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Produced and presented by Alessandro Sorbello http://www.alessa... Peter Cupples performs a Tribute to Frank Sinatra with 'Fly Me To The Moon"
Peter Cupples http://www.peterc... performed this track to a small group of friends in Brisbane Australia in October 2007. Peter opened for Frank Sinatra when in 1988 Sanctuary Cove Resort Opened, the first gated tourism and residential precinct in Australia. Frank Sinatra, Peter Allen, and Whitney Houston sang at the complex's lavish opening in 1988, an event that placed it squarely on the map.
One of Australia's leading singer songwriters Peter Cupples was the lead singer of the 70's hit band Stylus.
Fly Me to the Moon" is a pop standard song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. When introduced by Felicia Sanders on the cabaret circuit, it was originally titled "In Other Words". The song became popularly called "Fly Me to the Moon" from its first line, but it took a few years for the publishers to change the title officially.
It was first recorded in 1954 by Kaye Ballard (of the television show The Mothers-in-Law). Ballard's 1954 version was released by Decca Records as catalog number 29114. In 1956 it was recorded by Portia Nelson for her album, Let Me Love You. The same year, Johnny Mathis recorded the song, the first time the title "Fly Me to the Moon" appeared on a record label.
Felicia Sanders, the original singer of the song (best known for her vocal on the Percy Faith Orchestra's "Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)"), finally got around to recording the song in 1959. It was released on Decca Records as catalog number 30937.
In 1962, an instrumental version was recorded as "Fly Me to the Moon -- Bossa Nova" by Joe Harnell, which became the biggest chart hit version of the song, reaching #14 on the U.S. pop singles charts.
Frank Sinatra recorded the song in 1964 on his It Might as Well Be Swing collaboration with Count Basie, and this became the rendition that many people identified the song with.
Tony Bennett recorded the song in 1965 and had a minor hit with it. In subsequent years through the 2000s, he often performed the song in concert without using any amplification or sound system.
It has also been performed by Paul Anka, Shirley Bassey, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Bobby Darin, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Groove Armada, Joni James, Jack Jones, Julie London, Bobby Womack, Al Hirt, Diana Krall, Mabel Mercer (1960), Wes Montgomery, Anita O'Day, KT Sullivan (1997), Sarah Vaughn, Tom Jones, the Irish boyband Westlife, Nancy Wilson (1959), Matt Dusk, Agnetha Fältskog, Paul Gilbert, Claire Littley (the original ending theme of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion), Utada Hikaru, Astrud Gilberto, hellogoodbye, Ray Quinn, Dinah Washington, Oscar Peterson, Charlie Haden, Michael Bolton, Paula Toller and many others.
In film, "Fly Me to the Moon" was used as the theme song of Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987), under the last frames of Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys (2000) (in Sinatra's version), and was performed by Jay Mohr in Eddie Murphy's The Adventures of Pluto Nash. It is also the main song of the 1991 film "Once Around", starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter and Danny Aiello, who also performs a rendition during the wedding scene.
Thomas Anders (of Modern Talking fame) recorded his version in 1997 on the album Live Concert.
The song is also the ending theme of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, in several remixed versions and performed by multiple people, most notably the famous Japanese seiyū Megumi Hayashibara and Yuko Miyamura (all in English). The song has been remixed again and sung by Utada Hikaru for the trailer of the first movie in the Rebuild of Evangelion series of films, You Are (Not) Alone.
In episode 369 of the The Simpsons, "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story", "Fly Me to the Moon" is played during Moe and Edna's love montage, and Moe later refers to it as their song.
On American Idol season 6, Top 20 contestant, Nick Pedro sang a rendition of "Fly Me To The Moon" at his audition in New York.
In the series finale of 3rd Rock From the Sun, Elvis Costello sang "Fly Me to the Moon" at a farewell party the aliens threw for themselves.
Versions of song by Frank Sinatra and Felicia Sanders were played simultaneously in Down With Love as Barbara (Renée Zellweger) and Zip (Ewan McGregor) got ready for their date with each other.
A special thank you to my friend Erik Johansen (Tape8) who edited Peters performance - http://www.tape8.com
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