Mancini and Mercer 1961 demo of 'Moon River' (video)

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Now this is nice. In 1961, Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer collaborated on a song for the upcoming film "Breakfast at Tiffany's." This is new on YouTube and billed as their demo recording, made available publicly for the first time. This is your Academy Award winner for Best Original Song in 1962, and the Grammy winner for song of the year and record of the year. This version has soul. Johnny Mercer on vocals, Henry Mancini on piano.

Hat tip to Tom Christie on Facebook.