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<p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Love this BOSSA NOVA arrangememt. Thanks for listening Sweet Friends 💗</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">"</span><strong style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Fly Me to the Moon</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">", originally titled "</span><strong style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">In Other Words</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">", is a song written in 1954 by </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Howard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bart Howard</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">. The first recording of the song was made in 1954 by </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaye_Ballard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kaye Ballard</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">. </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frank Sinatra</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">'s 1964 version was closely associated with the </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apollo missions to the Moon</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">In 1999, the </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Songwriters Hall of Fame</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> ored "Fly Me to the Moon" by inducting it as a "Towering Song".</span></p><p><br></p><h2><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Background and composition</span></h2><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">In 1954, when "Fly Me to the Moon" was first presented to the public, Bart Howard had been pursuing a career in music for over 20 years.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">He played piano to accompany </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cabaret</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> singers, but also wrote songs with </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Porter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cole Porter</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, his idol, in mind. In the book </span><em style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret</em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> James Gavin noted that Howard wrote the song "in response to his publisher's plea for a simpler song: why did he have to write such grandiloquent lyrics? 'In Other Words' talked about the verbosity of poets who 'use many words to say a simple thing'; 'hold my hand,' 'Kiss me. In response, Howard wrote a cabaret ballad. A publisher tried to make him change some words from "fly me to the Moon" to "take me to the Moon," but Howard refused Many years later Howard commented that "... it took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes."</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">He used his position as a piano accompanist and presenter at the Blue Angel cabaret venue to promote the song, and it was soon introduced in </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cabaret</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> performances by </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Sanders" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Felicia Sanders</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">The song was composed in </span><sup style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"><strong>3 </strong></sup><sub style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"><strong>4</strong></sub><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_signature" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">time signature</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> but was changed to </span><sup style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"><strong>4</strong></sup><sub style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"><strong>4</strong></sub><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> by </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Quincy Jones</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> in his arrangement for Frank Sinatra.</span></p><p><br></p><h2><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Early recordings</span></h2><p><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaye_Ballard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kaye Ballard</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> made the song's first commercial recording, released by </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decca_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Decca</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> in April 1954. A brief review published on May 8, 1954, in </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> said that "In Other Words" was "...a love song sung with feeling by Miss Ballard."</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Over the next few years, </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jazz</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> and cabaret singers released </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cover versions</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> of "In Other Words" </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eydie_Gorm%C3%A9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eydie Gormé</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> sang the song on her 1958 album </span><em style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Eydie In Love</em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> (under the title "In Other Words"), which reached No. 20 in the </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cashbox</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> Album Charts.</span></p><p><br></p><h2><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Subsequent recordings and uses</span></h2><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">In 1960, </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Lee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peggy Lee</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> released the song on the album </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Eyes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pretty Eyes</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, then made it more popular when she performed it in front of a large television audience on </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Ed Sullivan Show</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">. As the song's popularity increased, it became better known as "Fly Me to the Moon", and in 1963 Peggy Lee convinced Bart Howard to make the name change official. </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Francis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Connie Francis</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> released two non-English versions of the song in 1963: in Italian as "</span><em style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Portami Con Te</em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">"</span><sup style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Me_to_the_Moon#cite_note-21" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[21]</a></u></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> and in Spanish as "</span><em style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Llévame a la Luna</em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">".</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">In 1962, </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Harnell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joe Harnell</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> arranged and recorded an instrumental version in a </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossa_nova" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bossa nova</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> style. It was released as a single in late 1962. Harnell's version spent 13 weeks on the </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard</a></u></em><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Hot 100</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> chart, reaching No. 14 on February 23, 1963, while reaching No. 4 on </span><em style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Billboard</em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">'s </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Middle-Road Singles</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> chart. It reached No. 30 in </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHUM_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Canada</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">. Harnell's version was ranked No. 89 on </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">'s end of year ranking "</span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1963" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Top Records of 1963</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">". Harnell's recording won him a </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Award</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> at the </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">5th Annual Grammy Awards</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> for </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Performance_by_an_Orchestra_%E2%80%93_for_Dancing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">. His version was included on his album </span><em style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Fly Me to the Moon and the Bossa Nova Pops</em><sup style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Me_to_the_Moon#cite_note-32" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[</a></u></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> released in early 1963, which reached No. 3 stereo album on the </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard</a></u></em><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Top LPs</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> chart.</span></p><p><br></p><p><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frank Sinatra</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> included the song on his 1964 album </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Might_as_Well_Be_Swing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">It Might as Well Be Swing</a></u></em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, accompanied by </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Count Basie</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">. The music for this album was arranged by </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Quincy Jones</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, who had worked with Count Basie a year earlier on the album </span><em style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">This Time by Basie</em><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, which also included a version of "Fly Me to the Moon". </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Friedwald" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Will Friedwald</a></u><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> commented that "Jones boosted the tempo and put it into an even four/four" for Basie's version, but "when Sinatra decided to address it with the Basie/Jones combination they recharged it into a straight swinger... [which]...all but explodes with energy". Bart Howard estimated that by the time Frank Sinatra covered the song in 1964, more than 100 other versions had been recorded</span></p><p><br></p>