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) on her 1958 album "When Your Lover Has Gone", Mel Torme for his album "Swingin' on the Moon" (1960), Frank Sinatra on his album "Moonlight Sinatra" (1965), Jo Stafford on her album "This Is Jo Stafford" (1965) and Dan Barrett and his Extra-Celestials with special guest Rebecca Kilgore on the album "Moon Song" (1998). 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!"