Andy Williams became the 7th act to have both a Number 1 and Number 40 to their name with this record. That's quite a high number given this was only the 21st record to peak at 40.
The question is was this his popularity on the decline or was it yet to rise? Whilst Andy Williams is a relatively well known name from yesteryear, he's not someone you'd associate with a particular era so it's hard to say when he was at the peak of his popularity. The answer to the question though is neither.
He debuted in 1957 with the number one record "Butterfly". He had another single whilst his debut was still in the charts with "I Like Your Kind Of Love". On that basis one would think the 50s was his era. However, he wasn't seen in the charts again until 1962.
Between 1962 and 1975 the only year he didn't have a Top 40 hit was in 1972. At the same time the only years in this period he had more than one Top 40 hit were 1966 and 1970. Beyond 1975 we'd only see him in the Top 40 again with the older records.
This particular record came between 2 number twos, "Can't Get Used To Losing You" and "Almost There". It was written by Sonny Curtis, the man who replaced Buddy Holly in The Crickets. Perhaps not the sort of record you'd expect at a time when The Beatles and co were ruling the charts, so maybe the fact it even charted at all is probably a positive.
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