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
Reaching for the Moon (song) Do That Mean Lowdown", in his first solo film performance. The title song was quite popular in 1930-31 with recordings made for every label at the time. The song is a waltz, but there's at least one fox trot arrangement of the waltz issued at the time (on Hit of the Week). In 1917 Fairbanks produced a silent film by this same name in which Fairbanks starred alongside Eileen Percy and Richard Cummings. Reaching for the Moon (song) "Reaching for the Moon" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1930 musical film of the same name. In