Andy Williams - Softly as i leave you

From the LP '' the wonderful world of Andy Williams '' released in 1964

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[tattuan2]

I like Andy's version most.

[burtmurdoch]

post more of his songs... i love all his records...

[donnagirl66]

Ditto

[hanksalas]

@tattuan2 Yes I agree, this has to be the best version, and I a big Frank Sinatra fan and I love Franks rendition, but Andy Williams sometime is hard to beat.

[RealMusicKing]

What a voice!!!!! Andy has the highest range in male singers in the western hemisphere. In the east, it was Muhammad Rafi of India

[njmhk]

As told by Elvis...the true story behind this song is: There was a man who was dying in a hospital, and his wife had been by his bedside for three days and three nights. Sometime on the third day, between midnight and day, she lay down beside him and dozed off to sleep. And he felt her as she was dozing off to sleep, and at the same time he felt himself start to die. And he didn't want her to see him pass away, so he took a notepad from the side of the bed and wrote these words...

[MsBuckleyfan]

In response to gacj2010, I too lost my mom last year and I miss her more than words can say. This was one of her fave songs by anybody. Darin does a superb version as does Matt Monroe....glorious song.

[gacj2010]

I just cried as I think of my mother leaving me on that morning .. the thing I said to her was "I love you " and she said "I love you too" and she was gone although they tried to bring her back....Its been almost three years and I still can't believe it every morning

[cmulwee001]

First(?) recorded by Matt Monro in 1962, but made more famous two years later when Frank Sinatra did his version, that was a close copy of Matt's. I believe this was adapted from some foreign language song.

[manila7979]

Such exquisite heartbreat.

[COOPEVETS]

One of the purest voices from the electronic sixties. His personality and appearance just required a voice this fabulous.