To hear standards sung by an accomplished crooner like Williams is many people’s kind of music.

Immaculately and stylishly dressed, with impeccable manners and immense charm, he smoothly seduced an audience that he described as more like a family and friends reunion.

Muddling through are Adam and Eve (Gary Williams and Hayley Wrightham) who sing and dance beautifully together. 

Gary, who sings in a relaxed Sinatra style without being a Sinatra imitator, has recently recorded an album of Nelson Riddle arrangements, but had never before appeared live with the band. The LAJI audience responded well to his natural style and liked his mostly self-depreciating line of humour.

Gary Williams is one of the most experienced Sinatra acolytes, even bearing a striking physical resemblance to the great man. While Frank Sinatra may have passed away more than a decade ago, his aura is as strong as ever.

It was confirmation indeed that there is still a large audience for the popular composers of the 20th Century. Long may these Friday Night Classics continue. Tonight’s audience really did not want them to leave the stage.

A selection of Broadway standards are given a swing beat and sung with inexorable charm by the silver-tongued Williams.

The song My Way now tends to generate a certain resistance, but Gary Williams's treatment of his final number was exceptional.

Gary Williams, especially light and lyrical in “The Heather on the Hill”.

Grimsby-born Gary Williams is a singer with an easy style. His favourite singers are the likes of Andy Williams, Bobby Darin, Eddie Fisher and Matt Monro, performers who exude an air of relaxation but who can also swing with the best of them.