This version of the song was played on a cassette player on Apollo 11, before landing on the moon. Sinatra’s recording, accompanied by Count Basie and arranged by Quincy Jones, was the first version in 4/4. Frank Sinatra – It Might as Well Be Swing (1964) – Fly Me to the Moon was originally in 3/4.Julie London – The End of the World (1963). It took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes – Bart Howard In this lesson, you will learn how to play Fly Me to the Moon’s melody, analyze the harmony, and play an easy solo over the chord changes. The song was originally titled “In Other Words” until Peggy Lee, who made the song popular after her performance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1963, convinced Bart Howard to change it to “Fly Me to the Moon”. Fly Me to the Moon was written by composer Bart Howard in 1954 and recorded by singer Kaye Ballard in the same year.
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