Andy Williams (Howard Andrew Williams, December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer and TV host whose warm, easy-listening voice made him one of the most popular crooners of the mid-20th century.
Relación con Cheviot, Ohio
Andy Williams spent part of his teenage years living in Cincinnati's Cheviot neighborhood and launching his early radio career on WLW
Biografía
He was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, and began singing as a child with his three older brothers in the Williams Brothers quartet. The family later spent a couple of formative years in the Cincinnati area. When Williams was about 14, they moved to Cheviot, Ohio, and lived in a four-bedroom Tudor-style house at 3448 Alta Vista Avenue. He attended Western Hills High School for ninth and tenth grades and later called those years among the best of his life. While there, the brothers performed on WLW radio’s Time to Shine morning show and the Boone County Jamboree before the family headed to Hollywood around 1943. Williams returned to the house in 1964 during a hometown visit.
After going solo in the early 1950s, he became a regular on Steve Allen’s Tonight Show, signed with Cadence Records, and scored hits including “Canadian Sunset” and his only U.S. No. 1, “Butterfly” (1957). His signature song is “Moon River” (from Breakfast at Tiffany’s), which he recorded in 1962 and performed at the Oscars. Other well-known recordings include “Can’t Get Used to Losing You,” “(Where Do I Begin) Love Story,” “Born Free,” and the Christmas standard “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” He hosted The Andy Williams Show (1962–1971), which won three Emmys, and later opened the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri.
His music has also turned up in unexpected places. On Showtime’s Dexter, Andy Williams’ recording of “Born Free” is used in the Season 1 finale (also titled “Born Free”) and appears on the official series soundtrack—an ironic, unsettling needle-drop against Dexter Morgan’s story.
Williams recorded dozens of albums, sold tens of millions of records, and remained a fixture of traditional pop and holiday music until his death from bladder cancer at age 84.