Who sang Moon River?

Question

thanks guys! For some reason i thought it was sung by Engelbert!

Answer 1

Most popular version was done by Andy Williams. m

Answer 2

Andy Williams

Answer 3

"Moon River" is a song composed by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini in 1961. It was sung in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's by Audrey Hepburn, the movie's star, while the song itself won that year's Academy Award for Best Song for Mercer and Mancini. The success of the song was responsible for re-launching Mercer's career as a songwriter, which had stalled in the mid-1950s as rock and roll replaced jazz standards as the popular music of the time.

Mercer and Mancini originally wrote the song for Hepburn to fit the actress' limited vocal range (Hepburn was not an accomplished nor an established singer). "Moon River" is introduced by Hepburn during the sequence where George Peppard's character, Paul 'Fred' Varjak, discovers Holly Golightly (Hepburn) singing (with guitar in hand) on the fire escape outside their apartments.

Although an original score album to Breakfast at Tiffany's was released, it did not contain Hepburn's original version. Instead, an album version recorded by Mancini and his chorus was released as a single and became a Top 40 hit.

Subsequently, it was released by South African singer Danny Williams, who got a UK number 1 with an incredible interpretation. Shortly thereafter, Andy Williams (no relation) famously recorded the song, and made it his theme song. Many other artists, including Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Sarah Brightman, The Afghan Whigs, Morrissey, R.E.M., Judy Garland, Patsy Ann Noble, Victoria Williams and The Innocence Mission have also covered the song. South Australian band The Audreys frequently feature the song in their set-list, presumeably as a tribute to their namesake. It was only months after Hepburn's death in 1993 that the original version was finally released on an album. Despite the two Williams' success with the song, for many, Hepburn's simple recording is considered the most poignant.

Answer 4

Andy Williams

Answer 5

Andy Williams

Answer 6

Andy Williams had the biggest hit with Moon River. Others artists of that era sang it, of course.

Answer 7

Andy Williams, I looked it up in my Karaoke book. I am sure there are others who sang it too.

Answer 8

johnny mercer and the henry mancini orchestra composed a version off a paramount release of the same film cut in early 1961 hons--

Answer 9

Frank Sinatra
and another by
Audrey Hepburn

Both are for the movie Breakfast @ Tiffany's

Answer 10

It was first sung in the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Audrey Hepburn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_River