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Moon River (Lawrence Welk album)

Moon River is an album by Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra. It was released in 1961 on the Dot label (catalog no. DLP-25412).[1][2]

Moon River
Studio album by
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra
Released1961
GenreEasy listening
LabelDot

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[3]

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."[2]

Track listing

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Side 1

  1. "Moon River" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) [2:35]
  2. "Tonight" (Leonard Bernstein) [2:13]
  3. "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) [3:03]
  4. "Around the World" (Victor Young, Harold Adamson) [2:24]
  5. "The Sound of Music" (Rodgers and Hammerstein) [2:50]
  6. "Till There Was You" (Meredith Willson) [2:40]

Side 2

  1. "I Could Have Danced All Night" (Lerner & Loewe) [2:40]
  2. "You Gave Me Wings" (C. Coveny) [2:36]
  3. "Some Enchanted Evening" (Rodgers and Hammerstein) [3:05]
  4. "Wish You Were Here" (Harold Rome) [2:25]
  5. "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (Phil Francis Webster, Sammy Fain) [2:36]
  6. "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Rodgers and Hammerstein) [2:11]

References

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  1. ^ "Lawrence Welk – Moon River". Discogs. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Winchester Cathedral". AllMusic. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 329. ISBN 0823076318.
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