Moon River
~ Song
Relationships
| lyricist: | Johnny Mercer |
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| composer: | Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger) |
| publisher: | Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) Famous Chappell Famous Music Group Sony/ATV Harmony Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (in 1961) Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (in 1989) |
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| sub-publisher: | BMG Ariola Belgium (do not use this as an imprint!) BMG Unisongs Music Publishers BV Famous Music Publishing Germany GmbH & Co. KG ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) |
| part of: | The 34th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) (order: 1) Grammy Award: Song of the Year nominees (number: 1962 winner) (order: 4) Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1961 winner) (order: 32) |
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| lyrics page: | https://j-lyric.net/artist/a05570f/l036cce.html [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/148 [info] |
| Songfacts: | https://www.songfacts.com/facts/henry-mancini/moon-river [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q832948 [info] |
| later translated versions: | Αν φύγεις (Moon River) ムーン・リバー |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1960-12-08 | Moon River | Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus | 2:43 | |
| 1961-11-28 | Moon River | cover and instrumental | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 5:11 |
| 1961-12-14 | Moon River | instrumental | Sonny Red with Grant Green and Barry Harris | 6:08 |
| 1961-12-23 | Moon River | cover and instrumental | Grant Green | 5:34 |
| 1961 | Moon River | Andy Williams | 2:47 | |
| 1961 | Moon River (1961 demo) | Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer | 2:46 | |
| 1962-01-04 | Moon River | cover | Andy Williams | 2:46 |
| 1962-02 | Moon River | cover and instrumental | Vince Guaraldi Trio | 5:21 |
| 1963-03 | Moon River (live, 1963-03) | live | Andy Williams | 3:11 |
| 1963-09-09 | Moon River | instrumental and live | Count Basie Big Band | 3:20 |
| 1963-10-09 | Moon River | cover | Aretha Franklin | 2:13 |
| 1963-11-01 | Moon River (live, 1963-11-01: The Judy Garland Show, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Judy Garland | 3:20 |
| 1964-01-28 | Moon River (original studio master) | cover | Frank Sinatra | 3:20 |
| 1964 | Moon River (live, 1964) | cover and live | Stevie Wonder | 4:49 |
| 1964 | Moon River (1964) | cover | Louis Armstrong | 2:58 |
| 1965-01-19 | Moon River | instrumental | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 2:42 |
| 1966-01 | Moon River | cover | Dakota Staton | ?:?? |
| 1966-01 | Moon River (mono) | cover | Dakota Staton | ?:?? |
| 1967-11 | I Concentrate on You / Moon River (The Oscar Peterson Trio) | instrumental, live and medley | Oscar Peterson | 6:30 |
| 1982-11-16 | Moon River (live 1983-07-09: Larry's Hideaway, Toronto, ON, Canada) | cover and live | R.E.M. | 1:28 |
| 1983-02-17 | Moon River (live, 1983-02-17: Reflection Sound Studios, Charlotte, NC, USA) | cover and live | R.E.M. | 2:21 |
| 1983-07-09 | Moon River (live, 1983-07-09: Larry's Hideaway, Toronto, ON, Canada) | cover and live | R.E.M. | 1:37 |
| 1983 | Голубая Река | cover and instrumental | Мелодия | 4:36 |
| 1984-09-29 | Moon River (live, 1984-09-29: Bayou Club, Boca Raton, FL, USA) | cover and live | R.E.M. | 2:10 |
| 1984-11-20 | Moon River (live from Old Grey Whistle Test on BBC 2 / 1984) (live, 1984-11-20: Old Grey Whistle Test, England, UK) | cover and live | R.E.M. | ?:?? |
| 1984-11-21 | Moon River (live, 1984‐11‐21: BBC Session, Rock City, Nottingham, UK) | cover and live | R.E.M. | ?:?? |
| 1984-12-02 | Moon River (live, 1984-12-02: The Lyceum, London, UK) | cover and live | R.E.M. | 2:18 |
| 1984-12-04 | Moon River (live, 1984‐12‐04: SFX Centre, Dublin, Ireland) | cover and live | R.E.M. | 3:17 |
| 1985-10-02 | Moon River / Pretty Persuasion (live, 1985-10-02: Zeche Bochum, Bochum, Germany) | cover, live and medley | R.E.M. | ?:?? |
| 1988-05-18 – 1988-06-04 | Pops Salutes the Oscars: When You Wish Upon a Star / Swingin' on a Star / Moon River / Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head / Theme from The Way We Were / The Shadow of Your Smile | medley | John Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra | 10:50 |
| 1988-08-19 – 1988-08-20 | Moon River | cover | George Adams | 6:00 |
| 1989-04-30 | Moon River (live, 1989-04-30: Orlando Arena, Orlando, FL, USA) | cover and live | R.E.M. | 1:54 |
| 1990-08-27 | Moon River | cover and live | Bob Dylan | 2:31 |
| 1991-03-15 | Moon River (live, 1991-03-15: The Borderline, London, England) | cover and live | R.E.M. | 2:36 |
| 1991-03-15 | Moon River (live, 1991-03-15: The Borderline, London, England) | cover and live | Bingo Hand Job | 2:36 |
| 1991-03-19 | Moon River (live, 1991-03-15: The Borderline, London, England) | cover and live | R.E.M. | 2:36 |
| 1991-05-15 | Moon River (live 1991-05-15: Borderline, London, UK) | cover and live | R.E.M. | 2:29 |
| 1994-09-03 – 1994-09-15 | Moon River | cover | Michael Lang | 5:39 |
| 1994-09-13 | Moon River (live, 1994-09-13: Parco Novi Sad, Modena, Italy) | live | Luciano Pavarotti · Nancy Gustafson | 3:23 |
| 1994-11-20 – 1994-11-21 | Moon River | cover and instrumental | Joe Locke Quartet | 6:43 |
| 1995-02-07 – 1995-02-08 | Moon River (live, 1995-02: UK) | cover and live | Morrissey | 3:09 |
| 1995-02-26 | Moon River (live, 1995-02-26: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, UK) | cover and live | Morrissey | 3:51 |
| 1997-02-04 – 1997-02-05 | Moon River | instrumental | James Moody | 4:30 |
| 1998-06-10 – 1998-06-11 | Moon River | cover and instrumental | Hans Ulrik | 3:55 |
| 1998-10-13 | Moon River (live, 1998-10-13: Munich, Germany) | cover and live | Martin L. Gore | 3:00 |
| 1999-04-30 – 1999-05-01 | Moon River | cover | E.S.P. Trio | 3:01 |
| 1999-05 | Moon River | instrumental | Henry Mancini | 3:11 |
| 2000-10-06 | Mancini Medley (live, 2000-10-06: Westin Philippine Plaza, Pasay City, Philippines) | cover, live and medley | Regine Velasquez | 3:55 |
| 2001 | Moon River | cover and instrumental | Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones | 6:26 |
| 2002-05-30 | Moon River | instrumental | Mike DiRubbo | 8:14 |
| 2003-03-29 | Moon River (live, 2003-03-29: Knitting Factory, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Kid Koala | 5:26 |
| 2003 | Moon River | cover | Barbra Streisand | 3:41 |
| 2005-06 | Moon River | cover, instrumental and live | Stephan Oliva | 3:38 |
| 2005-12 – 2006-01 | Moon River | cover and instrumental | Lanfranco Malaguti | 3:48 |
| 2006 | Moon River | cover and instrumental | Lisa Hilton | 3:35 |
| 2008-08 | Moon River | instrumental | Richie Beirach | 3:10 |
| 2009 | Moon River (live, 2009: The Horseshack, Rock Island, IL, USA) | cover and live | Josh Ritter | 2:45 |
| 2010-07-20 | Moon River (live, 2010-07-20: Iveagh Gardens, Dublin, Ireland) | cover and live | Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band | 3:22 |
| 2010-07-20 | Moon River (live, 2010-07-20: Iveagh Gardens, Dublin, Ireland) | cover and live | Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band | ?:?? |
| 2010-10 | Moon River | cover | Alexis Cole with One for All | 5:36 |
| 2011-02-14 – 2011-02-15 | Moon River (live, 2011‐02‐14/15: Balboa Theatre, San Diego, CA, USA) | cover, instrumental and live | Tommy Emmanuel | ?:?? |
| 2011-02-14 – 2011-02-15 | Moon River (live, 2011‐02‐14/15: Balboa Theatre, San Diego, CA, USA) | cover, instrumental and live | Tommy Emmanuel | 4:25 |
| 2011-04-30 | Moon River | instrumental | Joe Locke Quartet with Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra | 9:20 |
| 2011-04 – 2011-09 | Moon River | Bugge Wesseltoft | 5:53 | |
| 2011-12-14 | Moon River (live, 2011-12-14: Les Affranchis, France Inter, Paris, France) | cover and live | Émilie Simon | 3:21 |
| 2011 | Moon River (live, 2011: Dermot O'Leary's The Saturday Sessions, BBC Radio 2) | cover and live | Rumer | 2:33 |
| 2012-05-02 – 2012-09-17 | Till There Was You / Moon River | instrumental and medley | Jerry Douglas, Mike Auldridge & Rob Ickes | 2:45 |
| 2013-01 | Moon River (2013 rehearsal version) | Tangerine Dream | 4:54 | |
| 2013-03-10 | Moon River (live, 2013-03-10: Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia) | cover and live | Neil Finn + Paul Kelly | 3:26 |
| 2013-10 | Moon River | cover and instrumental | Claudio Filippini | 5:19 |
| 2015-08-17 – 2015-08-19 | Moon River | cover | Lucia Cadotsch, Otis Sandsjö & Petter Eldh | 3:05 |
| 2015-11-03 | MOON RIVER (Aimer Live Tour “DAWN”) | cover and live | Aimer | ?:?? |
| 2016-01-21 – 2016-01-23 | Moon River | cover | Rune Klakegg & Scheen Jazzorkester | 7:52 |
| 2016-05-13 | MOON RIVER (LIVE AT ANYWHERE Vol.28 [lineme]) | cover and live | Aimer | ?:?? |
| 2016-06 | Moon River | cover | Karl Ratzer & Johannes Enders Duo | ?:?? |
| 2017-01 | Moon River | instrumental | Tom Poster, Elena Urioste | 3:51 |
| 2017-02 | Moon River | Allegra Levy | 5:16 | |
| 2017-10 | Moon River | cover | Fred Pasqua | 3:29 |
| 2019-03-28 – 2019-03-30 | Moon River | instrumental | Jan Vogler, Ismo Eskelinen | 3:37 |
| 2021-06 | Moon River | cover and instrumental | Alex Riel, Bo Stief, Carsten Dahl | 5:22 |
| 2021-09-11 | Moon River | cover and live | Дмитрий Носков | ?:?? |
| 2023-06-05 – 2023-06-07 | Moon River | cover | Joan Hutton, Sue Orfield | 5:16 |
| 2023-10-17 – 2023-10-21 | Moon River | instrumental | Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga, José María Moreno Valiente | 4:56 |
| Blue Moon / Moon River | medley | Plácido Domingo | 3:10 | |
| Blue Moon / Moon River | medley | Plácido Domingo | 3:06 | |
| Born on the Fourth of July: Moon River | cover | Starshine Orchestra & Singers | 2:48 | |
| Breakfast at Tiffany's - Moon River | Lalo Schifrin & Rochester Pops | 3:34 | ||
| Breakfast at Tiffany's - Moon River | Ray Conniff | 2:52 | ||
| Breakfast at Tiffany's: Moon River | Henry Mancini | 2:47 | ||
| Breakfast at Tiffany's: Moon River | [unknown] | 3:34 | ||
| Breakfast At Tiffany's: Moon River | Black Dyke Band | 3:00 | ||
| Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Moon River | cover and instrumental | 2CELLOS, London Symphony Orchestra | 3:13 | |
| Breakfast at Tiffanys: Moon River | cover | The Countdown Orchestra | 3:50 | |
| Henry Mancini Medley: Mr. Lucky / Baby Elephant Walk / Days of Wine and Roses / Moon River | instrumental and medley | George Blackmore | 9:41 | |
| La Luna / [Moon River] | Sarah Brightman | 7:25 | ||
| Medley (Dear Heart / Moon River / Charade / The Days of Wine and Roses) | live and medley | 阿川泰子 | 7:25 | |
| Medley: Baby Elephant / Walk Moon River | medley | Hugo Montenegro | 4:32 | |
| Medley: Baby Elephant Walk / Moon River | cover and medley | Hugo Montenegro | 4:31 | |
| Medley: Breakfast at Tiffany's / Dreamsville | Bucky Pizzarelli | 3:10 | ||
| Moon Medley | instrumental and medley | Christopher Peacock | 8:08 | |
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