But my record company was really into singles then, and they said: 'I don't think phrases like 'my Huckleberry friend' will make it with the kids - they won't know what it means.'"īut about four weeks before the 1962 Academy Awards program, he recalled, "I was invited to sing 'Moon River' on the Oscars show, and Columbia Records decided we ought to rush a 'Moon River' album into the stores, because that tune looked like a shoo-in for the 'best song' Oscar. "So Mancini and Mercer played this song for me, which I thought was great. "I was having dinner with Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, who had just finished recording the movie 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' with Audrey Hepburn singing 'Moon River' out on the balcony with a guitar. LA Times: Andy Williams, 'Moon River' singer, dies at 84."You wouldn't believe how 'Moon River' became a hit," he said in a 1989 interview with the Chicago Tribune. Kid Creole and the coconuts - I'm a wonderful thing The Orb meets Lee Scratch Perry - Hold me upsetterĮrmehn - Everyday real (album launch party thurs oct 4, details here) Mashed - Conquering lion - Moody boyz remix Karl Hector and the Malcouns - Sahara swing Ike and Tina Turner - Nutbush city limits Manu Dibango -Afro soul - Rob Mello no ears mix Chuck Womack and the sweet souls - Hamhocks and beans pt1
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