Johnny Mercer Gotta Give". In 1961, he wrote the lyrics to "Moon River" for Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and for "Days of Wine and Roses," both with music by Henry Mancini, and Mercer received his third and fourth Oscars for Best Song. The back-to-back Oscars were the first time a songwriting team had achieved that feat. Mercer, also with Mancini, wrote "Charade" for the 1963 Cary Grant-Audrey Hepburn romantic thriller with the same name. The Tony Bennett classic "I Wanna Be Around" was written by Mercer in 1962, as was the Sinatra hit "Summer Wind" in 1965. An indication of
Moon River as a #3 or #1 easy listening hit. Mancini's original version was also featured in the film "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989). In 1993, following Hepburn's death, her version was released on an album titled "Music from the Films of Audrey Hepburn". In 2004, Hepburn's version finished at #4 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. "Moon River" was a hit single for Jerry Butler in late 1961; it reached number 11 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in December, two weeks before Mancini's recording reached the same chart ranking. Danny Williams had