Two Time Winners

Two Time Winners is the third studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in the spring of 1959 by Cadence Records.^[4] This, his third LP for the label, is composed of songs that had been successful on two previous occasions or in two different ways.

Two Time Winners
Studio album by Andy Williams
Released	1959
Recorded	November 3, 1958 November 7, 1958 January 12, 1959 February 10, 1959 February 13, 1959[1]
Genre	Early pop/rock vocal pop traditional pop standards[2]
Length	27:59
Label	Cadence Records
Andy Williams chronology
Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein (1958) Two Time Winners (1959) To You Sweetheart, Aloha (1959)
Singles from Two Time Winners
"Hawaiian Wedding Song" Released: December 9, 1958 "Twilight Time" Released: November 14, 1962

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

The first recording from the album that was released as a single, "Hawaiian Wedding Song", entered the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue of the magazine dated December 29, 1958, and stayed on the chart for 20 weeks, peaking at number 11.^[5] Four months later, in the April 20 issue, the song spent its 1-week on the Hot R&B Sides chart at number 27.^[6] The song peaked at number six on the Cashbox Singles charts during its 21-weeks stay.^[7] "Twilight Time" was issued as a single 3 years later to coincide with the release of the 1962 Cadence compilation Million Seller Songs and entered the Hot 100 at the end of the year in the December 8 issue for a 3-week run that took the song to number 86.^[5] and number 96 on the Cashbox Singles charts during its six-weeks stay.^[7]

The album was released on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on September 12, 2000, along with Williams's debut studio album Andy Williams Sings Steve Allen.^[8] Collectables included this CD in a box set entitled Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1, which contains 17 of his studio albums and 3 compilations and was released on June 26, 2001.^[9] Two Time Winner was included in a box set entitled Eight Classic Albums Box Set, which contains 7 of his studio albums, 1 compilation, and was released on November 9, 2012.^[10]

Reception

William Ruhlmann of Allmusic noted that "Williams continued to prove himself an effective and versatile singer capable of bringing off such lightly rocking or exotic revivals."^[2]

Billboard identified the album as a "Spotlight Winner of the Week" in its review from May 1959, stating that it "dress[es] old standards in new arrangements, giving some beautiful performances".^[4]

Cashbox in its Popular Pick of The Week Reviews, stated that "Williams indulges the tunes with the modern beat treatment"^[11]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Sail Along, Silvery Moon" (Harry Tobias, Percy Wenrich) - 1:56
2. "Twilight Time" (Artie Dunn; Al Nevins; Morton Nevins; Buck Ram) - 2:38
3. "So Rare" (Jerry Herst, Jack Sharpe) - 2:01
4. "Hawaiian Wedding Song" (Al Hoffman, Charles E. King, Dick Manning) - 2:29
5. "Blueberry Hill" (Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock) - 2:01
6. "Sweet Leilani" (Harry Owens) - 2:19

Side two

1. "Love Letters in the Sand" (J. Fred Coots, Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny) - 2:32
2. "It's All in the Game" (Charles Gates Dawes, Carl Sigman) - 2:55
3. "Blue Hawaii" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 2:02
4. "Be Mine Tonight" (Maria Teresa Lara, Sunny Skylar) - 2:21
5. "My Happiness" (Borney Bergantine, Betty Peterson Blasco) - 2:23
6. "Near You" (Francis Craig, Kermit Goell) - 2:29

Grammy nomination

The single "Hawaiian Wedding Song" brought the first of six Grammy nominations that Williams received over the course of his career, this time in the category of Best Vocal Performance, Male.^[12]

Personnel

• Andy Williams - vocalist
• Archie Bleyer - orchestra conductor
• Carlyle Hall - arranger^[1]