Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests

Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests
Studio album by
Andy Williams
ReleasedApril 1963
Recorded1963
Genre
Length35:53
LabelColumbia
ProducerRobert Mersey[1]
Andy Williams chronology
Million Seller Songs
(1962) 		Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests
(1963) 		The Andy Williams Christmas Album
(1963)
Singles from Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests
  1. "Days of Wine and Roses"
    Released: March 1963
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
New Record Mirror[4]

Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests is the eleventh studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in April 1963 by Columbia Records[5] following his first season as host of his variety series, The Andy Williams Show. The LP has a studio recording of the closing theme from the show, "May Each Day", and continues the format of his previous Columbia releases by including songs from the 1920s ("When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)"), 1930s ("Exactly Like You", "Falling in Love with Love"), 1940s ("It's a Most Unusual Day", "You Are My Sunshine"), and 1950s ("I Really Don't Want to Know").

The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated April 20 of that year and remained on the album chart for 107 weeks, spending 16 consecutive weeks at number one.[6] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated April 13, of that year, and remained on the chart for 118 weeks, spending 16 consecutive weeks at number one[7] The album received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on September 19, 1963, becoming his first to do so, while his 1962 album Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes followed suit one month later.[8] For its release in the UK, the album was retitled Can't Get Used to Losing You and Other Requests,[9] and it spent its only week on the album chart there at number 16 in 1965.[10]

The single from the album, "Can't Get Used to Losing You," made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 7, 1963, eventually spending four weeks at number two during its 15-week stay.[11] On the Easy Listening chart it spent four weeks at number one.[12] Its B-side, "Days of Wine and Roses" reached number 26 on the Hot 100 and number nine, Easy Listening.

The album was released on compact disc for the first time (and under its UK title) by Sony Music Distribution in the mid-90s as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of Williams's Columbia album from October 1967, Love, Andy.[13] It was also released (under its original title) as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on January 16, 2001, the other album being Williams's Columbia album from December 1966, In the Arms of Love.[14] 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.[15]

  1. ^ (1963) Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests by Andy Williams [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 8815.
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  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1498. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
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  5. ^ "Pop Spotlight: Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests". Billboard. April 13, 1963. p. 29.
  6. ^ Whitburn 1985, p. 405.
  7. ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 406. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  8. ^ "Gold & Platinum". riaa.com. Retrieved 9 December 2016. Type Andy Williams in the Search box and press Enter.
  9. ^ "Can't Get Used to Losing You/Love, Andy". AllMusic. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  10. ^ "Andy Williams". Official Charts. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  11. ^ Whitburn 1999, p. 702.
  12. ^ Whitburn 1993, p. 256.
  13. ^ "Can't Get Used to Losing You/Love, Andy". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  14. ^ "Days of Wine and Roses/In the Arms of Love". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  15. ^ "Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1 - Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 May 2011.