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Moon River and Me
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Moon River and Me (2009) (edit title/settings)

A Memoir

by Andy Williams (Author) (edit contributors)

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A remarkable memoir by one of the most popular and beloved entertainers of the twentieth century When in the mid-1950s Andy Williams reached a low point in his career, singing in dives to ever-smaller audiences, the young man from Wall Lake, Iowa, had no inkling of the success he would one... read more

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  • “P.31: I learned a lot from being around other performers, including how to breathe properly, through the diaphragm, which gives you much more power and control of your voice. Many pop singers don't use this technique and are still very successful, but if you're planning to be a professional singer, it can't hurt to learn how to do it right.”
  • “P.77: Since the Beatles came along, all the popular singers have tended to be tenors, and most of the voices now are higher than mine. Back then, though, all the successful singers were baritones, and I certainly wanted to be successful. I even went to a voice trainer, but it didn't really make a difference. I remained a natural tenor, and, as things turned out, not being a baritone did not prove too much of a handicap.”
  • “P.108-109: I liked and admired Steve <McQueen> a lot, and if I had ever wanted to model myself on someone, I think it would have been Steve. He loved motorcycles and dirt racing with his buddies, and even when he dressed up at night it was always jeans and a sport jacket. He got the material for the jeans in Mexico, and it was unusually thin. His housekeeper would iron them with a little starch to give them a slight crease, and they were the best-looking jeans I ever saw. If he had marketed them, he would have made a fortune.”
  • “P.279-280: Whatever I've done throughout my life has always had to be the absolute best I can make it. There are four things every singer wants: great sound, great lighting, a great band, and a great dressing room. I was determined that my theatre would have the very best in all those categories, just as I wanted the audiences to feel they had seen the best show ever, in the most beautiful theatre in Branson.”
  • “P.282: I have played theatres in great cities on five continents, and there is not one that can match the Moon River Theatre's seating, sound, lighting, sets, backstage facilities, dressing rooms, lobby, souvenir shop, and outside grounds. Everything is as perfect as we could make it.”
  • “P.303: I also support the Society of Singers, a charity that helps singers and their families who have fallen on hard times. Many, many very successful singers in their day were so screwed by agents, managers, or record companies, and sometimes all three, that they are virtually destitute.”
  • “P.305: If I'm remembered at all, I hope to be thought of as a good man who brought much joy to many people, but above all I want to be remembered for my music. Whatever happens to me, I hope the music lives on. And finally, I'm beginning to accept the fact that maybe I really am as good as the others after all.”
  • “"there were no paved roads in the town, just dirt and gravel, and none of the streets had a name; it was that small a town. The population then was just 749, and that probably included the occupants of the cemetery."”
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  • older brothers, Bob, Don, and Dick, and a sister, Janey, born the year after me. When I was six, my mom also gave birth to another child, Buddy.
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  • how to breathe properly, through the diaphragm, which gives you much more power and control of your voice. Many pop singers don’t use this technique and are still very successful, but if you’re planning to be a professional singer, it can’t hurt to learn how to do it right.
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  • Table of Contents   Title Page Copyright Page Dedication   Chapter 1
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  • He had been christened Harry but was renamed after The Bingville Bugle, a parody of a hillbilly newspaper that started appearing in his local paper. According to Bing it was a very funny spoof, and he and his friends were forever quoting it to one another.
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  • I found that only if I had prepared every aspect of the show until it was bombproof could I give that “natural” performance.
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  • a drawing by Egon Schiele and a large oil by Bob Thompson (whom I’d never heard of, either) thrown in as part of the deal. The Hofmann was recently valued at over $1 million,
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It was one of those sun-baked August days when, even at ten in the morning, the heat was rising in shimmering waves from the fields of ripening wheat and corn, making the water tank on the nearby hill waver like a desert mirage.

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  1. Andy Williams (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
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Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0670021172
Page Count: 320

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