Andy Pandy and Ben', all having a similar format-filmed marionettes, there was also an animated drawn character called 'Busy Lizzy' incorporated into the "Picture book" series. All the filmed black and white 1950s original transmissions were narrated by Maria Bird, who was to become a co-producer, with Freda Lingstrom, who worked for the BBC. Bird was a prolific writer of books for the very young, notably Andy Pandy, but it was for her distinct BBC English" enunciation that she is best remembered. A marionette who lived in a picnic basket, Andy was later joined by Teddy, a teddy bear, and Looby Loo,
You've Got a Friend (Andy Williams album) three weeks that began in the August 21, 1971, issue of "Billboard" magazine—the same issue in which Williams's chart run with the song began. From the liner notes for the original album: You've Got a Friend (Andy Williams album) You've Got a Friend is the twenty-eighth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams, released in August 1971 by Columbia Records. The album bears a striking resemblance to the Johnny Mathis album "You've Got a Friend" released that same month. Besides sharing their name, the two albums are both made up of covers of easy listening hits of the time,