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Moon River is a song composed by Johnny Mercer (lyrics) and Henry Mancini (music) in 1961. They wrote the song for Audrey Hepburn to fit her vocal range. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Moon river


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Moon river
Audry Hepburn
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The history of the song.
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  • Moon River is a song composed by Johnny Mercer
    (lyrics) and Henry Mancini (music) in 1961. They
    wrote the song for Audrey Hepburn to fit her
    vocal range. Initially the lyrics started, "I'm
    Holly, like I want to be / like Holly on a tree
    back home...", however they were later changed to
    fit the theme of the movie Breakfast at
    Tiffany's.

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  • It was originally sung in the movie Breakfast at
    Tiffany's by Audrey Hepburn, although it has been
    covered by many other artists. The song also won
    the 1962 Grammy Award for Record of the Year and
    an Oscar for Best Song.

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Breakfast at Tiffany's
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American film
    starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard. The
    film was directed by Blake Edwards and released
    by Paramount Pictures. It was loosely based on
    the novella of the same name by Truman Capote.

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Audry Hepburn
  • Audrey Hepburn (4 May 1929(1929-05-04)  20
    January 1993) was a British actress. Hepburn
    became one of the most successful film actresses
    in the world and performed with such notable
    leading men as Gregory Peck, Rex Harrison,
    Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper. She won BAFTA
    Awards for her performances in The Nun's Story
    (1959) and Charade (1963), and received Academy
    Award nominations for Sabrina (1954), The Nun's
    Story (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and
    Wait Until Dark (1967).

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