Talk:Andy Williams/Archive 1

Music to Watch Girls By
OK, why does this redirect here? I'm confused. Yes, he recorded a vocal version of this song; so did a lot of people, as did a number of people record instrumental versions. I think the song itself is worthy of an encyclopedia entry, since, as I recall, it was originally penned as music for a Coke commercial; the lyrics were added later, and there is a German version with completely different lyrics and a different title (Die Schönste Musik). Surely the story of this song is bigger than "Andy Williams made it a hit (twice)" (although that part is interesting, too). --Free-world 04:12, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Williams Brothers
The William Brothers: What happened to Bob, Dick and Don?

I am very interested in the life stories of Andy's brothers. They all had such mellifluous voices. I know that the brothers did appear with Andy on his Christmas specials, but wonder what their lives were like and if they are still living. 69.3.217.25 02:47, 6 December 2006 (UTC)Kris Oehlke


 * This website is a transcript of an interview with Andy in 2000. About a 1/5 of the way down he talks about his brothers and where they were at the time.  Unfortunately, I believe at least the oldest has died since then, and possibly one other brother.  --ScreaminEagle 03:31, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Happy Heart: tune of a UK Comedy show
My English is lousy, so I leave it up to someone else: At the end of the UK Comedy show "Carrie and Barry", Happy Heart is sung. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

Copied from Talk:Andrew Williams
Why should this be a protected redirect? It redirects to someone who is more commonly known as Andy. Would it be best pointed at the disambig page? 217.42.254.196 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.154.138 (talk) 09:18, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Citations & References
See Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the  tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 04:51, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

No mention of the Osmonds?????!
It is strange that a list of performers that Williams has performed with is here yet there is NO MENTION of one of the HUGEST groups from the 1960/1970s = The Osmonds! Williams discovered this group at Disneyland and had them numerous times on his TV show. He also performed with the 5 Osmond brothers on his and various shows! The Osmonds created opportunities for many other family groups and especially for the Jacksons! How can this important American music industry fact be left out of this article?????????!!!!! Roz Lipschitz (talk) 08:12, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Probably because someone forgot. If you have any information about that (as it seems you do), please add it!  --ScreaminEagle (talk) 17:21, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

no mention of Dave Grusin?
Dave Grusin was his pianist on the Andy Williams Show. DG is famous in his own right but should be mentioned here.

Just a thought. Dave Horne Davehorne (talk) 17:40, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Williams / Andy
Why is Andy Williams referred to throughout this article by both his surname and Christian name, making the piece somewhat disjointed? Surely the useage of Andy should be removed and he should conistently be referred to as (the more formal) Williams throughout. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.74.63.29 (talk) 05:35, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree and have changed various occurrences. Nasnema (talk) 20:02, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

"Andy" or "Paul"?
Is there a citation for calling him Paul? Paul Williams is a different singer-songwriter who was nominated for several Oscars, Grammys, and Golden Globes and won a few times. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.150.223.26 (talk) 08:54, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Early Career (Grammar problem)
The expression "none of them were popular hits" was edited because it's grammatically incorrect, at least in Standard American English. If the article is intended to be written in British English, the use of none with a plural verb is more widely accepted. In this article, it's confusing as to which style of English is being used. For example, periods are included outside quotation marks, which is accepted in British English but always incorrect in Standard American English. If this article is written in Standard American English, the pronoun none is singular; the sentence, as was written, does not have agreement between the subject and verb. The sentence is grammatically incorrect. It was corrected to read "but none of them was a popular hit." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.84.35.13 (talk) 06:53, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Discography
The discography doesn't meet discography standards. In fact, it's really difficult to read. I vote that a new page be created, dedicated to a detailed discography. The albums listed on his main page can be cleaned up with "Title (Release Date)" and that would clean that section up a bit. I'm actually in the process of moving, so I cannot dedicate too much time to this. – Kerαunoςcopia  06:56, 20 October 2009 (UTC)