Old Enough to Forget

I've been listening to a lot of rock lately, and every so often I'll dip deeper into my collection and clean out my ears a little with some good old-fashioned pop. Going back to 1962 and I wasn't even a tadpole ... but this album has so many songs that I remember as a kid. Considering the heyday of variety television when I was growing up, I probably saw him perform many of these songs. It's hard to imagine what things were like in the early '60s. I'm scanning through Andy Williams' discography, and from what I can tell, Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes was his ninth studio album, and in 1962 he would release four albums, admittedly some were likely compilations. Still, that's a lot of wax, baby. This album would go gold and stay on the Billboard charts for an astonishing 176 weeks. Take that, Dark Side of the Moon ! I really like this album. The big song here is "Moon River," which was a new song at the time, and over the years the son...

To prepare for this holiday season I went to my go-to store and decided to take advantage of their Black Friday sale and pillage their dollar bin to see what was there. I ended up finding an even dozen albums and, with the discount (yeah, I'm so cheap I was looking for a deal on albums in the dollar bins), I was out of there for less than ten bucks. Here we are December 1, and we're (the Royal "We") going into the Christmas pile and starting off with Andy Williams' classic from 1963. You never know what you're going to end up with, but I wound up with a very nice copy, and as a plus, the jacket still had its original shrinkwrap. I still find it odd when I find a record thusly wrapped. I had friends who told me never, ever, ever leave that shit on - it'll warp your records. Anyway, I've always loved Andy Williams. As a young kid, I have a handful of memories. From The Andy Williams Show I remember Cookie Bear. Don't ask me why. The other was making ...