Fly Songs Top Ten: Fly Me to the Moon (#10)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86861)
United States
November 14, 2021 10:27am CST
You know I just can’t be unpredictable. So, to start off this series of songs with “fly” or “flying” in the title, a topic suggested by @JamesHxstatic , I go with one of the most obvious tunes you can think of that fit the topic. Ready for take-off? Here we go!
#10: Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
Well duh.
Ol’ Blue Eyes just had to show up with this song, didn’t he!
A little backstory: this was originally called “In Other Words,” and was a hit for Kaye Ballard. You kids won’t know her, but I remember her as a game show panelist and one of the stars of The Mothers-In-Law.
But when Sinatra sang it, it became a Sinatra song. And it ever shall be.
Fly Me to the Moon
Written by Bart Howard
Recorded by Frank Sinatra
From It Might As Well Be Swing, 1964
On Jupiter and Mars:
Frank Sinatra's video for 'Fly Me To The Moon' recorded live in 1965 at the Kiel Opera House in St. Louis.The new live album 'Standing Room Only' is availabl...
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
14 Nov 21
I cannot say I attended this concert.
I was only around 9 or 10.

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@FourWalls (86861)
• United States
14 Nov 21
I was five, so I wasn’t there, either.
That’s what we have YouTube for! 
That’s what we have YouTube for! 
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@FourWalls (86861)
• United States
14 Nov 21
Can’t believe you’d know a nobody like Frank Sinatra and not know a major legend like Don Bowman! 



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@RasmaSandra (98106)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Nov 21
Not a big Blue Eyes fan and for some reason never liked this song
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 Nov 21
I had no idea that Kaye Ballard was a singer! Great TV show too.
Sinatra really came to own this song.
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@FourWalls (86861)
• United States
14 Nov 21
I didn’t, either. Long before my time. As I said, by the time I was paying attention she was just a game show panelist to me.
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