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 a hit version of the song that reached number one in the UK in the final week of 1961. Although Andy Williams never released the song as a single, his LP "Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes" (1962), was certified gold in 1963 for selling one million units. The album reached number 3 on the "Billboard" Top 200, eventually selling more than two million copies by 1967. Cadence Records' president Archie Bleyer disliked Williams' version, believing that it had little or no appeal to teenagers. In 2002, a 74-year-old Williams sang the song at the conclusion of the live