I attended an Andy Williams Christmas program at the Moon River Theater about 12 years ago. No friends wanted to go, so I drove to Branson (was visiting friends in Oklahoma) and went alone. At 82 years, he still had a great voice. It was a bucket-list thrill of a lifetime.

The first vacation my husband and I ever took together was to Branson. I always wanted to see Andy Williams live and convinced him to go. We had front row seats and Andy came through the audience shaking hands while singing. my husband was taking pictures and Andy asked him, "Are you going to take my picture or shake my hand?" My husband laughingly said, "Both". Andy was such a nice, warm man. My husband passed away in 2012 and it is one of the fondest memories I have. The photos from the show are definitely keepsakes and I can hear my husband laughing as he tells the story. ❤

Andy Williams had one of the most beautiful singing voices ever. Andy was responsible for the Osmond's success.

I'm an Australian 65yrs and l loved his voice and l still listen to his songs on my old record player every so often. R.I.P

Absolutely love Andy Williams. Pure class. I still watch his Christmas shows courtesy of KZfaq.

I live in Springfield, which is about an hour north of Branson. I saw Andy in the mid 90s when my church choir sang with him at one of his concerts. My aunt said he was a very nice man.

When you hear his Christmas music it truly does feel like Christmas & all the memories come flooding back. Me and my cousin would drive to school in the morning playing his Christmas music blasting it and signing along as we pulled in!

Andy's voice was so beautiful. I remember watching the Andy Williams show on TV when I was young.

Having been born in 1957, the 1960s were my childhood years. My mother loved Andy...she had several albums and we watched his show and his Christmas specials regularly. I will always think of him as the heralder of the Christmas season. Andy and Bing, along with Mitch Miller's Christmas albums were my favorites. RIP Mr. Williams. Your velvety voice will be appreciated for generations.

when ever I hear Andy singing "It's the most wonderful time of the year" , I know it is Christmas....even if I hear it in July.

When we were kids the Andy Williams and Dean Martin Shows were our favorite! They had the greatest guests on those two shows. Andy Williams always seemed like such a nice man and I really loved hearing him sing. "The Impossible Dream" was playing in the background during the photo viewing and that's my favorite version of that song.

He had a great voice, and also sang The Battle Hymn of the Republic at RFK’s memorial service. 😢

I was born in 1961. Even as a young child I loved watching the Andy Williams show. I remember it was sponsored by kraft foods and the commercials always made me hungry 😋 What I think made me like Andy was his laid back personality. Seemed like such a kind man . Thanks for the tour 🥰

I always loved Andy Williams, and his version of "It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year", is the definitive version!

Such beautiful voice. Grew up listening to him. Thanks, Scott!! 😊 The Christmas albums...my mom and dad had them all!! 😊 What an absolutely beautiful place! So tranquil. Love the landscape and the whole kit and kaboodle.

Andy Williams definitely had a very distinctive singing voice you would always know it was him. Christmas just wouldn't be the same without listening to a little bit of Andy. 😃

He had a beautiful voice. And he was so likable and loyal.

Recently found a second grade book of mine where we answered questions. One question was favorite singer; my answer? Andy Williams! That was 1968! Lol Still love Andy to this day! That voice! 💪💗❤️ Thank you Scott Wonderful video...💕

A timeless voice, just,as Karen carpenters is,,, Andy was a class act, gone but not forgotten!

My parents were huge fans. I loved Andy as a child and still do. The Simon and Garfunkel version of “Scarborough Fair” with Andy is so beautiful.

I grew up listening to Andy Williams because my mom loved him. I got to see him perform 3 times at his Branson theater. One of the most beautiful theaters there

My Mom and Dad use to listen to him, of course I was a teen at the time and it was not my kind of music. I am 63 now and I love his music, Moon River is my favorite, His voice is so soothing. Thanks for this video.

You're the best Scott! I just love your knowledge of celebrities and the stories behind them. Keep up the amazing work!

Thanks Scott, I love Andy Williams since I was a little girl. His singing was so warm and heart felt.

I remember watching the Andy Williams show as a child. It was great and loved all his music.

Great tribute to Andy Williams.

I found an Andy Williams autographed copy of his album Dear Heart in Kentucky last year. It was such a huge score for me. You gotta love Andy!

Love this video! I worked at a theatre for 11 years where Andy was often a headliner. Sadly, the theatre was torn down in the 90s. Glad this one has been saved, it’s beautiful!

I grew up listening to Andy Williams and watching his show every week. Thanks Scott for taking us along again on your wonderful adventures

I LOVE Andy Williams! Thank you Scott for bringing me along to see this awesome place! ❤️

Grew up with Andy Williams, beautiful tribute, thank you!

You stir up memories. What a gift you are to us. Andy Williams was a class act.

I've always loved Andy Williams. His Christmas shows were the best! Thanks for another great vlog, Scott.

Oh, I loved him so! Watched his Christmas special every year.

We were and still are huge fans of Andy Williams.

I loved Andy Williams, he had an unmistakable voice. I would love to see a story on Red Skelton. I can remember him having a son I believe that was dying and Red took him on a trip all around the world, at least that’s what I was told when I was young. Have a blessed evening!

Huge Andy Williams fan here. I'm nerdy enough to own nearly every album he ever released on CD. He was an incredible talent!

Absolutely incredible . This Andy Williams chronology made me cry . Thank you .

I used to go to Branson every year for vacation and went a couple of times during the Christmas season and have been in that theater many times. Seeing your video today made me sit here and bawl like a baby because I'm crippled now and will never get to go back. Thank you so much for that short walk down memory lane, you are the best.

As a child I grew up on Andy Williams and he was phenomenal he was so talented that I remember a lot of the songs especially Moon River I used to play that for my toddlers when they got older running around learning to walk and always put him to sleep when I play it when I put them to bed brings it good memories of Good times he will be really really missed. 🇺🇲❤️

I grew up.as a child listening to.Andy Williams because my Mom loved his music. He really had a wonderful voice. Back in the mid 1970s we saw him in concert in New York City, along with composer Michel Le Grande. Excellent show. May they both rest in peace. 🙏

Hi Scott! Having been such a fan of Andy Williams, I truly enjoyed this video! Like so many others who commented, I grew up listening to all of Andy's albums on our old record console, the one that was so big it was furniture! His voice was heavenly, so smooth and lovely! We always watched "The Andy Williams Show" and never missed his Christmas specials. I was heartbroken when I heard he was sick. Andy's voice will always be heard and hopefully appreciated by many new generations! Thank you, Andy, for all your beautiful music and may you now be singing with Heaven's Angels. ❤

Thanks for the Andy Williams tribute. He truly was an underrated legend. Much love for Howard Andrew Williams! R.I.P.

I live up the road in Springfield and I’ve seen so many shows here, it’s my favorite theater! He was just the nicest man, I ran into him several times over the years and he was always very kind to his fans. He’s missed.

I am from St. Louis, MO. Born and raised there. I didn’t know that he died in Branson. Wow. Thanks for this video. You are very accurate in your videos. I loved his music. I remember his TV show growing up in St. Louis. Incredible voice as we all knew.

I totally love Andy Williams and his beautiful wife too 😁 I used to listen to his songs with My Momma and I used to watch his shows too. He has such an amazingly incredible voice like a Angel 😇. I'm glad that you shared this video with everyone thank you so much sweetie 😇🌹💖🌹💖🌹💖🌹💖✌️😇☕💯💖💯🏆🏆🏆🏆

What a beautiful place! I hope it lives on for centuries.

Thank you for sharing this with us. What a beautiful theatre !!

I been to Branson Saw Andy Williams Christmas show a few times

My parents used to play Andy Williams and that is how I came to love his voice. He was also very handsome. Now that I'm older, and my parents are no longer here, I play Andy's music and his voice is so soothing it makes me always feel safe. His voice was velvety. I wish I could go into the souvenir shop and get some things. Bless you Andy.

I love his Christmas shows as a kid. Loved his voice. He was a wonderful human being.

Thanks Scott! This is a great video. I grew up watching The Andy Williams Christmas Shows. Love his voice! Thank you kindly for sharing all your video. I enjoy them so much.

Andy is definitely synonymous with Christmas. Even though there are no markers at the river, this theatre is the perfect memorial to him and his contribution to popular music.

He was a real gentleman, classy man with a wonderful voice. Those settings where his ashes were scattered in are so beautiful/ Wonderful video

He and Perry Como had voices like silk.

Andy Williams had a great voice. Remember watching his show. His Christmas specials were awesome.

What a wonderful video. Love Andy Williams voice , such a gentleman. Miss him

He is still one of my all time favorites.

His version of the theme from love story is awesome.

Branson was my playground when I was a teen. We knew everyone in The Baldknobbers country show so we would go at least twice a month for the weekend. I dated more when I was in Branson then when home! Lol I love spending time there and I always went to Silver Dollar City alot. Branson is just so fun. I was in Branson so much so that I've seen just about every entertainer in person out and about. They were just everyday people there and felt at ease being out. And Andy died on my birthday September 25th. He was just the sweetest person. I had seen him a couple of times and chatted with him. I hate that we lost such an amazing person. He is missed. And the Osmonds also had a theater there.

Loved this! I wonder why his children didn’t inherit the theater?

One of the finest voices around. I had all his albums. Very soulful.

I miss his shows, especially at Christmas. Back when we had wholesome, good, family entertainment.

His tv variety show went on almost a decade, so you can imagine his voice and the many guests he had on his show, were woven into the fabric of our hearts and minds. I still get melancholy hearing moon river, because it reminds me so much of my late mother

Thank you for this. Andy was my favorite crush at age 4! (Born in 68) I guess I enjoyed his TV Show and specials. I know I always try and catch a rerun of one of his Christmas specials each year on TV or KZfaq. The man had an incredible voice. Back in 1990, Brides magazine gave an opportunity to have Andy sing at your wedding. I and everyone I know entered because I got married in June. No such luck. Cool sweepstake though. Try listening to "More," Scott. I love it. You may as well.❤ Btw...I married an "Andy!"

I'm just finishing reading Andy Williams book on his life. He describes his decision on building the Moon River theatre and how it came to be. Thank you for this look around and inside it. Wish I would have seen him perform there.

Always so classy Scott thank you Loved his Christmas specials and his voice.

He sang to you soul. I loved his TV show. My Mom and I used to play his albums all the time.

Saw the Christmas show years ago, Andy was older but it was still a great show and great music.

Really enjoyed this vid. My dad, who past away three days after his 95th birthday loved Andy Williams voice and especially loved his rendition of the classics Moon River and The Days of Wine and Roses. Thanks for taking down memory lane.

Fabulous voice! Love him! Loved him when I was 9 in 1963!

If memory serves, Andy used to sign off his TV show every week with a few bars of Moon River, then the orchestra continued as he invited a lady from the audience to come up and dance gently with him. An American treasure who I can assure you brightened our lives here on the other side of the pond. Easy listening for those who don't, or didn't, do easy listening. Like, you know, ANY song he sang would sound good - but they were a great bunch of songs. (Favourites of mine: Can't Get Used To Losing You, Butterfly, Almost There to name but three.) So, thank you Scott, pleased to hear his theatre is still going and looks to be in pretty good nick. (Do say hello to Jordan next time you see him - great guy - introduced me to your channel.) Best regards.

My mother had his Christmas album. The red one. If there's anything I remember about being a kid was digging through all my moms records just to see what they were and of course listen to her play them. Thank you for this content and sharing much knowledge you bring my way all the time Scott.

My grandparents used to own motels in Branson. Met Andy several times. His Christmas concerts were always my favorite! Thanks for this video, Scott!!

Can never go wrong with an Andy Williams album. Found one on a cassette years ago for cheap - but it's a great album!

Nobody could sing moon river like Andy Williams, what a voice! I remember his TV show it was a great time to be alive! Rest In Peace Andy 🙏💕

I always loved his music growing up. My son, at 20 asked for his Christmas CD. He's timeless. Thank you

There was something about ‘Moon River’ that made me tear-up, even as a very small child. I remember The Andy Williams Show, too! Children could watch TV for hours unharmed back then, as a lady named Dierdre pointed out to me. The theatre looks great! And maybe it’s the refracted light or reflections in the glass as you pan by, but some of those framed photos take on a 3-D cast that appears to be ‘holding the people in a box,’ live on-stage! Great mutual support between the Osmonds & Williams families, too. Nice to learn more about how decency & remembrance could be upheld long, long after the show back then, by some very well-grounded people. Thanks again Doug Scott! 🎼🎶

I absolutely love that you love Andy's rendition of Windy! 196something, I brought Andy Williams' Christmas album to play at my third grade class Christmas party! Thanks Scott, all the best to you in the new year!

How beautiful his theater. I loved Andy Williams also. I loved everything about him. He is missed. Now I want to go see it in Branson. Thanks Scott for showing us where a part of him still is.

A Smooth voice and cheerful sounding guy who’s Christmas song still goes off every year. Rest In Peace Sir

Thank you! I loved Andy Williams; he was a big part of my Christmas growing up and still today! We had 2 Christmas LPs: Andy Williams Brothers and Tijuana Brass. Played them over and over while decorating the tree!

Enjoyed that blast from the past….. we never missed his shows especially the holiday shows and the whenever the Osmonds were on! Thank you Scott🥰

And he does a heartbreakingly chill version of the "Brian's Song theme" - The Hands of Time. One of my favourites.

One of my favorite singers. Recognized a lot of the album covers. Always looked forward to his Christmas Specials.

Ruthann Friedman wrote ’Windy’ when she was living in David Crosby’s house (you can tell Crosby had no influence). When the Association released ‘Windy’ in 1967 it was an immediate hit, and we would play the ‘45’ over and over at my best friend’s house. His dad produced ‘The Ventures’ and other bands, and they had every record you could imagine. I, along with many of my friends, was on the cusp of transitioning our musical tastes from the bubble gum music played on 93 KHJ to harder rock music. But, at my friends house with their music collection, we would secretly lip sync or sing along to the soft stuff; Frankie Valli, Simon & Garfunkel, mostly all of the 2 min 30 second songs that they played on KHJ. We really didn’t have FM rock stations yet, or radios that played FM, yet. So the harder Rock bands were word of mouth, or seeing bands playing at the Teenage Fair at the Hollywood Palladium where they would have a ‘Battle of the Bands.’ We were forbidden to go to the Teenage Fair because it was full of Hippies, but we’d ride our bikes down the hill and sneak in because it cost like $1 to get in (Hendrix played there). I think by 1968 we didn’t bring up Pop (bubble gum) music to other kids, in order to avoid the possible ridicule. I didn’t know Andy Williams recorded Windy. I would have guessed yes, he had recorded his version of everything. Of the five albums my grandparents owned, three were Andy Williams, one Sinatra, and Don Rickles live in Vegas (the funniest, nastiest, thing I was allowed to listen to as a kid. I come from a musical family. My mom was a coloratura soprano opera singer who had her own 15 minute radio show at age 13. My dad is an aerospace engineer who played Sax, clarinet and flute. He played in the big band down in Hollywood (Barbra rehearsed with them) and later in the LA Jazz Band. We were encouraged to listen to all kinds of music, but no Rolling Stones allowed in the house. That ban was lifted in 1968. Thanks for triggering the great memories. (Yes, I spent time in Laurel and Benedict Canyons as a very early teen. Music was happening there. “We’re just going to ride our bikes mom, see you later.”👀)

Music brings back memories, things were just so simple back then…

An amazing and beautiful place. I loved the Andy Williams show when I was a kid. I especially remember his Christmas show with David Bowie. I loved it. Thank you so much for sharing.

Andy Williams discovered the Osmond Brothers and had them on his show as a barbershop quartet. Donny joined them later on and he also had Marie on the show. I never knew Jimmy bought his place but it doesn't surprise me because they were always so grateful to him for their success. Thank you - great video!

I have loved him since I was a little girl in 60's one of my absolute favourite singers ❤ Amazing voice

He had a beautiful voice and smile ❤️

I.loved Andy Williams and listening to his Christmas songs especially....I loved the Osmonds and grew up with them and loved all their music and the everything they did .....I remember the Andy Williams show with Osmonds on his show abd lil Marie so cute she was...mom and I been going up to Branson Missouri alot....I met Merrill and jay and Wayne osmond in Branson Missouri.... and we saw Jimmy osmond too... went to both concerts of 3 Osmonds older Brothers and Jimmy's...

I used to set there watch him with my mom. She loved him! RIP Andy Williams.

Great memories of growing up with Andy always on TV and radio and till this day always look forward to the Christmas season and his wonderful voice singing Christmas songs. Scott gotta tell ya…. That was some fast filming action going on! Seems you were in a hurry. Anyway I love what you do and a quote from yourself so you know…I always “sit back and Rest In Peace “ and enjoy all your content. 👍

It's hard to imagine a celebrity of this magnitude settling down and living out his days in, of all places, Missouri. Not that it's not a nice place, but I've just always pictured big celebrities settling in places like Hollywood, New York City, Chicago or maybe even Paris, France. It's kind of refreshing, though, to know he chose Missouri.

As a kid,I remember my family watching The Andy Williams show,my parents had his albums as well.Still enjoy listening to his Christmas albums.Great singer.

I loved his music. He was a great singer.

Great stuff, Scott!

Heavenly voice!

Very nice, rich voice. He was before my time however, now I know who sings a few songs I grew up listening to. Thanks Scott!