Redigerer Fly Me to the Moon (avsnitt)

== Bakgrunn ==
[[Fil:Joe Harnell Fly Me To The Moon Kapp KS3318 Front Cover 1 April 2014 5942 800.JPG|miniatyr|200x200pk|Omslaget til albumet ''Fly Me to the Moon and the Bossa Nova Pops'' (1963).]]
Bart Howard hadde skrevet [[Kabaret|kabaretmusikk]] til andre sangere – blant andre [[Cole Porter]] – i over 20 år, da han skrev «Fly Me to the Moon» i 1954.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/famous-iowans/bart-howard|title=Famous Iowans - Bart Howard &#124; The Des Moines Register &#124; DesMoinesRegister.com|publisher=Data.desmoinesregister.com|accessdate=2013-12-07|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131207062000/http://data.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/famous-iowans/bart-howard|archive-date=2013-12-07|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131207062000/http://data.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/famous-iowans/bart-howard|url-status=dead}}</ref> Etter ønske fra utgiveren skrev Howard en ballade som han kalte «In Other Words».<ref name="greatamericansongbook1">{{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|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated411">Will Friedwald, ''Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art'', Scribner, New York, 1995, page 411</ref><ref name="nytimes1988">{{cite news|author=Stephen Holden|title=Product of 20 Minutes: A Million Dollar Song|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=19. desember 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|url-status=live}}</ref> Sangen ble fremført i flere kabaretoppsetninger med blant andre [[Felicia Sanders]].<ref name="nytimes2004">{{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|url-status=live}}</ref> Sangen var opprinnelig skrevet i 3/4-takt, men ble endret til 4/4-takt i [[Quincy Jones|Quincy Jones']] arrangement.