Get Together with Andy Williams is the twenty-fourth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams which was released on October 6, 1969, by Columbia Records[1] and contained covers of recent hits. The one new song was "You Are", which was written by Mac Davis.
The album made its first appearance on the Top LPs chart in the issue of Billboard magazine dated November 8, 1969, and remained there for 21 weeks, peaking at number 27.[6] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated November 8, 1969, and remained on the chart for 14 weeks, peaking at number 22.[7] It entered the UK album chart on December 27 of that year and reached number 13 over the course of 10 weeks,[8] and the Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album Gold certification on February 19, 1970.[9]
The album was released on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on January 22, 2002, along with Williams's 1970 Columbia album, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head.[10] Collectables included this CD in a box set entitled Classic Album Collection, Vol. 2, which contains 15 of his studio albums and two compilations and was released on November 29, 2002.[11]
Reception
William Ruhlmann of Allmusic's said "one of these songs were better suited to him than others. Charles Aznavour's "Yesterday When I Was Young," was an emotional ballad right up Williams' alley, as was "Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet," Even "Quentin's Theme (Shadows of the Night)," the theme song from the popular vampire soap opera Dark Shadows, gave him something familiar to work with.[3]
Billboard magazine felt that "his fresh, warm interpretation of the familiar hits makes this another winner. His easygoing style is especially effective on 'Yesterday When I Was Young' and 'Quentin's Theme'."[12]
Cashbox notes "He sings his earnest manner a host of currently pop tunes including “My Cherie Amour”, “Yesterday When I Was Young" [...] and “Good Morning Starshine”, [...] and “Get Together"[13]
