Andy Williams has died

OH! the High Shaparel - couldn't miss that -can't remember any of the story-lines - were they important? but I know we always watched.

I remember it and was only young - but I did watch a lot of telly and was allowed to stay up late.

Anyone remember Rowan and Martins's Laugh in? - Goldie Hawn was on it - she was about 20! The colours on i were amazing - lots of orange and purple - or am I imagining it - dont know if colour had arrived by then! Also the High Shaparel - was one of the first programs in colour.

GraniSuz. Yes I remember the Andy Williams shows. When my daughter heard he was gone she was going to ring me but thought I would be too upset to talk about it. When she was little she used to think it was a bit unfair that Cookie Bear never got his cookie!! Great shows they were.

Along with Andy Williams, Johnny Matthis, Val Doonican, there was Perry Como - another smoothy, and his 'It's impossible' is one of my son in laws favourites, and he is only in his 50's. We have records/tapes/cds of all these, and they come out regularly, for a walk down memory lane.

girl racer that was me!! I got taken mickey out of but loved his voice and still have vinyl lps of his!! have also got cds

my OH took me to see him at Albert Hall, was brilliant and also at Ipswich Regent nearer to us, he was nearly 80- thenbut was fantastic!! got standing ovation both times!!

such sad news, RIP Andy. His music will live on.

Is this the one *Girlracer*?

(Can't listen myself - my speakers have packed in)

I fell in love with Andy Williams back in the 1970s when everyone else was into punk and soul, so I had to keep it to myself! Used to play his records all the time and saw him in concert several times over the years. My favourite track of all has to be his version of Carol King's "It's too late" and sadly now it is . . . I always promised myself a trip to his Moon River Theatre in Missouri, I wonder if it will become a shrine like Elvis's Graceland?

He certainly had a lovely voice and sang 'proper' songs, not like today's wannabees. Sometimes I feel the good old days are gradually fading away.....

His show would always make me laugh or cheer me up but my husband says he can't remember the Cookie Bear. I have asked a lot of people in the past if they remember but they look at me blankly - I'm not that ancient (64) and I'm surprised a lot of people can't even remember his show. RIP Andy

He had the most beautiful brown eyes. I liked to hear him singing, 'Chances Are'...

...and Johnny Mathis.

...and then there was Danny Williams. He had a beautiful voice.

It was friendly Persuasion [soop], you are right.

It might have been, I just remembered he sang April love, which I should know as it is my name,April, not love. I shall look him up on Google.

He was my first love.. Pat Boone (swoon)

Was it 'Friendly Persuasion?' 'Thee I love...'?

Grannyeggs He sang a beautiful song in a film in which he was a Quaker. Now I'm going to drive myself potty as I try to remember it.

I loved Andy Williams, he had a great voice, but I thought he had died years ago! Does anyone remember Pat Boone, he was another with a smooth easy listening voice, but I can't remember what he sung.

I had a thing for Val Doonigan...and his sweaters were very nice too.
And, I remember having a crush on the shorter of the Black and White Minstrel trio. He was a tenor and his name was John [Boulter?] I think!

That was what Saturday nights were all about - gentle entertainment by people who could entertain without screaming into the microphone (you could actually see their mouths!) and we could understand the words. A bit of gentle humour thrown in, and the world was o.k. for a few hours.

Me too - he really was so likeable. And he could sing in tune!

I used to love his Christmas specials.

Blast this lack of editing facilities!

I remember being told by one of the musicians who had toured with AW in Europe, that when he came off-stage to tremendous applause, he would smile and remark 'Fooled 'em again!'

Not the big-time 'star' at all, which made him very popular with the band.

I remember being told by one of the musicians who had toured with AW in Europe, that when he came off-stage to tremendous applause, he would smile and remark 'Fooled 'em again!'

Not the big-time 'star' at all, which made him very popular with the band.