The ever charming Audrey Hepburn is not only known for the angel look and remarkable acting skills but for her soft voice that, once heard, can’t be forgotten for its melodic sounding and innocent sincerity. She was and is the icon in many senses - appearance, figure, play, fashion, style, lifestyle in general. Let’s remember some of her brightest moments as a singer today – particularly Audrey’s role of Holly in 1961 movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and the theme song “Moon River”.
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This phrase must be immediately evoking a mental picture of Audrey’s sitting at the fire escape exit casually playing her little guitar. So iconic the image and the sound was that this song was chosen as a sample of pop culture used in various tests for studies of people’s memory. The song was composed by Henry Mancini specially for Audrey’s vocal range and the lyrics are due to Johnny Mercer. During the film production it was first decided to skip the song leaving it out of the scenario at all. But the fragile Audrey Hepburn reacted unexpectedly sharply even using some strong words to express her most ardent desire to leave the song as it is. Who could resist the charming girl? The song remained.
“Moon River” became a hit, and not only did it beat the Billboards on both sides of the Atlantic, received an Academy Award and two Grammies, it even became the name of a street (in Johnny Mercer’s home town). No need to mention the endless list of names of artists who covered and arranged the song. Such a short piece of music with such a powerful influence.
