Moon River have covered the song include Rod Stewart in "Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V" (2010), which charted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, and Barbra Streisand in "The Movie Album" (2003), a Grammy-nominated gold album. Diffuser.fm named these the "Top 5 Alt-Rock" versions of the song: The Killers, Glasvegas, R.E.M., Morrissey and Josh Ritter. 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
Moon Song (1932 song) Moon Song (1932 song) "Moon Song (That Wasn't Meant for Me)" is a popular song and jazz standard with music by Arthur Johnston and lyrics by Sam Coslow that was published in 1932. The song was introduced by Kate Smith in the Paramount movie "Hello, Everybody!" <br> Popular versions in 1933 were by Wayne King, Jack Denny (vocal by Paul Small) and by Art Kassel. The song has since been recorded by many other singers, including Doris Day on her album "Day by Night", Louis Armstrong and Oscar Peterson on their 1957 album "Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson", Sue Raney