Who originally sang " Moonriver"?

Answer 1

"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 Original 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.

Subsequently, it was released by South African singer Danny Williams, who got a number one hit on the UK charts. *Shortly thereafter, Andy Williams (no relation) famously recorded the song, and made it his theme song. Jerry Butler recorded the song, which became a hit in the US in 1961. Many other artists have also covered the song, including Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Louis Armstrong, Paul Anka, Sarah Vaughan, Sarah Brightman, Billy Eckstine, Liz Callaway, The Afghan Whigs, Morrissey, R.E.M., Judy Garland, Patsy Ann Noble, Victoria Williams, Barbra Streisand, Bradley Joseph, The Innocence Mission, and Andrea Ross.


Danny Williams recorded it before Andy Williams.

Answer 2

Andy Williams

Answer 3

Andy Williams

Answer 4

Andy Williams

Answer 5

Andy Williams recorded it, but I don`t know who originally sang it.

Answer 6

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Origoinally by the Kinks. Now the trivia . the first few copies of the single were printed with the words ..(it tastes just like coca cola) but the coke company made the Kinks change the words to cherry cola because they hadn,t been given permission to use the brand name. If you find a single with the words coca cola on it is worth quite a lot of money

Answer 7

Moon River Song

Answer 8

the one and only ANDY WILLIAMS and i just loved his version of that song.......brings back alot of memories