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"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" is a popular Christmas song written in 1963 by Edward Pola and George Wyle. It was recorded and released that year by pop singer Andy Williams for his first Christmas album, The Andy Williams Christmas Album.
In a 2005 interview Williams discusses how The Andy Williams Show figured into his recording of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year": "George Wyle, who's a vocal director, who wrote all of the choir stuff and all of the duets and trios and things that I did with all the guests, he wrote a song just for the show—I think the second ...
The album also included "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", which was written for The Andy Williams Show and became a staple of his annual Christmas specials. [14] Although covers of the song he originated by artists such as Garth Brooks [ 15 ] and Harry Connick, Jr. [ 16 ] had single chart runs in Billboard upon initial release, the ...
Crooner Andy Williams spent his teen years on Cheviot outside of Cincinnati and sang on a local radio station before moving onto bigger fame. His song “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year ...
Williams recorded eight Christmas albums over the years, and was known as "Mr. Christmas", [17] due to his perennial Christmas specials and the success of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year". Williams hosted the most Grammy telecasts—seven consecutive shows—from the 13th Annual Grammy Awards in 1971 through to the 19th Awards in 1977 ...
Everyone's Christmas playlist probably includes classics like Andy Williams’ “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” and Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby” to more contemporary classics ...
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Edward Pola, George Wyle) – 3:34 " Jolly Old St. Nicholas " (traditional) – 2:33 " I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day " ( John Baptiste Calkin , Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ) – 3:08
Wyle wrote with Sherwood Schwartz The Ballad of Gilligan's Island, the theme song for Gilligan's Island.He also co-wrote the Christmas song "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (first recorded by Andy Williams in 1963) and more than 400 other songs.