Henry Mancini - Moon River (Original Demo) (Official Audio) ft. Johnny Mercer

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Official Audio for “Moon River (Original Demo)” by Henry Mancini feat. Johnny Mercer
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[Chorus]
Moon river, wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way
#HenryMancini #JohnnyMercer #MoonRiver #OfficialAudio

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@tiadaid 4 жыл бұрын

It's a pity this is only a demo. Mercer's voice & Mancini's clean piano sounds heavenly.

@user-ug4nf4vr8s 11 ай бұрын

if I has a time Machine I'd go back and meet Johnny Mercer

@jlzivi5277 6 ай бұрын

Always makes me cry. This song is so beautiful.

@sandrasanders706 Жыл бұрын

This is wonderful!! I love this song..so unforgettable💜 written by two giants of music!

@leroydubois8794 5 ай бұрын

It's really breathtaking. Two geniuses can come together to create this anthem to the existential sadness of life, and love, and memories.

@user-cg1ih5ys6r Жыл бұрын

Этот шедевр, как озарение композитора и как Великий подарок слушателям на многие поколения вперёд.

@billbrimmer1739 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a chance we have all been blessed with by hearing this demo. Henry Mancini playing and Johnny Mercer singing, their classic tune. To hear Johnny singing, we get an opportunity to hear how he believed it should be sung. Thanks so much for sharing.

@scottmiller6495 Жыл бұрын

Talent like this will never be heard or seen ever again! Young people of today should be made aware of this and see what they are missing and given the chance to enjoy moments from a time that we will never ever see again Ever PERIOD!!!!!

@LittleLyonMan 8 жыл бұрын

I can't be the only one who feels that Mercer had as good a voice as any American pop singers of that era and better than many of them? Such a multi-talented man; incredible songwriter.

@cathydew 2 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable that we never hear him!

@Marcel_Audubon Жыл бұрын

You're ignorance is showing - he was a very successful pop singer in his day

@MsCatreona Жыл бұрын

@@cathydew He was reasonably successful as a singer in the '30s and '40s, but he never did make it as big as he should have.

@Juliaflo Жыл бұрын

This is talent saturation, or my name isn't Juliaflo.

@familyclassicmovies Жыл бұрын

Yes - I was immediately surprised how good his voice is!

@Appleholic1 7 жыл бұрын

The sweetest melody ever composed

@NewMusic.FreshIdeas Жыл бұрын

The sweetest melody and the perfect lyric.

@gamesieukho4788 Жыл бұрын

The Best Song of All Time

@drjeffeger 3 жыл бұрын

Henry Mancini graduated from Aliquippa ,Pa HS and conducted our band in 1961 0r 1962. Much later I met his pretty daughter, Monica,at Grady Gammage auditorium in Tempe ,A. She signed my Henry Mancini album and signed it this way,My dad told me," there was a drummer who could not keep the beat,today I met him."

@oneseeker2 27 күн бұрын

Ur band?

@christopherorourke6543 4 жыл бұрын

This is the very first time to hear this version of Moon River sung by the late singer/song writer Johnny Mercer & late orchestra leader Henry Mancini. The song was very popular in 1961. I always love the song Moon River by Henry Mancini. It was the opening theme song for the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s which came out late 1961/early 1962 time frame. Every time I used to listen to Henry Mancini’s version I always think about the Susquehanna River in Northeastern Pennsylvania from Towanda,PA to Nanticoke,PA.

@jmrodas9 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice voice and very appropriate for the song, which has been one of my favorites for over 60 years now. And Henry Mancini does an excellent job too.

@leeosborne2611 9 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest songs! Ever~

@kennethmarshall306 Жыл бұрын

It’s hard to get a more beautiful song

@stevecole1481 2 жыл бұрын

This was our first dance at our wedding. Perfect.

@TraceDreyer 7 жыл бұрын

Nicest version. Raw, but clean. Rough and bluesy, but flawless. Thanks for sharing this.

@charleslabry7944 8 жыл бұрын

Two amazingly talented people.

@tomattime 7 жыл бұрын

the melancholy in his voice, mesmerising

@RobHaccou 8 жыл бұрын

Finally I found the original and probably best version. Thanks for sharing!

@owem6511 4 жыл бұрын

yo ever heard of Jacob Collier?

@lindseyfox3396 3 жыл бұрын

Johnny Mercer wrote it, this is the first

@jaisummers325 3 жыл бұрын

@@owem6511 you ever heard of frank ocean?

@francoisknoerle9496 Жыл бұрын

Stop it now!...SINATRA!!

@GuantanamoBayBarbie3 Жыл бұрын

No, Andy Williams made the iconic version of this song, included in the movie Breakfast At Tiffany's.

@NTH-rn4zc Жыл бұрын

This is the best song in history omg😱

@romanromano4338 Жыл бұрын

This is one beautiful song I can listen to the whole day. Beautiful, lilting, reminiscent.

@davidsheehanm3054 8 жыл бұрын

The scratching on the acetate one time listen demo puts this one over, well, Moon River. Stunning in its quiet, moody beauty.

@christhesquirrel9432 4 жыл бұрын

I have no idea where or rather when I listened to this song the first time because I have not watched the film (yet) and it is so familiar to me but again, I really don't know where I encountered this song but it is so beautiful that it tears on my heartstrings….

@tammyleederwhitaker7697 3 жыл бұрын

Always part of my ❤️

@xavierlechard3269 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Could have been released as a single on its own.

@makikina100 5 жыл бұрын

quanto gentile e umana. Sento di esser coccolata da profondo. Il versione perfetto!

@v6g1r8 6 жыл бұрын

Thanx very much for posting this rare gem. I've always admired these two creators for the beautiful melodies and inspired lyrics they shared with us. The world is a better place for the time that they spent here.

@kt1pl2 7 жыл бұрын

I've always found this song really sad. I could really feel the emotion coming through in this version... thank you for posting it!

@poyyyvlogs6178 4 жыл бұрын

The Winner of Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1962.

@gamesieukho4788 2 жыл бұрын

1961

@theresagreene8225 9 жыл бұрын

Fantastic.....thank you so much for posting

@nixieNICLA 8 жыл бұрын

Henry, What a legend :)

@noegnoes 9 жыл бұрын

oh my god. this is so great

@makikina100 5 жыл бұрын

Può cantare così solo uno che ha composto la canzone. Quanto è gentile...

@utube4619 2 жыл бұрын

I just can't believe the execs wanted to cut this song from the movie Breakfast at Tiffany, thank god Audrey Hepburn said " on my dead body!', The song IS the opening of the movie, bless your souls producers.

@Marcel_Audubon Жыл бұрын

don't believe everything you read

@lisalane7648 Жыл бұрын

Someone used to sing this song to me and my family, parents wood sing and whistle this song to me all the time.

@samanthazayas94 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You for sharing its fantastic to learn the origins of such a wondful song.

@SaraMakeupCH 8 жыл бұрын

beautiful song ... so sweet

@saml.williams6321 4 жыл бұрын

And to think when they recorded this demo they had no idea how much good this song would do for their careers... in their minds they were just writing a song and trying to get it placed... they probably didn’t think much else of the song when they wrote it..I can tell you that Jerry Butler definitely recorded this song first before the movie..

@cathydew Жыл бұрын

Oh, I will have to look for that!

@Chillaxio. 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful voice

@markfox4970 Жыл бұрын

Amazingly beautiful..🥰🥰🥰

@twinspark82 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing... thanks for sharing

@ginacosta3210 3 жыл бұрын

Músicas maravilhosas!!!!

@user-ug9zs6zv7v 6 жыл бұрын

Класс! Вернуло в 60-80 хоть меня там и не было.(

@hassankhaled9146 Жыл бұрын

the best version, for sure.

@martinedemiras3402 2 жыл бұрын

magnifique from montpellier france

@MichaelDouglas-cc7bm 3 жыл бұрын

Two genius'

@grandmapatty1493 8 жыл бұрын

I wonder if there are any young folks who will get the beauty of this treasure? I couldn't love another the way I love this.

@dbjack1992 6 жыл бұрын

Im a young folk. I'm in love with song. It won a Oscar for best original song and a Grammy for song of the year! Glad you like it too.

@roelfrizzle 6 жыл бұрын

This song pops up sometimes and I dream away then. Such a lovely song. Louis Armstrong did a great version as well.

@lilawilson3072 3 жыл бұрын

I think this song will always be magical for many years into the future, got chills hearing it

@grantofakkad3550 3 жыл бұрын

24 and absolutely in love with this mans music, so blessed to have visited his resting place in Savannah Georgia, I highly recommend you all go and pay your respects to this legend!

@user-nn2dg5rm5b 9 ай бұрын

I am 71 years old now but when I was 11 years old i received a phonograph recorder for Christmas and the very first album I purchased was Andy Williams singing Moon River. I love this song.

@gixnla 8 жыл бұрын

Midnight in the garden of good and evil brought me here :) It is said that they changed the name of a river in Savannah, Georgia, when this song became famous (also, Johnny Mercer was from Savannah).

@markarend8226 5 жыл бұрын

@maryannalmond2284 9 жыл бұрын

Oh, beautiful,loved lt

@carlinwoods245 5 ай бұрын

WOW...didn't know much about Johnny Mercer but hearing this clip I can see what Sinatra, Bing Crosby and many others were trying to sound like.......

@irapeppercorn2603 6 ай бұрын

This is my favorite version of a beautiful song.

@nirvanita5230 4 жыл бұрын

I loved it..

@waf641 5 жыл бұрын

Wow - thanks for making this gem available!!

@davidcraig75 Жыл бұрын

This song make me cry , and feel nostalgic for a place I never visited . HOW.

@evertonjohn9271 4 ай бұрын

Effortlessly cool

@KS-hz8fy Жыл бұрын

Maestro

@justrayba7727 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best what i listened

@lindseyfox3396 Жыл бұрын

I love this

@charlesbarry971 Жыл бұрын

Great 😅😢🎉 lyrics Good singer. The pianist captured the mood

@juju_cristal Жыл бұрын

Eu simplesmente amei essa música, não entendo completamente a tradução (desde que está em inglês), mas estou emocionada, consegui sentir as emoções que ele colocou nessa música, incrível...

@lisalane7648 Жыл бұрын

🎶❤️More💜Than 🖤Beautiful🤎 💛 Amazing💚 Fabulous 💙 🧡Perfecto🖤🤍 Dance, ✝️ 💜Friends💙& Music.♥️🎶 Enjoy Be Thankful...♥️🦋♥️

@edcpike 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this.

@user-cg1ih5ys6r Жыл бұрын

Эта песня прекрасно звучит с симфоническим оркестром. Там просто фантастика!

@TheEGA4421 Жыл бұрын

🥰

@markboulanger1113 6 ай бұрын

Johnny Mercer was THE BEST !!!!!

@deasyfirenza2712 3 жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

@battlejuic 5 жыл бұрын

How is this still under 100k views by now?

@daniellesossella6970 4 ай бұрын

Que vídeo emocionante!❤

@user-wq2zd6ic7k 3 жыл бұрын

マリリン・モンローも歌ってましたヨネ😍

@jakevilla5506 9 жыл бұрын

wow great composer And singer. The directors of the movie ur composing songs may be so proud like Blake Edwards my fav director (director of breakfast at tiffanys and pink panter) (julie andrews husband)

@NettSein 6 жыл бұрын

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥beautiful

@miltonromantico9 9 жыл бұрын

Maravilha

@martian9999 Жыл бұрын

what a sweet tremolo!

@christianmoya5268 Ай бұрын

I can't believe I've never heard this song before, nor have i watched Breakfast At Tiffany's. I always thought it was just a chick flick, because i only see women raving about it. It's a great song. I really love it. Thanks for sharing. I like this demo better than the movie version.

@fredlinne 8 жыл бұрын

American Genius...nothing more to be said...

@sailorkeyblader 7 жыл бұрын

This does describe Savannah GA a lot lol

@MSX884 Жыл бұрын

Whaooo !!

@NTH-rn4zc 2 жыл бұрын

0:15

@marcdee5229 4 жыл бұрын

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil movie brought me here.

@ArchyL303 2 жыл бұрын

👌

@Golden5648 8 жыл бұрын

Aaaaah

@sharpshell2385 9 ай бұрын

Solid Gold 😂

@corinthiafierropadilla1378 Жыл бұрын

💖😘🥰💖my Huckleberry Finn 💖💖💖

@1FrankFan 8 жыл бұрын

Wonderful...and to think, just like Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz, idiot execs wanted to cut Moon River out of the movie!!!! Mercer and Mancini went on to win the Best Song Oscar again the next year for The Days of Wine and Roses, and the should have won the next year for Charade.

@reginascruggs3326 Жыл бұрын

Three great songs!

@sulakshanadhungel2430 4 жыл бұрын

Omgomgomg

@bellaboo3418 9 жыл бұрын

This is my great great great grandpa😆

@sunilmaharaj6343 9 жыл бұрын

Wow Bella Boo 😃

@keithscott5458 9 жыл бұрын

Bella Boo I don't know which one was your great great grandpa but he sure had a great great collaborator.

@lilawilson3072 3 жыл бұрын

wow may your family be blessed for giving such beauty to us all

@user-ug4nf4vr8s Жыл бұрын

The one song you can't' mess up if you can sing a lick

@mauriciobeltre14 2 жыл бұрын

Where the fuck are today’s geniuses?

@LoanTran-wg2vo Жыл бұрын

@orlandovidal7665 8 жыл бұрын

Is cool, but the version with Sara Mckensie is...fantastic!!!

@natsimo 11 ай бұрын

Frank ocean você fez um cover digno!!

@Maur616 6 жыл бұрын

Frank ocean brought me here

@TheRealRorbo 8 ай бұрын

What key is this in? It's works for my range and curious to know!

@themoaningzombie 8 жыл бұрын

i'm curious of how you could get this wonder in your hand :o do they record and sell this?

@TheStockwell 7 жыл бұрын

You are very, very welcome. Discoveries like this are what keep me happy - and thrilled - about the internet.

@cathydew Жыл бұрын

I found it on youtube. I was looking for a version to play on my radio show and I had heard the story about how it was almost nixed, so I looked for a version with Henry Mancini.