Andy Williams - Moon River

RIP, Andy Williams. We will miss you!

I remember learning this song from my fifth-grade teacher, Mr. Chavez.

Most of the music education I got in elementary school consisted of learning 50 or 100-year-old songs from records - "Swanee River", and the like.

In contrast, Mr. Chavez, who played guitar, had the radical philosophy of teaching songs that were actually popular at the time; songs you could easily hear on the radio - at most, five years old. It was from him I learned Peter, Paul, and Mary's "Puff, the Magic Dragon", their cover of "500 Miles", Bob Dylan's "Blowin' In The Wind", Andy Williams' "Moon River", plus a host of other songs. What a refreshing change!