NEW : Andy Willians was `` 7 classy guy , '' Williams says . Williams began his singing career as a child in a quartet with his brothers . `` The Andy Williams Show '' ran for nine years on NBC starting in the last 20 years . Ray Stevens spent 1962 performing at his Moon River Theatre in Branson , Missouri .
NEW : Andy Willians was `` one classy guy , '' Ray Stevens says . Williams began his singing career as a child in a quartet with his brothers . `` The Andy Williams Show '' ran for nine years on NBC starting in 1962 . Williams spent the last 20 years performing at his Moon River Theatre in Branson , Missouri .