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"Moon River" is a song composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's , winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song . [ 1 ]
"Moon River Cha Cha" (Mancini, Mercer) As with many soundtrack albums by Mancini and others at the time, the album released alongside the film was a re-recording. In 2013 Intrada released the complete score in its original film performance, along with the first inclusion of Hepburn's recording on a soundtrack album:
Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes was released on compact disc by Columbia in 1987. [1] It was also released as one of two albums on one CD by Sony Music Distribution on May 15, 2001, along with Williams's 1962 Columbia album, Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing. [8]
His more successful songs of the 1950s include "The Glow-Worm" (sung by the Mills Brothers) and "Something's Gotta Give". In 1961, he wrote the lyrics to "Moon River" for Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's and for Days of Wine and Roses, both with music by Henry Mancini, and Mercer
Compilations of his early recordings, including "Moon River", have been issued on CD. He died in December 2005 of lung cancer, at the age of 63. [5] Williams was married three times, and is survived by his two daughters (Natali and Melody Williams) and two sons, the actor Anthony Barclay and Michael Stewart.
Burt Bacharach, one of the most accomplished and revered songwriters in pop music history, died peacefully in his Los Angeles home yesterday (Feb. 8) at the age of 94. Rising to fame in the ‘50s ...
Moon River: The Very Best of Andy Williams is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released on October 13, 2009. [1] A note from Williams inside the CD booklet explains that the album "was put together to coincide with my memoir Moon River and Me, published by Viking/Penguin. It includes many of the songs that you ...
The following is a sortable table of songs recorded by Frank Sinatra: ... Moon River: 1964: Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer: Moon Song: 1965: Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston: