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"Fly Me to the Moon", originally titled "In Other Words", is a popular song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. Kaye Ballard made the first recording of the song in 1954. Since then it has become a frequently recorded jazz standard often featured in popular culture. Frank Sinatra's 1964 version was closely associated with the Apollo missions to the Moon. In 1999, the USA-based Songwriters Hall of Fame recognized the importance of "Fly Me to the Moon" by inducting it as a "Towering Song" which is an award "...presented each year to the creators of an individual song that has influenced our culture in a unique way over many years.” ==Background and composition== In 1954, when writing the song which would become famous as "Fly Me to the Moon", Bart Howard had been pursuing a career in music for more than 20 years. He played piano to accompany cabaret singers but also wrote songs with Cole Porter, his idol, in mind. In response to a publisher's request for a simpler song,〔James Gavin, "Intimate Nights: The Golden age Of New York Cabaret", New York, Back Stage Books, 2006 cited in http://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/f/fly_me_to_the_moon.html, Retrieved 26 November 2013〕 Bart Howard wrote a cabaret ballad in waltz time〔Will Friedwald, "Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art", Scribner, New York, 1995, page 411〕 which he titled "In Other Words". A publisher tried to make him change some lyrics from "fly me to the moon" to "take me to the moon" but Howard refused to do this.〔Stephen Holden, "Product of 20 Minutes: A Million Dollar Song", New York Times, Published December 19, 1988 http://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/19/arts/product-of-20-minutes-a-million-dollar-song.html, Retrieved 26 November 2013〕 Many years later Howard commented that “... it took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes".〔 He used his position as a piano accompanist and presenter at the Blue Angel cabaret venue to promote the song〔James Gavin, "Intimate Nights: The Golden Age Of New York Cabaret", New York, Back Stage Books, 2006 cited in http://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/f/fly_me_to_the_moon.html, Retrieved 26 November 2013〕 and it was soon introduced in cabaret performances by Felicia Sanders.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fly Me to the Moon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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