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
Oscar C. Eliason Hell" and "The Modernist Preacher Entering Hell," which criticized ministers who preached liberal Christianity. Oscar C. Eliason Oscar C. Eliason (January 6, 1902 – March 1, 1985) was a Swedish American clergyman, who served as a pastor and evangelist in the Assemblies of God, and was a prolific poet and composer, who composed over 50 hymns and gospel songs, including "A Name I Highly Treasure" and the popular "Got Any Rivers?", which influenced another song, "God Specializes", commonly regarded as one of the foundational songs of the traditional gospel genre. Oscar Carl Eliason was born in Nössemark, Dalsland, Sweden, the