Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Moon River)

Moon River (1961)

Origin and Chart Information

Currently, 1000 jazz standards are ranked and have web pages (click on Songs for the full list).

The top 100 are fully documented:

Year	Rank	Title
1930	1	“Body and Soul”
1939	2	“All the Things You Are”
1935	3	“Summertime”
1944	4	“'Round Midnight”
1935	5	“I Can't Get Started (with You)”
1937	6	“My Funny Valentine”
1942	7	“Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)”
1930	8	“What Is This Thing Called Love?”
1933	9	“Yesterdays”
1946	10	“Stella By Starlight”

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Written by the Same Composer or Team...

This section shows the jazz standards written by the same writing team. Click on a name to see all of a writer's jazz standards.

Henry N Mancini and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1962	135	“Days of Wine and Roses”
1961	684	“Moon River”

Additional information on “Moon River” may be found in:

1 paragraph including the following types of information: lyric analysis.

1 paragraph including the following types of information: history.

1 paragraph including the following types of information: history and performers.

9 paragraphs including the following types of information: anecdotal, history and song writer discussion.

1 paragraph including the following types of information: history. (Page 163).

3 paragraphs including the following types of information: anecdotal. (Page 136).

3 pages including the following types of information: anecdotal and history.

Includes the following types of information: song lyrics.

1 paragraph including the following types of information: history.