Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes

Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes
Studio album by
Andy Williams
ReleasedMarch 26, 1962 (LP)
April 7, 1987 (CD)
Recorded1962
Genre
Length36:36
LabelColumbia
ProducerRobert Mersey[2]
Andy Williams chronology
Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing
(1962) 		Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes
(1962) 		Warm and Willing
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes is the ninth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams. It was released on March 26, 1962, by Columbia Records and covered film songs that were mostly from the previous decade.

The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated May 12 of that year and remained there for 176 weeks (the longest chart run of any of his albums), peaking at number 3.[4] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated April 28, of that year, and remained on the chart for 183 weeks, peaking at number 4[5]

The album received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on October 14, 1963, and thus became Williams's earliest recording to achieve this honor but not, however, the first to do so. His Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests album, which was released in April 1963, received its Gold certification just one month prior to this one.[6] By 1967, the album had sold more than two million copies.[7]

Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes was released on compact disc for the first time by Columbia in 1987.[1] It was also released as one of two albums on one CD by Sony Music Distribution on May 15, 2001, the other album being Williams's Columbia album from February 1962, Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing.[8]

  1. ^ a b c "Moon River & Other Great Movie Themes". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  2. ^ (1962) Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes by Andy Williams [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 8609.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1498. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  4. ^ Whitburn 1985, p. 405.
  5. ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 406. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  6. ^ "Gold & Platinum". riaa.com. Retrieved 27 March 2017. Type Andy Williams in the Search box and press Enter.
  7. ^ Clive Davis (November 11, 1967). "Columbia's View: Market Potential". Billboard. p. 26. ISSN 0006-2510. [Special Issue titled A Billboard Spotlight: Andy Williams]
  8. ^ "Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing/Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 21 July 2010.