A household name since his song "Moon River" from Breakfast At Tiffany's became a standard Henry Mancini parlayed a career in film scoring into unique "crossover" popularity as one of the best-selling easy listening artists of the 1960s and 1970s.

Mancini won 20 Grammys, four Oscars and a Golden Globe for his catchy but debonair music, memorable for its highly original melodies and its plush, jazz-inflected sound.