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Breakfast at Tiffany

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Henry Mancini was born in Cleveland, Ohio on April 16, 1924. Mancini was one

of the most successful film composers of his time. In the 1950s and 1960s we

frequently saw his name in the credits of television programs and theater

movies. He simply wrote catchy tunes. His hits like television

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Peter Gunn

and

the theater

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Moon River

will never be forgotten. Mancini worked on over 100

films including

The Glenn Miller Story

and

The Benny Goodman Story.

In 1961 he was hired by Blake Edwards to do the music for his 1961 film. The

film was one of the most revered of all time. That movie was

Breakfast at Tiffany

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starring Audrey Hepburn in the role of Holly Golightly. And for that movie

Mancini teamed up with lyricist Johnny Mercer to make

Moon River

an

everlasting memory.

A Tiffany Roundlet

A Tiffany Picnic

Tiffany and Company at 5th Avenue and 57th St. in New York City was around

long before

Breakfast at Tiffany

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. It was founded in 1836 by Charles Lewis Tiffany

and John B. Young as

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Tiffany and Young

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at 259 Broadway. In 1837 it became