Moon River Moon River "Moon River" is a song composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's", winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song also won the 1962 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. The song has been covered by many other artists. It became the theme song for Andy Williams, who first recorded it in 1962 (and performed it at the Academy Awards ceremony that year). He sang the first eight bars of the song at the
Sean Hepburn Ferrer charity funded by exhibitions of Audrey Hepburn memorabilia. He directed the charity in cooperation with his half-brother Luca Dotti, and Robert Wolders, his mother's last significant other, which thereafter continued the humanitarian work of Audrey Hepburn. Hepburn Ferrer brought the exhibition "Timeless Audrey" on a world tour to raise money for the foundation. From 1994 to 2014 he served as Chairman of the Foundation until he gave that role to Luca Dotti. In 2001, he filmed the documentary "Racehoss" about Albert Race Sample, who, as a convicted criminal in the prison, turned to writing and later helped other inmates to