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词条 Fly Me to the Moon
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  1. Background and composition

  2. Early recordings

  3. Fly Me to the Moon

     Other releases 

  4. NASA association

  5. References

  6. External links

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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 Song".[1]

Background and composition

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.[2] He played piano to accompany cabaret singers, but also wrote songs with Cole Porter, his idol, in mind.[3]

In response to a publisher's request for a simpler song,[4] Bart Howard wrote a cabaret ballad[5] which he titled In Other Words. A publisher tried to make him change some words from "fly me to the moon" to "take me to the moon," but Howard refused.[6] Many years later Howard commented that "... it took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes."[6]

The song was originally composed in 3/4 time signature but was changed to 4/4 by Quincy Jones in his arrangement to give it a more "looser, swing" feel

He used his position as a piano accompanist and presenter at the Blue Angel cabaret venue to promote the song,[4] and it was soon introduced in cabaret performances by Felicia Sanders.[3]

Early recordings

Kaye Ballard made the song's first commercial recording,{{cn|date=November 2017}} and Decca released it in April 1954.[7] A brief review published on 8 May 1954 in Billboard said that In Other Words was "...a love song sung with feeling by Miss Ballard."[8] This recording was released as the flipside of Lazy Afternoon, which Kaye Ballard was currently performing as star of the stage show The Golden Apple.[9]

Over the next few years, jazz and cabaret singers released cover versions of In Other Words on EP or LP record albums, including Chris Connor, Johnny Mathis, Portia Nelson, and Nancy Wilson.{{cn|date=November 2017}} Eydie Gormé sang the song on her 1958 album Eydie In Love,[10] which reached #20 in the Cashbox Album Charts[11] and was nominated for a Grammy Award.

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In 1960, Peggy Lee released the song on the album Pretty Eyes,[12] then made it more popular when she performed it in front of a large television audience on The Ed Sullivan Show.[3] As the song's popularity increased, it became better known as Fly Me to the Moon,[13] and in 1963 Peggy Lee convinced Bart Howard to make the name change official.[6] In the early 1960s, versions of the song were released under its new name by many well-known singers, including Nat King Cole, Julie London, Sarah Vaughan, Tony Bennett, Paul Anka and Brenda Lee.{{cn|date=November 2017}} Connie Francis released two non-English versions of the song in 1963: in Italian as Portami Con Te[14] and in Spanish as "Llévame a la Luna.[15]

In 1962, Joe Harnell arranged and recorded an instrumental version in a bossa nova style. It was released as a single in late 1962.[16][17] Harnell's version spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching No. 14 on February 23, 1963,[18] while reaching No. 4 on Billboard{{'}}s Middle-Road Singles chart.[19][20] Harnell's version was ranked No. 89 on Billboard{{'}}s end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963".[21]

Harnell's recording won him a Grammy Award at the 5th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing.[22][23]

Harnell's version was included on his album Fly Me to the Moon and the Bossa Nova Pops[24] released in early 1963, which reached No. 3 stereo album on the Billboard Top LP's chart.[25]

Versions of the song were released by many other 1960s instrumental artists, including Roy Haynes, Al Hirt and Oscar Peterson.{{cn|date=November 2017}}

Frank Sinatra included the song on his 1964 album It Might as Well Be Swing, accompanied by Count Basie.[26] The music for this album was arranged by Quincy Jones,[26][27] who had worked with Count Basie a year earlier on the album This Time by Basie, which also included a version of Fly Me to the Moon.[28] Will Friedwald 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".[5]

Other releases

Bart Howard estimated that by the time Frank Sinatra covered the song in 1964, more than 100 other versions had been recorded.[5] By 1995, it had been recorded more than 300 times.[9] One notable example is a remix of the song used as a main theme for PlatinumGames' Xbox 360/PS3 game Bayonetta, which is sung by Helena Noguerra. The Japanese animated series Neon Genesis Evangelion uses it for the closing music for each episode.[29]

NASA association

Frank Sinatra's 1964 recording of Fly Me to the Moon became closely associated with NASA's Apollo space program. A copy of the song was played on the Apollo 10 mission which orbited the Moon.[30] It became the first music heard on the Moon when played on a portable cassette player by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin after he stepped onto the Moon.[31] The song's association with Apollo 11 was reprised many years later when Diana Krall sang it at the mission's 40th anniversary commemoration ceremony.[32] She also sang a version of the song in 2012 at the memorial service for Apollo 11 mission commander Neil Armstrong.[33]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/C3111 |title=1999 Award and Induction Ceremony |publisher=Songwriters Hall of Fame |date=1999-06-09 |accessdate=2013-12-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207000556/http://songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/C3111 |archivedate=2013-12-07 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://data.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/famous-iowans/bart-howard |title=Famous Iowans - Bart Howard | The Des Moines Register | DesMoinesRegister.com |publisher=Data.desmoinesregister.com |date= |accessdate=2013-12-07 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20131207062000/http://data.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/famous-iowans/bart-howard |archive-date=2013-12-07 |dead-url=no |df= }}
3. ^1 2 {{cite news |author=STEPHEN HOLDEN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/23/arts/bart-howard-88-songwriter-known-for-fly-me-to-the-moon.html |title=Bart Howard, 88, Songwriter Known for 'Fly Me to the Moon' - New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=2004-02-23 |accessdate=2013-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219204841/http://www.nytimes.com//2004/02/23/arts/bart-howard-88-songwriter-known-for-fly-me-to-the-moon.html |archive-date=2013-12-19 |dead-url=no |df= }}
4. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/f/fly_me_to_the_moon.html |title="Fly Me to the Moon": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video |website=Greatamericansongbook.net |date=2004-02-23 |accessdate=2016-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818092042/http://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/f/fly_me_to_the_moon.html |archive-date=2016-08-18 |dead-url=no |df= }}
5. ^1 2 Will Friedwald, "Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art", Scribner, New York, 1995, page 411
6. ^1 2 {{cite news|author=Stephen Holden|title=Product of 20 Minutes: A Million Dollar Song|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 19, 1988|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/19/arts/product-of-20-minutes-a-million-dollar-song.html|accessdate=26 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219212335/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/19/arts/product-of-20-minutes-a-million-dollar-song.html|archive-date=2013-12-19|dead-url=no|df=}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/929114 |title=Kaye Ballard - In Other Words / Lazy Afternoon - Decca - USA - 9-29114 |website=45cat.com |date=2012-11-25 |accessdate=2016-09-26}}
8. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YB8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Billboard |page=24 |website=Books.google.com |date=1954-05-08 |accessdate=2016-09-26}}
9. ^1 Liz Smith, Liner Notes for the CD Portia Nelson, "Let Me Love You: Portia Nelson Sings the Songs of Bart Howard", DRG 91442, 1995
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13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1078245748 |title=Bart Howard: 1915-2004 |website=Jazzhouse.org |date= |accessdate=2016-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301220253/http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1078245748 |archive-date=2017-03-01 |dead-url=no |df= }}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/k2078 |title=Connie Francis - Mala Femmena / Portami Con Te (Fly Me To The Moon) - MGM - Italy - K 2078 |website=45cat.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-26}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/ht05778 |title=Connie Francis—Connie Francis Canta en Español—MGM, Spain |website=45cat.com |date=2015-02-15 |accessdate=2016-09-26}}
16. ^"[https://books.google.com/books?id=SRgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52#v=onepage&q&f=false Reviews of New Singles]", Billboard, November 10, 1962. p. 52. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
17. ^Thompson, Dave (2016). [https://books.google.com/books?id=cWmSCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA567#v=onepage&q&f=false Standard Catalog of American Records], F+W Media, Inc. p. 567. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
18. ^[https://www.billboard.com/music/joe-harnell-and-his-orchestra/chart-history/hot-100/song/580021 Hot 100 - Joe Harnell and His Orchestra Fly Me to the Moon - Bossa Nova Chart History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512122105/https://www.billboard.com/music/joe-harnell-and-his-orchestra/chart-history/hot-100/song/580021 |date=2018-05-12 }}, Billboard.com. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
19. ^"Middle-Road Singles", Billboard, February 23, 1963. p. 42. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
20. ^[https://www.billboard.com/music/joe-harnell-and-his-orchestra/chart-history/adult-contemporary/song/580021 Adult Contemporary - Joe Harnell and His Orchestra Fly Me to the Moon - Bossa Nova Chart History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512122254/https://www.billboard.com/music/joe-harnell-and-his-orchestra/chart-history/adult-contemporary/song/580021 |date=2018-05-12 }}, Billboard.com. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
21. ^"Top Records of 1963", Billboard, Section II, December 28, 1963. p. 30. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
22. ^[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/joe-harnell Joe Harnell], Recording Academy Grammy Awards, grammy.com. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
23. ^{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jul/17/local/me-harnell17 |title=Joe Harnell, 80; Pianist, Conductor, Composer, Arranger - Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=1994-09-29 |accessdate=2013-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218082414/http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jul/17/local/me-harnell17 |archive-date=2013-12-18 |dead-url=no |df= }}
24. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fly-me-to-the-moon-and-the-bossa-nova-pops-mw0000313920 |title=Fly Me to the Moon and the Bossa Nova Pops - Joe Harnell & His Orchestra, Joe Harnell |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=February 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218091529/https://www.allmusic.com/album/fly-me-to-the-moon-and-the-bossa-nova-pops-mw0000313920 |archive-date=2018-02-18 |dead-url=no |df= }}
25. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Billboard Top LP's for Week Ending March 16 |page=66 |magazine=Billboard|date=1963-03-16 |accessdate=2018-02-17}}
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28. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-time-by-basie-hits-of-the-50s-mw0000620131 |title=This Time by Basie: Hits of the 50's - Count Basie |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=February 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218091029/https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-time-by-basie-hits-of-the-50s-mw0000620131 |archive-date=2018-02-18 |dead-url=no |df= }}
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External links

  • {{MetroLyrics song|nat-king-cole|in-other-words}}
  • ASCAP Foundation: Bart Howard Provides A Musical Gift
  • [https://www.jazzguitar.be/blog/fly-me-to-the-moon-chords/ Fly Me to the Moon Chord Study for Guitar]
  • {{MusicBrainz work|id=3431f95f-5b1b-3ba3-8ede-da3f8e61b3c4|name=Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)}}
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