Moon River
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'Some Like It Hot' at the AFI Silver...Golightly phrases like "quel beast" - a tribute to Hepburn's elfin delivery. And she's tremulously touching when she introduces the song "Moon River," which swiftly became the slow dance of choice at platter parties, proms and sock hops. In this article: Audrey Hepburn, Some Like It Hot, Sugar Kane, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Billy Wilder, Silver, and Afghan Women |
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Miami Herald - 5-minute Herald | 6 days ago
Savannah makes Mercer a permanent icon
...out to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the celebrated lyricist, who gave poetic grace and a slangy tang to songs such as Moon River and Jeepers Creepers. The statue in Ellis Square gives Mercer an honor usually reserved for...
In this article: Oleanna, Michelangelo, Florence, Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, Leonardo da Vinci, Savannah, Julia Stiles, and Bill Pullman
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Telegraph.co.uk - Books | November 19, 2009
Christmas Books: Celebrity Memoirs
...Chico Marx taping up his sagging face; Bing Crosby in a tatty cardy - that spring to life. There is plenty of incidental information - Moon River, for example, his signature theme, was recorded in one 10-minute take - and a clear picture of...
In this article: Peter Kay, Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Michael Jackson, Parkinson, London, Souffle, and Crocodile
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National Public Radio | November 18, 2009
100 Years Of Johnny Mercer, Pop Poet Laureate
...to 50 years, Mercer dug hard, and the hits kept coming. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive." "Skylark." "Laura." "Blues in the Night." "Moon River." Mercer wrote the words, and sometimes the music, for more than 1,500 songs, with more than...
In this article: Judy Garland, Savannah, Henry Mancini, Georgia State University, and The Harvey Girls
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AP Online | November 18, 2009
Savannah marks 100th birthday of Johnny Mercer
...to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the celebrated lyricist, who gave a poetic grace and a slangy tang to songs such as "Moon River" and "Jeepers Creepers." The statue in historic Savannah's Ellis Square gives Mercer an...
In this article: Savannah, Georgia, Revolutionary War, Jeepers Creepers, and Los Angeles
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Yahoo! News | November 18, 2009
Savannah marks 100th birthday of Johnny Mercer (AP)
In this article: Savannah, Georgia, Revolutionary War, Jeepers Creepers, and Associated Press Writer
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Celebrating The Johnny Mercer Centennial
...of 90 of that town's most famous exports. His Academy Awards tally includes four statues (one for what's possibly his most famous tune, "Moon River") and 19 nominations. Mercer's musical collaborators included titans like Harold Arlen,...
In this article: Harold Arlen, RSS Feeds, Academy Awards, Come Rain or Come Shine, Laura, I Remember You, and Hooray for Hollywood
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L.A. Times - Daily Dish | November 16, 2009
Crooner and restaurateur Andy Williams talks about what Alpo tastes like
...Moon River Grill adjacent to the theater. Williams recently published his autobiography, "Moon River and Me", and Sony Music has also released the CD "Moon River: The Very Best of Andy Williams. " But that is not the only reason Williams...
In this article: Andy Williams, Barack Obama, Alpo, Ronald Reagan, England, Branson, Missouri, Shortcake, and Pot pie
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Fox News Entertainment | November 13, 2009
Hollywood Pays Tribute to Music Legend Johnny Mercer
...popular Hit Parade," revealed Bruce. Johnny wrote lyrics for more than 170 composers. Among his now-classic lyrics: the timeless Moon River (1961) written for Breakfast at Tiffany's; Days of Wine and Roses (1962), both with haunting music...
In this article: Academy Awards, Hollywood, Judy Garland, David Rose, Hoagy Carmichael, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
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"Moon River" is a song composed by Johnny Mercer (lyrics) and Henry Mancini (music) in 1961, for whom it won that year's Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was originally sung in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's by Audrey Hepburn, although it has been covered by many other artists. The song also won the 1962 Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
It became the theme song for Andy Williams, who first recorded it in 1961 and performed it at the Academy Awards ceremonies in 1962. He sang the first eight bars at the beginning of his television show and also named his production company and venue in Branson, Missouri after it. Williams' version was vetoed by Cadence Records president Archie Bleyer, who believed it had little or no appeal to teenagers. Andy Williams' version never charted, except as an LP track, which he recorded for Columbia in a hit album of 1962.
The success of the song was responsible for re-launching Mercer's career as a songwriter, which had stalled in the mid-1950s because rock and roll replaced jazz standards as the popular music of the time. An inlet near Savannah, Georgia, Johnny Mercer's hometown, was named Moon River in honor of him and this song. The popularity of the song is such that it has been used as a test sample in a study on people's memories of popular songs.
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