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
Released	1961
Genre	Easy listening
Label	Dot

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

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 Wilson) [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]

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