part of his own extended family, an invitation it
happily accepted.
In MOON RIVER AND ME, Williams shares all the highs and lows of this
period?including the controversial and highly publicized shooting by his
ex-wife Claudine Longet of her lover, skier Spider Sabich, and stories
featuring his close friend Bobby Kennedy, Ronald Reagan (who declared him a
national treasure), Judy Garland, John Huston, Jack Lemmon, Howard Hughes,
John Lennon, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, and countless others. Andy will be 82
when this memoir is published, and he's as energetic and popular as ever.
In fact, he still performs throughout the year at his Moon River Theater in
Branson, Missouri. MOON RIVER AND ME is not only an account of an
extraordinary artist, but a history of twentieth-century show business at
its best.
ABOUT ANDY WILLIAMS:
ANDY WILLIAMS has been one of the worldıs best-loved vocalists since he
began appearing professionally nearly 70 years ago. He has been successful
in nearly every medium of entertainment: 18 gold and three
platinum-certified albums; a three-time Emmy Award-winning variety show
(1962-1971); a Las Vegas headliner (Caesarıs Palace) for over twenty years;
longtime host of the Grammys; and since 1992, the first non-country star to
open a theater in Branson, Missouri, where he performs several months each
year?including his famous Christmas Show.