"Moon River" is a song composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer. It received an Academy Award for Best Original Song for its first performance by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffany's. It also won Mancini the 1962 Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Mercer the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. Since its original performance, the song has been covered by many other artists. It became the theme song for Andy Williams, who first recorded it in 1961 and performed it at the Academy Awards ceremonies in 1962. He sang the first eight bars at the beginning of his eponymous television show and named his production company and venue in Branson, Missouri, after it. Williams' version never charted, except as an LP track, which he recorded for Columbia in a hit album of 1962. Cadence Records' president Archie Bleyer disliked Williams' version, as Bleyer believed it had little or no appeal to teenagers. The song's success was responsible for relaunching Mercer's career as a songwriter, which had stalled in the mid-1950s because rock and roll replaced jazz standards as the popular music of the time. The song's popularity is such that it has been used as a test sample in a study on people's memories of popular songs. Comments about the song have noted that it is particularly reminiscent of Mercer's youth in the Southern United States. An inlet near Savannah, Georgia, Johnny Mercer's hometown, was named Moon River in honor of him and this song. - Wikipedia +++ It’s getting harder to post videos but I’m still trying! YT/G00gle has been having problems with the EU and have passed those problems along. Now an indiscriminate French Man can knock off some of my videos that have been online for years for no apparent reason. Add to that YT’s bias against Christian values and posting is far more difficult but I intend to hang in there… Now might be a good time to download any of my videos that you really like to save for your posterity! Prof Howdy +++ Ever wonder why there could be so many versions of the same songs in the 1940s-1960s while today no one that I know of (and I know almost nothing of modern music) sings someone else’s music. Could it possibly have something to do with QUALITY? These songs can never be popular again (sadly) because of the change of WORLDVIEW in most people. There once was a strong Chr1st1an Worldview in America that once made this music possible even if the composers were non-Chr1st1an… *** SAME IN THE PAST BY #ProfHowdy JUST FOR YOU: https://youtu.be/CDCGf5Gtgi4 Easy listening (sometimes known as mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs and popular non-rock vocals generally hit songs from the previous three decades & enhanced with mostly soft strings & Pops Orchestra. Easy Listening sounds had its origins between the Big Band Era & Rock & Roll. Studies have shown that more than half the population is tone-deaf & unable to distinguish the differences between “Easy Listening” music & “Elevator Music”. The main difference is the depth of instrumentation of the orchestra & PASSION! *** REMEMBER TO LIKE & SUBSCRIBE! Summer Music - 1930s - 1960s! Romantic & Beautiful! Easy Listening History - H.D.! https://bit.ly/2yer5Hc MORE BEAUTIFUL CLASSICAL MUSIC VIDEOS: https://goo.gl/c4HspF https://www.facebook.com/groups/EasyListening1950s Google: T3H7P12H *** You may have noticed that for the past year I have been posting Romantic Music Videos from my personal collection! Under each video are Lyrics, Song & Artist Information with Links to pertinent & relative info including past music videos that I made: https://tinyurl.com/y2ybunhl *** MUSIC FROM WHEN LYRICS WERE BOTH BEAUTIFUL & ROMANTIC! *** It's Very Biblical To Compare Christianity To Romance & Vice Versa! (Analogy Doesn't Work For Other Religions!) - Ephesians 5:22-32 *** Note: Google pays all song copyright owners each time a #ProfHowdy video is played (the Prof receives no compensation) so they all love the Professor. Google will not allow any video to be played on YT that is restricted by the copyright owner! *** Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, “How can I help?” That’s exactly what J.e.s.u.s did. He didn’t make it easy for Himself by avoiding people’s troubles but waded right in and helped out. WATCH: https://goo.gl/948ekt *** MORE BEAUTIFUL CLASSICAL MUSIC VIDEOS: https://youtu.be/9A29XwESOA8 https://goo.gl/c4HspF https://goo.gl/MjjEGv Google: T3H7P12H DESCRIPTION: Orchestra, Easy Listening, Broadway, Movie Theme, Strings, Cascading Strings, T3H7P12H, #ProfHowdy, Romantic, Educational, Love Advice, Nostalgia, Theme, symphony, album, Relaxing, women’s studies, thought, humor, howdy, Moon River, Henry Mancini, 101 Strings,

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