"Moon River" la mot bai hat do Johnny Mercer (loi) va Henry Mancini (nhac) sang tac, đuoc Audrey Hepburn the hien trong Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) va gianh Giai Oscar cho "Ca khuc phim hay nhat". Bai hat cung mang ve cho tac gia giai Grammy cho "Bai hat cua nam" va "Thu am cua nam".
Đay la bai hat nen cua Andy Williams, thu am lan đau vao nam 1961 va trinh dien tai le trao giai Oscar nam 1962. Ong hat ca khuc nay tai mo đau moi tap cua chuong trinh truyen hinh cung ten, đat ten cong ty san xuat va đia điem o Branson, Missouri theo bai hat nay. Cuon tieu su cua ong mang ten "Moon River" and Me. Phien ban cua Williams chua bao gio phat hanh lam đia đon, nhung bai hat nay lai xuat hien tren cac bang xep hang duoi dang bai hat trich tu mot LP ma ong thu am cho hang Columbia nam 1962. Chu tich Cadence Records Archie Bleyer khong thich phien ban cua Williams, khi ong tin gioi tre khong hung thu đen bai hat nay. 42 nam sau, vao nam 2002, Williams luc 74 tuoi đa trinh bay bai hat nay vao cuoi chuong trinh truc tiep ky niem 75 nam NBC trong su đon nhan nong nhiet cua khan gia.
Thanh cong cua bai hat giup Mercer mo rong su nghiep sang tac, von bi chung lai tu giua thap nien 1950 vi rock and roll thay jazz standard chiem uu the trong am nhac đai chung luc bay gio. Su pho bien cua bai hat đuoc dung lam phep thu trong mot nghien cuu hoi uc ve nhung bai hat noi tieng. Nhieu nhan xet ve loi nhac cho thay chung goi nho ve tuoi tre cua Mercer tai Nam My va khao khat mo rong chan troi cua minh. Mot vinh hep nho (31°55′23″B 81°4′19″T) o Savannah, tieu bang Georgia, My đa đuoc đat ten theo ca khuc nay. Bai hat nay đuoc Pham Duy viet loi Viet voi tua la "Duoi trang", đuoc Tuan Ngoc hat trong bang Nhac tre 3.


Boi canh = Phien ban goc =
Mercer va Mancini viet bai hat nay theo quang giong cua Audrey Hepburn. Loi nhac, do Mercer sang tac, nhac ve tuoi tho cua ong tai Savannah, Georgia. Khi con tre, ong đi hai viet quat vao mua he va ket noi chung voi tuoi tre tu do. Du phien ban nhac khi đuoc choi trong đoan gioi thieu đau phim, phan loi lai nghe thay trong canh Paul "Fred" Varjak (George Peppard) tim thay Holly Golightly (Hepburn) luc đang hat bai hat nay cung chiec guitar tren cau thang thoat hiem o khu chung cu.
Martin Rackin, mot nha đieu hanh cua Paramount Pictures, tung đe nghi go bai hat nay khoi bo phim sau khi xem gioi thieu tai Los Angeles. Mancini va nhieu nguoi khac mo ta phan ung cua Hepburn theo nhieu huong khac nhau, tu phat bieu "phai buoc qua xac cua toi" đen dung nhieu tu ngu sinh đong hon đe bieu thi chung mot van đe. Phien ban cua Hepburn khong đuoc xuat hien album nhac phim goc.
Mot phien ban album do Mancini thu am va đoan điep khuc phat hanh duoi dang đia đon, đat hang 11 tai My vao thang 12 nam 1961. Dua tren nhung bang xep hang khong xuat ban cua Billboard, Top Adult (Contemporary) Songs cua Joel Whitburn bao cao bai hat đat hang 3 hoac hang 1. Phien ban goc cua Mancini con xuat hien tren bo phim Born on the Fourth of July (1989). Nam 1993, sau khi Hepburn qua đoi, phien ban bai hat do ba trinh bay ra mat trong album Music from the Films of Audrey Hepburn. Vao nam 2004, phien ban cua Hepburn đat hang 4 tren Danh sach 100 ca khuc trong phim cua Vien phim My.


= Thu am =
"Moon River" la đia đon an khach cua Jerry Butler vao cuoi nam 1961; đat hang 11 tren Billboard Hot 100 vao thang 12, 2 tuan truoc khi phien ban cua Mancini vuon đen vi tri tuong tu. Danny Williams co mot phien ban an khach cua bai hat, đat hang nhat tai Anh trong tuan cuoi cung cua nam 1961. Du Andy Williams chua tung phat hanh bai hat lam đia đon, LP Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes (1962) lai đat chung nhan Vang nam 1963 voi doanh so cham moc 1 trieu đo-la My.
Hang tram phien ban cua bai hat nay đuoc thu am va xuat hien trong nhieu phuong tien truyen thong. Mercer thu bai hat nay vao nam 1974 trong album My Huckleberry Friend. Vao nam 2007, nghe si saxophone Dave Koz ghi am mot phien ban tu album nhac standards, At the Movies do Barry Manilow hat. Vao nam 2013, Neil Finn va Paul Kelly trinh bay bai hat tren Goin' Your Way Tour, tai Nha hat Opera Sydney, noi thu am album truc tiep phat hanh cung nam, Goin' Your Way Tua đe cua album trich tu điep khuc: "Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way". Phien ban nhac khi cua Lawrence Welk nam 1961 xuat hien trong loat phim Mad Men mua 6, tap 13 "In Care Of" (2013). Mot phien ban cua bai hat nay xuat hien trong phim tai lieu Amy (2015) cua Asif Kapadia. Phien ban cua Winehouse, hat nam 16 tuoi voi National Youth Jazz Orchestra nam 2000, la bai hat mo man bo phim.
The Telegraph đe bat nhung phien ban hat lai cua Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Sarah Vaughan, Armstrong, Sarah Brightman va Chase. Nhung ngoi sao khac trinh bay lai bai hat nay bao gom Rod Stewart trong Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V (2010), xep hang 4 tren Billboard 200, va Barbra Streisand trong album đe cu giai Grammy va đat chung nhan Vang The Movie Album (2003).


Chu thich Lien ket ngoai "Loi bai hat "Moon River" tu Breakfast at Tiffany's". 1961 Paramount Music Corporation, ASCAP. Reel Classics.
Janovitz, Bill. "Moon River - Henry Mancini, Henry Mancini & His Orchestra: Song Review". AllMusic.