TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Andy TI - Moon River and me: a memoir SN - 9780297859338 AV - ML420.W542 A3 2009 U1 - 782.42164092B 22 PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - Weidenfeld & Nicolson KW - Williams, Andy, KW - Singers KW - United States KW - Biography N2 - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: FILM, TELEVISION, MUSIC, THEATRE. Andy Williams is one of the greatest singers of all time. Now for the first time Andy tells the whole remarkable story. An Iowa farm boy who grew up during the Great Depression, Andy began performing at the age of seven as one quarter of the Williams Brothers. After going solo, he endured his wilderness years, barely scraping a living in 'rust-belt' supper clubs - to re-emerge as one of the greatest television and recording stars of his era. The Andy Williams Show topped TV ratings around the world, and a string of smash hits, including his signature tune Moon River, went on to earn him eighteen gold and three platinum discs. Still singing, still holding audiences in the palm of his hand, Andy Williams looks back on an extraordinary showbusiness life. Revelatory, honest, funny and touching, Moon River is the inspiring autobiography of an icon ER -