# Two Time Winners

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Two Time Winners
| type         = album
| artist       = [Andy Williams](/source/Andy_Williams)
| cover        = Williams-Winners.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = 1959
| recorded     = November 3, 1958<br /> November 7, 1958<br /> January 12, 1959<br /> February 10, 1959<br /> February 13, 1959<ref name = "Cadence">{{cite magazine|title=The Cadence Era: "Canadian Sunset" brightens Andy's disk career|date=1967-11-11|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|pages=AW-21–22}}</ref>
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = {{hlist|[traditional pop](/source/traditional_pop)|[standards](/source/Standard_(music))<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r542495| title=Two Time Winners - Andy Williams|work=allmusic.com|publisher=Rovi Corporation|accessdate=29 May 2011}}</ref>}}
| length       = 27:59
| label        = [Cadence](/source/Cadence_Records)
| producer     = 
| prev_title   = [Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein](/source/Andy_Williams_Sings_Rodgers_and_Hammerstein)
| prev_year    = 1958
| next_title   = [To You Sweetheart, Aloha](/source/To_You_Sweetheart%2C_Aloha)
| next_year    = 1959
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Two Time Winners
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [Hawaiian Wedding Song](/source/Hawaiian_Wedding_Song)
 | single1date = December 9, 1958
 | single2     = [Twilight Time](/source/Twilight_Time_(1944_song))
 | single2date = November 14, 1962
}}
}}
'''''Two Time Winners''''' is the third studio album by American pop singer [Andy Williams](/source/Andy_Williams) and was released in the spring of 1959 by [Cadence Records](/source/Cadence_Records).<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |date=May 18, 1959 |title=Pop Spotlight: Two Time Winners |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GSAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=billboard+may+18%2C+1959&pg=PA32 |magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) |page=32 |editor=}}</ref> This, his third LP for the label, is composed of songs that had been successful on two previous occasions or in two different ways.

The first single from the album, "[Hawaiian Wedding Song](/source/Hawaiian_Wedding_Song)", entered the ['' Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) in the issue dated December 29, 1958, and stayed on the chart for 20 weeks, peaking at number 11.<ref name = "Andy">{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2009|p=1059}}.</ref>  Four months later, in the April 20 issue, the song spent its 1-week on the [Hot R&B Sides](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs) chart at number 27.<ref>{{Harvnb|Whitburn|1996|p=481}}.</ref> The song peaked at number six on the [''Cashbox'' Singles](/source/Cashbox_(magazine)) charts during its 21-weeks stay.{{sfnp|Downey|1994|p=376}} "[Twilight Time](/source/Twilight_Time_(1944_song))" was issued as a single 3 years later to coincide with the release of the 1962 [Cadence](/source/Cadence_Records) compilation ''[Million Seller Songs](/source/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.<ref name= Andy/> and number 96 on the [''Cashbox'' Singles](/source/Cashbox_(magazine)) charts during its six-weeks stay.{{sfnp|Downey|1994|p=376}}

The album was released on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD by [Collectables Records](/source/Collectables_Records) on September 12, 2000, along with Williams's debut studio album ''[Andy Williams Sings Steve Allen](/source/Andy_Williams_Sings_Steve_Allen)''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/andy-williams-sings-steve-allen-two-time-winners-r496442|title=Andy Williams Sings Steve Allen/Two Time Winners - Andy Williams|work=allmusic.com |publisher=Rovi Corporation |accessdate=29 May 2011}}</ref>  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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/classic-album-collection-vol-1-r539720|title=Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1 - Andy Williams|work=allmusic.com|publisher=Rovi Corporation|accessdate=6 May 2011}}</ref> ''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.<ref>{{Citation |title=Eight Classic Albums - Andy Williams {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/eight-classic-albums-mw0002493390 |access-date=2025-05-03 |language=en}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name = allmusic/>
| rev2 = ''[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{sfnp|Larkin|2007|p=1498}}
| rev3 = ''[Disc](/source/Disc_(magazine))''
| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=":22">{{Cite magazine |last1=Graham |first1=Ken |date=November 29, 1958 |title=LP Reviewed by Ken Graham: PERFECT: AN OFF-BEAT FUNNY MAN -and definitely for the family |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Disc/1959/Disc-1959-11-28.pdf |access-date=May 1, 2026 |magazine=[Disc](/source/Disc_(magazine)) |page=14 |issue=88}}</ref>
}}
William Ruhlmann of [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) noted that "Williams continued to prove himself an effective and versatile singer capable of bringing off such lightly rocking or exotic revivals."<ref name= allmusic/>

[''Billboard''](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) 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 to achieve new popularity-as Williams did with the 'Hawaiian Wedding Song'- which is included here".<ref name=":0" />

[''Cashbox''](/source/Cashbox_(magazine)) in its Popular Pick of The Week Reviews, stated that Williams "indulges the tunes with the modern beat treatment, attesting to their indestructibility."<ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |date=May 23, 1959 |title=Cashbox Album Popular Pick of The Week Reviews: Two Time Winners |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox20unse_34/page/38/mode/2up |magazine=[Cash Box](/source/Cashbox_(magazine)) |pages=38 |volume=20 |issue=34}}</ref>

[''Variety''](/source/Variety_(magazine)) notes Williams is "a slick song-seller and know how to get the most out of such as 'So Rare' , 'Love Letters in the Sand' , 'It's All in The Game', and 'Near You','<ref name=":1322">{{Cite magazine |date=May 13, 1959 |title=Variety Album Reviews: Two Times Winner |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1959-05-13_214_11/page/54/mode/2up |magazine=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine)) |pages=54 |volume=214 |issue=11}}</ref>

''[Music Vendor](/source/Record_World)'' thought the "Album will appeal to an adult market as well as teenagers", and notes "although the beat and feel has been up-dated, Andy's superb styling will get through to many older folk."<ref name=":222">{{Cite magazine |last1= |first1= |date=June 1, 1959 |title=Music Venter LP PICKS of the WEEK |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/Archive-Music-Vendor/Music-Vendor-1959-06-01.pdf |access-date=March 9, 2026 |magazine=[Music Vendor](/source/Music_Vendor) |page=24 |volume= |issue=624}}</ref>

Ken Graham of ''[Disc](/source/Disc_(magazine))'' notes The "Accompaniments is finely supplied by the Archie Bleyer orchestra which has been associated with all of Andy's hits in the past."<ref name=":22" />

The critics of ''[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)'', ''[Disc](/source/Disc_(magazine))'', and [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) each gave the album a three-star ratings.<ref name="allmusic" />{{sfnp|Larkin|2007|p=1498}}<ref name=":22" />

==Track listing==
===Side one===
# "[Sail Along, Silvery Moon](/source/Sail_Along%2C_Silv'ry_Moon)" ([Harry Tobias](/source/Harry_Tobias), [Percy Wenrich](/source/Percy_Wenrich)) - 1:56
# "[Twilight Time](/source/Twilight_Time_(1944_song))" (Artie Dunn; [Al Nevins](/source/Al_Nevins); Morton Nevins; [Buck Ram](/source/Buck_Ram)) - 2:38
# "[So Rare](/source/So_Rare)" ([Jerry Herst](/source/Jerry_Herst), [Jack Sharpe](/source/Jack_Sharpe_(songwriter))) - 2:01
# "[Hawaiian Wedding Song](/source/Hawaiian_Wedding_Song)" ([Al Hoffman](/source/Al_Hoffman), Charles E. King, [Dick Manning](/source/Dick_Manning)) - 2:29
# "[Blueberry Hill](/source/Blueberry_Hill_(song))" ([Al Lewis](/source/Al_Lewis_(lyricist)), [Vincent Rose](/source/Vincent_Rose), [Larry Stock](/source/Larry_Stock)) - 2:01
# "[Sweet Leilani](/source/Sweet_Leilani)" ([Harry Owens](/source/Harry_Owens)) - 2:19

===Side two===
# "[Love Letters in the Sand](/source/Love_Letters_in_the_Sand)" ([J. Fred Coots](/source/J._Fred_Coots), [Charles Kenny](/source/Charles_Kenny), [Nick Kenny](/source/Nick_Kenny_(poet))) - 2:32
# "[It's All in the Game](/source/It's_All_in_the_Game_(song))" ([Charles Gates Dawes](/source/Charles_Gates_Dawes), [Carl Sigman](/source/Carl_Sigman)) - 2:55
# "[Blue Hawaii](/source/Blue_Hawaii_(song))" ([Ralph Rainger](/source/Ralph_Rainger), [Leo Robin](/source/Leo_Robin)) - 2:02
# "Be Mine Tonight" (Maria Teresa Lara, [Sunny Skylar](/source/Sunny_Skylar)) - 2:21
# "[My Happiness](/source/My_Happiness_(popular_song))" ([Borney Bergantine](/source/Borney_Bergantine), Betty Peterson Blasco) - 2:23
# "[Near You](/source/Near_You)" ([Francis Craig](/source/Francis_Craig), Kermit Goell) - 2:29

==Grammy nomination==

"[Hawaiian Wedding Song](/source/Hawaiian_Wedding_Song)" brought the first of six [Grammy](/source/Grammy_Award) nominations that Williams received over the course of his career, being nominated in the category of [Best Vocal Performance, Male](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Vocal_Performance%2C_Male).<ref>{{Harvnb|O'Neil|1999|p=28}}.</ref>

== Personnel ==
*[Andy Williams](/source/Andy_Williams) - vocalist
*[Archie Bleyer](/source/Archie_Bleyer) - orchestra conductor
* Carlyle Hall - arranger<ref name= Cadence/>

==References==
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Category:1959 albums
Category:Andy Williams albums
Category:Cadence Records albums
Category:Albums conducted by Archie Bleyer

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