Moon River
Henry Mancini
1962
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About Henry Mancini
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Henry Mancini built a career linking orchestral popular music with film and television. He worked as a pianist and arranger for Tex Beneke before composing for Universal films. His screen work ranged from Touch of Evil and Breakfast at Tiffany's to The Pink Panther, while Peter Gunn brought his music to television audiences. Collaborations with lyricists such as Johnny Mercer produced songs that also circulated independently of their films, including Moon River and Days of Wine and Roses.
Artist background sources
Henry Mancini - Songwriters Hall of Fame
Read career roles, named film/TV work and lyricist collaboration. The profile has erroneous award-year annotations, which are expressly excluded along with unsupported educational details and date assertions. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Moon River by Henry Mancini appears at number 60 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1962. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1962 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1962 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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