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| rev2 = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=1498 |isbn=9781846098567 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/1498/mode/2up |accessdate=22 August 2024}}</ref>
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'''''Happy Heart''''' is the twenty-third [[album|studio album]] by American pop singer [[Andy Williams]], released in the spring of 1969 by [[Columbia Records]]<ref name= allmusic/> and continued the trend of his recent albums in relying exclusively on contemporary material. This particular project eschewed offerings from [[Broadway (theater)|Broadway]] and [[Hollywood]] that had been predominant on his [[gramophone record|LP]]s with Columbia.
'''''Happy Heart''''' is the twenty-third [[album|studio album]] by American pop singer [[Andy Williams]], released in the spring of 1969 by [[Columbia Records]]<ref name= allmusic/> and continued the trend of his recent albums in relying exclusively on contemporary material. This project eschewed offerings from [[Broadway (theater)|Broadway]] and [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] that had been predominant on his [[gramophone record|LP]]s with Columbia.


The album made its first appearance on the [[Billboard 200|Top LP's]] chart in the issue of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine dated May 17, 1969, and remained there for 23 weeks, peaking at number nine.<ref>{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2010|p= 844}}.</ref> It entered the UK album chart on July 26 of that year and reached number 22 over the course of 10 weeks,<ref name = "UK">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4530/andy-williams/|title=Andy Williams|publisher=Official Charts|accessdate=20 April 2016}}</ref> and the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] awarded the album Gold certification on August 20 of that year.<ref name = RIAA>{{cite web|url= https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|title= Gold & Platinum |publisher=riaa.com|accessdate=9 April 2017}} Type ''Andy Williams'' in the Search box and press ''Enter''.</ref>
The album made its first appearance on the [[Billboard 200|Top LP's]] chart in the issue of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine dated May 17, 1969, and remained there for 23 weeks, peaking at number nine.<ref>{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2010|p= 844}}.</ref> It also debuted on the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' albums chart in the issue dated May 17, of that year, and remained on the chart for 16 weeks, peaking at number 6<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Hoffmann |first=Frank W |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxalbumchar0000hoff/page/406/mode/2up |title=The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974 |date=1988 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-2005-6 |location=Metuchen, N.J. |pages=406}}</ref> It entered the UK album chart on July 26 of that year and reached number 22 over the course of 10 weeks,<ref name = "UK">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4530/andy-williams/|title=Andy Williams|publisher=Official Charts|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref> and the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] awarded the album Gold certification on August 20 of that year.<ref name = RIAA>{{cite web|url= https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|title= Gold & Platinum |publisher=riaa.com|access-date=9 April 2017}} Type ''Andy Williams'' in the Search box and press ''Enter''.</ref>


The title song from the album had been released as a single that March and entered the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Easy Listening]] chart in the issue of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' dated April 5, 1969, eventually spending 14 weeks there and two of those weeks at number one.<ref>{{Harvnb|Whitburn|1993|p=256}}.</ref> The song entered the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] one week later and reached number 22 over the course of 11 weeks.<ref>{{Harvnb|Whitburn|1999 |p= 702}}.</ref> In the UK it entered the singles chart for the week of May 10 that year and stayed there for 10 weeks, peaking at number 19.<ref name = UK/>
The title song from the album had been released as a single that March and entered the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Easy Listening]] chart in the issue of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' dated April 5, 1969, eventually spending 14 weeks there and two of those weeks at number one.<ref>{{Harvnb|Whitburn|1993|p=256}}.</ref> The song entered the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] one week later and reached number 22 over the course of 11 weeks.<ref>{{Harvnb|Whitburn|1999 |p= 702}}.</ref> In the UK it entered the singles chart for the week of May 10 that year and stayed there for 10 weeks, peaking at number 19.<ref name = UK/>


The album was released on compact disc for the first time as one of two albums on one CD by [[Collectables Records]] on March 23, 1999, the other album being Williams's [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] release from the spring of 1968, ''[[Honey (Andy Williams album)|Honey]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifuxq9kldje
The album was released on compact disc for the first time as one of two albums on one CD by [[Collectables Records]] in 1999, the other album being Williams's [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] release from the spring of 1968, ''[[Honey (Andy Williams album)|Honey]]''. This same pairing was also released as two albums on one CD by [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music Distribution]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/honey-happy-heart-mw0000602766#releases
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|title= Honey/Happy Heart by Andy Williams |work= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= 14 November 2024}}</ref> The Collectables CD was included in a box set titled ''Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1'', which contains 17 of his studio albums and three compilations and was released on June 26, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/classic-album-collection-vol-1-r539720|title=Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1 – Andy Williams|work=allmusic.com|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=6 May 2011}}</ref>
|title= Honey/Happy Heart |work=allmusic.com |publisher=Rovi Corporation |accessdate= 2 October 2010}}</ref> This same pairing was also released as two albums on one CD by [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music Distribution]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/andy_williams/honey___happy_heart/
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|title= Honey/Happy Heart by Andy Williams |work= rateyourmusic.com |accessdate= 2 October 2010}}</ref> The Collectables CD was included in a box set entitled ''Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1'', which contains 17 of his studio albums and three compilations and was released on June 26, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/classic-album-collection-vol-1-r539720|title=Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1 – Andy Williams|work=allmusic.com|publisher=Rovi Corporation|accessdate=6 May 2011}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==


William Ruhlmann of [[AllMusic]] noted the album "didn't really differ much in its approach from Williams' previous album, Honey, which also contained nearly all pop covers. The only real difference was that this time Williams was not waiting so long. "My Way" was just peaking in the charts for Frank Sinatra, for example, as was Elvis Presley's "Memories," and Glen Campbell's "Where's the Playground Susie" had only just come out."<ref name="AllMusic">{{Cite web |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |title="Happy Heart" Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/happy-heart-mw0000849823 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
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''Billboard'' magazine wrote, "Andy Williams has taken the best of the current hits and in his own warm, sophisticated style makes them sound completely new and exciting. The program is a harvest of first rate material."<ref name= Billboard/>

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''Billboard'' magazine wrote, "Andy Williams has taken the best of the current hits and in his own warm, sophisticated style makes them sound completely new and exciting. The program is a harvest of first rate material."<ref name="Billboard">{{cite news|title=Album Reviews|date=1969-05-10|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| page =106}}</ref>

[[Record Mirror|New Record Mirror]] gave the album a postive results, saying "his cool vocals still have that touch of swing and the benefit of years of experience"<ref name="NRM">{{Cite magazine |date=12 July 1969 |title=new albums reviewed by RM reviewing panel, new albums reviewed by RM reviewing panel, BIG NJIME ALBUM WEEK Impressions, Proco J Harum, lsleys, Johnny Nash, Ella, Paul Revere,' Seasons, Andy Williams, Sinatra, Foundations, Billie -Holiday etc |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/69/Record-Mirror-1969-07-12.pdf |access-date=7 October 2024 |magazine=[[New Record Mirror]] |page=8 |issue=435}}</ref>



==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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# "[[For Once in My Life]]" ([[Ron Miller (songwriter)|Ron Miller]], Orlando Murden) – 2:54
# "[[For Once in My Life]]" ([[Ron Miller (songwriter)|Ron Miller]], Orlando Murden) – 2:54
# "[[Where's the Playground Susie|Where's the Playground, Susie?]]" ([[Jimmy Webb]]) – 2:51
# "[[Where's the Playground Susie|Where's the Playground, Susie?]]" ([[Jimmy Webb]]) – 2:51
# "[[My Way (song)|My Way]]" ([[Paul Anka]], [[Claude François]], [[Jacques Revaux]]) – 3:43
# "[[My Way]]" ([[Paul Anka]], [[Claude François]], [[Jacques Revaux]]) – 3:43
# "[[Wichita Lineman]]" (Webb) – 2:55
# "[[Wichita Lineman]]" (Webb) – 2:55
# "[[Happy Heart]]" ([[Hans Last|James Last]], [[Jackie Rae]]) – 3:15
# "[[Happy Heart]]" ([[Jackie Rae]], [[Hans Last|James Last]]) – 3:15
# "[[Gentle on My Mind (song)|Gentle on My Mind]]" ([[John Hartford]]) – 3:10
# "[[Gentle on My Mind (song)|Gentle on My Mind]]" ([[John Hartford]]) – 3:10


===Side two===
===Side two===
# "[[Didn't We (Richard Harris song)|Didn't We?]]" (Webb) – 3:27
# "[[Didn't We (Richard Harris song)|Didn't We?]]" (Webb) – 3:27
# "[[Memories (Elvis Presley song)|Memories]]" ([[Mac Davis]], [[Billy Strange]]) – 3:47
# "[[Memories (Elvis Presley song)|Memories]]" ([[Billy Strange]], [[Mac Davis]]) – 3:47
# "[[Little Green Apples]]" ([[Bobby Russell]]) – 4:03
# "[[Little Green Apples]]" ([[Bobby Russell]]) – 4:03
# "[[Here, There and Everywhere]]" ([[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]]) – 3:15
# "[[Here, There and Everywhere]]" ([[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]]) – 3:15

Latest revision as of 22:36, 14 November 2024

Happy Heart
Studio album by
Andy Williams
Released1969
Recorded1969
Genre
Length36:59
LabelColumbia
ProducerJerry Fuller[2]
Andy Williams chronology
The Andy Williams Sound of Music
(1969) 		Happy Heart
(1969) 		Get Together with Andy Williams
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
New Record Mirror[4]

Happy Heart is the twenty-third studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams, released in the spring of 1969 by Columbia Records[1] and continued the trend of his recent albums in relying exclusively on contemporary material. This project eschewed offerings from Broadway and Hollywood that had been predominant on his LPs with Columbia.

The album made its first appearance on the Top LP's chart in the issue of Billboard magazine dated May 17, 1969, and remained there for 23 weeks, peaking at number nine.[5] It also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated May 17, of that year, and remained on the chart for 16 weeks, peaking at number 6[6] It entered the UK album chart on July 26 of that year and reached number 22 over the course of 10 weeks,[7] and the Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album Gold certification on August 20 of that year.[8]

The title song from the album had been released as a single that March and entered the Easy Listening chart in the issue of Billboard dated April 5, 1969, eventually spending 14 weeks there and two of those weeks at number one.[9] The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 one week later and reached number 22 over the course of 11 weeks.[10] In the UK it entered the singles chart for the week of May 10 that year and stayed there for 10 weeks, peaking at number 19.[7]

The album was released on compact disc for the first time as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records in 1999, the other album being Williams's Columbia release from the spring of 1968, Honey. This same pairing was also released as two albums on one CD by Sony Music Distribution in 2000.[11] The Collectables CD was included in a box set titled Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1, which contains 17 of his studio albums and three compilations and was released on June 26, 2001.[12]

Reception

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William Ruhlmann of AllMusic noted the album "didn't really differ much in its approach from Williams' previous album, Honey, which also contained nearly all pop covers. The only real difference was that this time Williams was not waiting so long. "My Way" was just peaking in the charts for Frank Sinatra, for example, as was Elvis Presley's "Memories," and Glen Campbell's "Where's the Playground Susie" had only just come out."[13]

Billboard magazine wrote, "Andy Williams has taken the best of the current hits and in his own warm, sophisticated style makes them sound completely new and exciting. The program is a harvest of first rate material."[14]

New Record Mirror gave the album a postive results, saying "his cool vocals still have that touch of swing and the benefit of years of experience"[4]


Track listing

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Side one

[edit]
  1. "For Once in My Life" (Ron Miller, Orlando Murden) – 2:54
  2. "Where's the Playground, Susie?" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:51
  3. "My Way" (Paul Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux) – 3:43
  4. "Wichita Lineman" (Webb) – 2:55
  5. "Happy Heart" (Jackie Rae, James Last) – 3:15
  6. "Gentle on My Mind" (John Hartford) – 3:10

Side two

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  1. "Didn't We?" (Webb) – 3:27
  2. "Memories" (Billy Strange, Mac Davis) – 3:47
  3. "Little Green Apples" (Bobby Russell) – 4:03
  4. "Here, There and Everywhere" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:15
  5. "Abraham, Martin and John" (Dick Holler) – 3:43

Personnel

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From the liner notes for the original album:[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "Happy Heart". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b (1969) Happy Heart by Andy Williams [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 9844.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1498. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b "new albums reviewed by RM reviewing panel, new albums reviewed by RM reviewing panel, BIG NJIME ALBUM WEEK Impressions, Proco J Harum, lsleys, Johnny Nash, Ella, Paul Revere,' Seasons, Andy Williams, Sinatra, Foundations, Billie -Holiday etc" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 435. 12 July 1969. p. 8. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  5. ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 844.
  6. ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 406. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  7. ^ a b "Andy Williams". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Gold & Platinum". riaa.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017. Type Andy Williams in the Search box and press Enter.
  9. ^ Whitburn 1993, p. 256.
  10. ^ Whitburn 1999, p. 702.
  11. ^ "Honey/Happy Heart by Andy Williams". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1 – Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  13. ^ Ruhlmann, William. ""Happy Heart" Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  14. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. 1969-05-10. p. 106.

References

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  • Whitburn, Joel (1993), Joel Whitburn's Top Adult Contemporary, 1961-1993, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-099-7
  • Whitburn, Joel (1999), Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955-1999, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-140-3
  • Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-183-7
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