Fly Me to the Moon

“Fly Me to the Moon”, originally titled “In Other Words”, is a song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. Kaye Ballard made the first recording of the song the year it was written. Frank Sinatra’s 1964 version was closely associated with the Apollo missions to the Moon. In 1999, the Songwriters Hall of Fame honored “Fly Me to the Moon” by inducting it as a “Towering Son. In 1954, when he began to write the song that became “Fly Me to the Moon”, Bart Howard had been pursuing a career in music for over 20 years.  He played piano to accompany cabaret singers, but also wrote songs with Cole Porter, his idol, in mind