Andy Williams - Lonely Street

Recorded in 1959 when Andy Williams was 32 years old. The album "Lonely Street" is concept album much like Frank Sinatra's "Only the Lonely" in that it is filled with bleak torch songs. However, unlike the Sinatra Record, this LP is a very bluesy and jazzy. The original liner notes stated that the tracks were hand picked by Williams himself, and were among his all-time favorite songs.

LONELY STREET
Where's this place called "Lonely Street?"
I'm looking for that lonely street
I've got a sad. sad tale to tell
I need a place to go and weep
Where's this place called Lonely Street?

A place where there's just loneliness
Where dim lights bring forgetfulness
Where broken dreams and mem'ries meet
Where's this place called Lonely Street?

Perhaps upon that Lonely Street
There's someone such as I
Who came to bury broken dreams
And watch an old love die.

A place where there's just loneliness
Where dim lights bring forgetfulness
Where broken dreams and mem'ries meet
Where's this place called Lonely Street?

Where's this place called Lonely Street?

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• Lonely
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[MrJimmieriggs]

When it comes to versatility, Andy Williams is the best of the great easy-listening popular singers. Other singers could swing better (Sinatra, Mel Torme) or do the blues more convincingly (Ray Charles) or sing a big ballad with more drama (Englebert Humperdinck), but Williams had an uncanny knack for taking songs of the late 50's, 60's, and early 70's and creating versions that were just as good or better than the originals. A fabulous singer with a great voice and marvelous technique.

[Squirrlyburt]

He was only 32 when he did this? The more I learn about Williams, the more convinced I am that he is one of the finest pure vocalists in American history. This is just phenominal singing.

[melba1945]

Beautiful! just Beautiful!!!

[quatloosthx1138]

Probably my favorite Andy Williams song. In the video, I love the over 40 different images used, and I appreciate how much effort went into collecting them. I’m working on a video that requires 87 images, only a third of which were available from the Web. The rest I had to create myself. I also like how you faded from one image to another, rather than use all the fancy (and annoying) types of dissolves available in video editing programs. Great song. Great video. Thanks for posting it!

[albert19ful]

One word PERFECT .

[09kittykatz09]

@Squirrlyburt :

I agree...he has near perfect pitch. Like Vince Gill.

[dynamic881964]

There will never be an equal . . .Thank you Andy, for ALL the great music . . . I sure wish I could find a Lonely street ....

[arcanacoelestia]

I and several of my friends owned copies of this Andy Williams LP, back in the day. We used to call it "the most depressing album in the world", but we loved it and listened to it over and over. This song especially is so beautiful, and the images you selected for the video are sheer perfection. Thanks so much for posting it -- what a lovely, wistful memory!

[WentworthVoiceover]

I could listen to this song forever. Andy is the best.

[fred35ify]

Sometimes I thnk I liv on "Lonely Street" because the one I love is I can't have.

[RODERICKMOLASAR]

The audio quality here is beyond stupendous.

[RODERICKMOLASAR]

Superb choice of images.