The song of the day for Wednesday, December 4, 2024, is “Fly Me To The Moon.”
About This Song
“Fly Me To The Moon” was written by Bart Howard in 1954. The song was originally titled “In Other Words,” but the song was not doing that well, in spite of several recordings. In 1962, Howard renamed the song to “Fly Me To The Moon,” and the song began to catch on. Tony Bennett’s 1965 recording for If I Ruled The World was a big hit for Bennett. There have been many recordings of the song, including those by Frank Sinatra, Kaye Ballard and many more. However, Bart Howard told Bennett that his 1965 recording was “the definitive performance of this song.”
About This Version
Tony Bennett recorded “Fly Me To The Moon” live on April 12, 1994, on MTV. The MTV Unplugged album was released in June of that year. The songs from the televised concert were arranged by Tony Bennett and Ralph Sharon.
MTV Unplugged won the 37th Annual Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance.
“Fly Me To The Moon,” as well as MTV Unplugged, is available on Apple Music.
Here’s the video of “Fly Me To The Moon” from the concert:
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