Moon River is an album by Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra. It was released in 1961 on the Dot label (catalog no. DLP-25412).
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on January 13, 1962, reached the No. 4 spot, and remained on that chart for 43 weeks
AllMusic gave the album a rating of four stars. Reviewer Greg Adams praised the album's "sweeping melodies" and noted that the arrangements were "more serious in tone than Welk's usual lighthearted fare."
Track listing
Side 1 "Moon River" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) [2:35] "Tonight" (Leonard Bernstein) [2:13] "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) [3:03] "Around the World" (Victor Young, Harold Adamson) [2:24] "The Sound of Music" (Rodgers and Hammerstein) [2:50] "Till There Was You" (Meredith Willson) [2:40]
Side 2 "I Could Have Danced All Night" (Lerner & Loewe) [2:40] "You Gave Me Wings" (C. Coveny) [2:36] "Some Enchanted Evening" (Rodgers and Hammerstein) [3:05] "Wish You Were Here" (Harold Rome) [2:25] "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (Phil Francis Webster, Sammy Fain) [2:36] "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Rodgers and Hammerstein) [2:11]
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