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
Marquee Moon (song) of the album. In 2004, "Marquee Moon" was ranked number 381 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, and number 41 on its 100 Greatest Guitar Songs list in 2008. The guitar bridge from the song is quoted by Elvis Costello in his 1996 song "You Bowed Down". Marquee Moon (song) "Marquee Moon" is the title track from American rock band Television's first album, "Marquee Moon". It was written by Tom Verlaine. In the United Kingdom, "Marquee Moon" was released as a single on April 1, 1977. Its first pressing was as a 12"