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The song also won the 1962 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. [2] In 1999, Mancini's recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [3] The song has been recorded by many other artists. [4] It became the theme song for Andy Williams, who first recorded it in 1962 (and performed it at the Academy Awards ceremony ...
Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes is the ninth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams. It was released on March 26, 1962, by Columbia Records and covered film songs that were mostly from the previous decade.
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 Simpsons featured Williams at his Moon River Theatre in an episode titled "Bart on the Road". Nelson Muntz is an Andy Williams fan, and in the episode, he forces the gang to make a detour to Branson so he could see his idol. He is reduced to tears as Williams performs "Moon River" during the second encore. [citation needed]
Danny Williams (7 January 1942 – 6 December 2005) [1] was a South African-born British pop singer [1] who earned the nickname "Britain's Johnny Mathis", for his smooth and stylish way with a ballad. [2] He is best known for his 1961 UK number one version of "Moon River" and his 1964 U.S. top ten hit, "White on White".
The Very Best of Andy Williams is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in the UK on October 5, 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 Orion Press. It includes many of the songs that you made hits.
"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" is a 1961 song by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini. ... The Very Best of Andy Williams, a 2009 album by Andy Williams; Moon River and Other Great Movie ...