The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits is the fifteenth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in September 1964 by Columbia Records, one month before the premiere of the film version of My Fair Lady starring Audrey Hepburn. The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated September 26, 1964, and remained on the chart for 33 weeks, peaking at number five. it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated September 19, 1964, and remained on the chart for total of 34 weeks, also peaking at number 3 The album received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on September 17, 1965. The single from the album, "On the Street Where You Live", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated September 12, 1964, eventually reaching number 28 during its eight-week stay. The song peaked at number 3 on the magazine's Easy Listening chart, during its eight weeks there. The album was released on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on March 23, 1999, the other album being Williams's Columbia album from the spring of 1964, The Academy Award-Winning "Call Me Irresponsible" and Other Hit Songs from the Movies. This same pairing was also released as two albums on one CD by Sony Music Distribution in 2000. The Collectables CD was included in a box set entitled Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1, which contains 17 of his studio albums and three compilations and was released on June 26, 2001.

Reception

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic noted that "Williams may have been going for a more swinging, up-tempo mood, but the busy charts, full of pizzicato strings, vocal choruses, and competing counter-melodies, distracted attention from the songs. an essentially comic song like "Get Me to the Church on Time," and a few of the arrangements did work, notably the bossa nova treatment of "Begin the Beguine" and the big band style of "The Sweetest Sounds.", it was these well-written Broadway tunes." Billboard magazine wrote, "A sure-fire winner results from the combination of Andy Williams and selections from My Fair Lady during the season when the Warner Bros. film treatment of the Broadway hit musical will go into national release. This is further buttressed with a half dozen top tunes from other Broadway shows." Cashbox notes "[Williams] devotes one side of the set to the music from "My Fair Lady" and the other to six melodic gems from current, recent and years-back Broadway shows" Variety gave the album a positive review, saying "[Williams] slick vocal works out on "On the Street Where You Live, [and] "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"

Track listing

Side one

Songs from My Fair Lady:

Side two

Personnel

From the liner notes for the original album: