The Village of St. Bernadette
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| Studio album by Andy Williams | ||||
| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | November 19, 1959, January 1960 |
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| Genre | Vocal pop Inspirational Traditional pop Gospel Hymns Contemporary Gospel |
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| Length | 37:16 | |||
| Label | Cadence Records | |||
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The Village of St. Bernadette is an album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in early 1960 by Cadence Records. This, his sixth LP for the label, was described by Billboard magazine as "a lovely set of pop inspirational, hymns, and religious themes".
The title song from the album entered the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue of the magazine dated December 14, 1959, and stayed on the chart for 13 weeks, peaking at number seven.
The album was released on compact disc for the first time as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on September 12, 2000, the other album being Williams's late 1959 Cadence release entitled Lonely Street. Collectables included this CD 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.
William Ruhlmann of Allmusic wrote that "Williams applied his usual warmth. The result was not one of his most popular recordings, but one that helped further expand his appeal."
"Look for the Silver Lining" was first popularized in the 1920 Broadway musical Sally and had three versions make the charts in 1921: a duet Charles Harrison and Elsie Baker (who was credited as Edna Brown), another duet by Lewis James and Elizabeth Spencer, and a solo recording by Marion Harris. "You'll Never Walk Alone" was first included on the original cast recording of the 1945 Broadway musical Carousel, and that September Frank Sinatra spent one week with the song on the charts in Billboard magazine. In 1950, the three recordings of "Our Lady of Fatima" that made the charts were by Red Foley, Richard Hayes and Kitty Kallen, and Phil Spitalny & His Hour of Charm Choir.
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