When the song is over, he hands me a photo of a scantily clad Denise Van Outen.In fact, Andy Williams has always had a keen eye for the opposite sex and has never suffered a lack of female admirers.Definition: Generally considered to be an unconventional choice, a May-December marriage is one in which one spouse is significantly older than the other spouse.Significantly older is usually considered 11 years or more age difference."May" refers to the younger spouse in the spring of life, while "December" refers to the older spouse who is in what is described as the winter of life.The "crooner's crooner" is coming to Britain later this month for a series of concerts, and can't wait to promote his latest recording - a duet version of the ultra-cool Lounge classic, Can't Take My Eyes Off You.Backstage, before one of his American concerts, he plays the new CD at full volume for me and the walls shake while he dances, snaps his fingers and sings along with himself.On Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at 10pm Pacific time, the 500th THS episode premiered.
"So many girls were jumping around me, I felt like some young star.
Their father promoted them as close harmony singers to radio producers in Des Moines, Iowa’s capital.
They caught the ear of crooner Bing Crosby, then America’s biggest-selling singer, who picked them as the backing group for his 1944 hit Swinging On A Star, which went on to win an Oscar for Best Original Song.
It was an impressive way to launch a career, but Williams, by now 16, immediately went one better - his voice was chosen to dub the husky tones of 19-year-old Lauren Bacall in her debut film, To Have And Have Not. television’s Tonight Show, engineered for him by Thompson, finally gave him hits - first as a rock ’n’ roller, shaking his hips like Elvis Presley, and then as a crooner.
Director Howard Hawks insisted that the song, How Little We Know, was eventually performed by Bacall herself in the final cut. Though the laidback, easy-listening style was already out-of-date, it suited his voice and his personality. But his private life was far raunchier than his mild-mannered singing would lead you to believe.