Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
Composed By Bart Howard

Bart Howard (June 1, 1915 – February 21, 2004), born Howard Joseph Gustafson, was the composer and writer of the famous jazz standard
“Fly Me To The Moon.”

In 1954, when writing the song which would become “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, Bart Howard wrote a cabaret ballad in waltz time 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.

Many years later Howard commented that “… it took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes.”

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In 1954, when writing the song which would become "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.