[1] Although the collection starts with two 1947 recordings by Kay Thompson and The Williams Brothers, the rest of the material comes from his time at Columbia Records and includes covers of contemporary hits ("Cherish", "If You Could Read My Mind", "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother") as well as lesser-known material from the songwriters of "Can't Get Used to Losing You", "Home Lovin' Man" and "Moon River".

[11] "Whistling Away The Dark" was first sung by Julie Andrews for the 1970 film Darling Lili[12] and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.

[13] "Someone Who Cares" by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition was included in the 1970 film Fools[14] and had its highest chart ranking as a number four hit on Billboard magazine's weekly list of the most popular Easy Listening songs.

Of the five recordings of "I'll See You in My Dreams" that made the pop charts in 1925, the most successful rendition came from Isham Jones & the Ray Miller Orchestra, who spent seven weeks with the song at number one.

[26] And Richard Erikson writes in the liner notes to the collection that Williams recorded the Latin Catholic Prayer version of Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria" "days after the funeral of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy as a memorial to the slain leader".