Andy Williams tells of Hard Times Early In His Career

Branson crooner ANDY WILLIAMS was so broke during the early days of his career, he stored his suit in a meat locker to keep it fresh. The MOON RIVER hitmaker travelled to New York to launch a solo career in the early 1950s after his siblings ended their Williams Brothers quartet. But he fell on hard times as he performed on the Big Apple's nightclub circuit - and developed a unique way of saving money on his laundry bills.

He tells U.K. TV show This Morning, "When I went to New York, I was really struggling. I didn't have any money and I realised that I couldn't sit down in my clothes if I'm going to do three shows a night, so I stood up all the time. There was sometimes a meat locker, so I would hang my suit up in the meat locker and shiver there until the next show. And then when I put on my suit it looked kind of good. It was crisp! It was a little chilly though."