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BILLBOARD HONOR ROLL of HITS! THE NATION’S TOP 30 TUNES: WEEK ENDING, MARCH 27, 1957

**The Billboard Honor Roll of Hits** for week-ending, March 27, 1957

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The Honor Roll of Hits comprises the nation’s top tunes according to record sales and sheet sales, disk jockey and jukebox performances as determined by The Billboard’s weekly nationwide sales.

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SEASON’S GREETINGS! A COLUMBIA RECORDS ’45 HOLIDAY SINGLE: 1963

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Andy Williams Christmas Album is the first Christmas holiday album released by singer Andy Williams and his twelfth studio album overall. It was issued by Columbia Records in 1963, the first of eight Christmas albums released by Williams.

Though it was also the album that introduced Williams’s perennial holiday classic “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year“, Columbia instead released Williams’s cover of “White Christmas” as the album’s promotional single at the time. This single was on top at number one on the Billboard Christmas Records chart, week-ending, Saturday, December 14, 1963.

Source: Andy Williams Christmas Album, Wikipedia

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CHRISTMAS, 1966: THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!

Televised the night of December 18, 1966 on Detroit NBC WWJ-TV (Channel 4), 10:00 p.m., 55 years ago. Guests: Dom DeLouise, Bob Newhart and Dennis Weaver.

Guests: Andy and his brothers (The Williams Brothers), Bob, Dick and Don. His wife, Claudine Longet, and The Osmond Brothers.

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Source: The Detroit Free Press; Sunday; December 19, 1968

THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS! A 1963 HOLIDAY ALBUM MEMORY

‘THE ANDY WILLIAMS CHRISTMAS ALBUM’

— ABOUT THIS LP —

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‘The Andy Williams Christmas Album’ is the first Christmas holiday album released by singer Andy Williams and his twelfth studio album overall. It was issued by Columbia Records in 1963, and it would prove to be the first of eight Christmas albums released by Williams. Though it was also the album that introduced Williams’ perennial holiday classic “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, Columbia instead opted to release Williams’ cover of “White Christmas” as the album’s promotional single at the time. From 1963 to 1973, Billboard published special weekly Christmas Albums and Christmas Singles sales charts. For all five weeks that these special charts were published in 1963 (for the weeks ending November 30, 1963 through December 28, 1963), The Andy Williams Christmas Album was the number one selling Christmas album, while Williams’ cover of “White Christmas” was the number one selling Christmas single. The Andy Williams Christmas Album spent three weeks as the number one selling Christmas album during the holiday season of 1964, and one week as the number one selling Christmas album during the holiday season of 1965.

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(Source: Wikipedia)

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

Click on (COMPLETE LP) for the complete track listing on this album.

THE ANDY WILLIAMS CHRISTMAS ALBUM (COMPLETE LP) * 1963

CHRISTMAS, 1966: THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

“THE ANDY WILLIAMS CHRISTMAS SHOW“

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Aired on the night of December 18, 1966 on Detroit NBC WWJ-TV (Channel 4), 10:00 p.m., 54 years ago, on this day. Guests: Andy and his brothers (The Williams Brothers), Bob, Dick and Don. His wife, Claudine Longet, and The Osmond Brothers.

(Source: Detroit Free Press; Sunday, December 18, 1966)

THE ANDY WILLIAMS CHRISTMAS SHOW * NBC-TV * SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1966

A HOLIDAY RECORDS COUNTDOWN! 08 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

‘IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR‘

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“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is a popular Christmas song written in triple time in 1963 by Edward Pola and George Wyle. It was recorded and released that year by pop singer Andy Williams for his first Christmas album, The Andy Williams Christmas Album. However, the song was not released as a promotional single by Williams’ record label (Columbia Records) that year, as they instead opted to promote his cover of “White Christmas” as the official promo single from the album.

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(Source: WiKipedia)

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

DECEMBER 18 * 08 * ANDY WILLIAMS

A BILLBOARD CLASSIC ’LP AD FLASHBACK! 02/09/1963

* ANDY WILLIAMS on COLUMBIA RECORDS *

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A ’63 HOLIDAY MEMORY. THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS!

THE ANDY WILLIAMS CHRISTMAS ALBUM (COMPLETE LP) * 1963

—THE ANDY WILLIAMS CHRISTMAS ALBUM—

The Andy Williams Christmas Album is the first Christmas holiday album released by singer Andy Williams and his twelfth studio album overall. It was issued by Columbia Records in 1963, and it would prove to be the first of eight Christmas albums released by Williams. Though it was also the album that introduced Williams’ perennial holiday classic “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, Columbia instead opted to release Williams’ cover of “White Christmas” as the album’s promotional single at the time. From 1963 to 1973, Billboard published special weekly Christmas Albums and Christmas Singles sales charts. For all five weeks that these special charts were published in 1963 (for the weeks ending November 30, 1963 through December 28, 1963), The Andy Williams Christmas Album was the number one selling Christmas album, while Williams’ cover of “White Christmas” was the number one selling Christmas single. The Andy Williams Christmas Album spent three weeks as the number one selling Christmas album during the holiday season of 1964, and one week as the number one selling Christmas album during the holiday season of 1965.

(Source: WiKipedia)