Henry Mancini

...intimate friends including Alan Bergman, the Oscar winning lyricist and Mercer protg; Ginny Mancini, the widow of Mercers Moon River collaborator Henry Mancini; and Gene Lees, one of Mercers major biographers. These unique perspectives along...

In this article: Andrea Marcovicci, Algonquin Hotel, Skylark, Cole Porter, Oscar, and Moon River

...Johnny Mercer found his kind of songwriting pushed aside with the rise of rock 'n' roll. Then in 1961, Henry Mancini called, asking him to write a song for the film Breakfast at Tiffany's. "And, at that moment, he writes 'Moon River,' and...

In this article: Judy Garland, Savannah, Moon River, Georgia State University, and The Harvey Girls

...tune, "Moon River") and 19 nominations. Mercer's musical collaborators included titans like Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern and Henry Mancini, and his range was prodigious: He turned out both light-footed comedy lyrics like the one for "Spring,...

In this article: Harold Arlen, RSS Feeds, Academy Awards, Moon River, Come Rain or Come Shine, Laura, I Remember You, and Hooray for Hollywood

...(1961) written for Breakfast at Tiffany's; Days of Wine and Roses (1962), both with haunting music composed by the illustrious Henry Mancini. Also: In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (1951), with music by Hoagy Carmichael; On the Atchison,...

In this article: Academy Awards, Hollywood, Judy Garland, David Rose, Hoagy Carmichael, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Moon River, and In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening

...Jitterbug Waltz" were pieces seemed to be made for the trio to play together. The Audience demanded encores." Meglio Stasera" by Henry Mancini and the Jazz standard A" Train got the audience swinging at the end of this fantastic concert. It...

In this article: Richard Galliano, Frank Marocco, Coba, Rock, Jazz-rock, Pop music, Meglio Stasera, and Duo

...the release Friday with her band at Jardine’s. </p><p> The project, focusing on lesser-known songs by Johnny Mandel, Henry Mancini and Michel Legrand, features Hagenbach’s voice in front of a top-flight West Coast rhythm...

In this article: Johnny Mandel, Sarah Vaughan, and Michel Legrand

..."That Old Black Magic," "Blues in the Night" and hundreds more. He collaborated with writers from Hoagy Carmichael to Henry Mancini, for whom he wrote the lyrics to "Moon River." Mercer was a son of the South, a proud Georgian whose...

In this article: TCM, Hoagy Carmichael, One for My Baby, Dream, Baby It's Cold Outside, Moon River, Come Rain or Come Shine, Blues in the Night, and That Old Black Magic

...as "Hooray for Hollywood," "Jeepers Creepers," "That Old Black Magic," "One for My Baby" and his two haunting Oscar winners with Henry Mancini, "Moon River" and "The Days of Wine and Roses." Mercer receives a well-deserved 100th birthday...

In this article: Moon River, TCM, Oscar, One for My Baby, Jeepers Creepers, Hooray for Hollywood, That Old Black Magic, and Roman Polanski

At the Oscars, April 1962: Presenter Debbie Reynolds with Henry Mancini, left, and Johnny Mercer, best-song winners for Moon River. Ask those who knew Johnny Mercer and the artists who continue to cherish his songs how best to describe...

In this article: Michael Buble, Savannah, Ga, and Li'l Abner

...Fygi in the role that actress Julie Andrews made famous. The musical comedy, written by Blake Edwards and set to the music of Henry Mancini, opens in Singapore on November 9 and is the latest in a handful of Broadway productions to be...

In this article: Asia, Victor Victoria, Singapore, Victor/Victoria, Victor/Victoria, Julie Andrews, Blake Edwards, and Reuters