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Andy Williams (1927–2012) was an American male vocalist whose career began in 1938. He was recognized for his work in easy listening, jazz, and traditional pop genres. His musical output included easy listening soundtracks and musicals. Williams was recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.
As an author, he is credited with 82 works. Notable titles include *The villages of Surrey*, *Secure Your WordPress Website with HTTPS for Free*, *SEO 2015 and Beyond*, *Complete SEO 2015 and Beyond*, and *When Golfo Saved Christmas*. Crossref lists five of his works.
Williams had 1,915,267 listeners and 16,488,660 plays on Last.fm, where he was tagged with oldies, 60s, pop, easy listening, and male vocalists. He maintained an official website and had 159,000 social media followers.
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Key facts
- Born
- Howard Andrew Williams , ( 1927-12-03 ) December 3, 1927, Wall Lake, Iowa , US
- Died
- September 25, 2012 (2012-09-25) (aged 84) , Branson, Missouri , US
- Genres
- Traditional pop easy listening
- Occupation
- Singer
- Years active
- 1938–2012
- Labels
- Cadence Columbia London Polydor
- Formerly of
- The Williams Brothers
- Spouses
- Claudine Longet ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1961 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1975 ) Debbie Haas ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1991 )
- Website
- andywilliams .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andy
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wall Lake
- Place of death
- Branson
- Spouse
- Claudine Longet
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- popular music
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Cadence
- Military branch
- United States Merchant Marine
- Official website
- www.andywilliamspac.com
- Image
- Andy Williams 1963.JPG
- Voice type
- baritone
Show 11 more facts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Andy Williams
- date of birth
- 1927-12-03
- date of death
- 2012-09-25
- cause of death
- bladder cancer
- name in native language
- Andy Williams
- start of work period
- 1938-00-00
- different from
- Andy Williams
- writing language
- English language
- social media followers
- 159000
- web feed URL
- andywilliams.com/feed
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Encyclopedic overview
Howard Andrew Williams (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified and three platinum certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a television variety show, from 1962 to 1971, along with numerous TV specials. The Andy Williams Show won three Emmy Awards. He sold more than 45 million records worldwide, including more than 10 million certified units in the United States.
Williams was active in the music industry for over 70 years until his death in September 2012 from bladder cancer, at the age of 84.
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