Fly Me to the Moon

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"Fly Me to the Moon"
Written by Bart Howard
Original artist Kaye Ballard (1954)
Popularized by Peggy Lee (1960), Joe Harnell, 1962, Frank Sinatra (1964)
Note originally titled "In Other Words", it was officially renamed in 1963
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"Fly Me to the Moon" is a 1954 song written by Bart Howard and first recorded by Kaye Ballard. Originally titled "In Other Words," it was popularized by Frank Sinatra in 1964 and has become a jazz standard covered by numerous artists.[1]scope: entire paragraph

Angelina first performed the song in public at the Senkveld show on 2014-03-21. It became her signature song, as she performed it more often than any other song. She released a music video for her acoustic version in 2017, and it was included on her 2017 EP, Angelina Jordan – The EP, released later that year. By end of 2018, she had done more than 35 live performances of it. In that year she also performed it at the Quincy Jones 85th birthday concert with a live orchestra as one of her early career highlights. Her last known public performance of the song (as of early 2026) was at her final 2022 summer concert on 2022-07-10 in Sandjeford.

Original recording

Performances by other artists

Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee released her version in 1960. She later convinced Bart Howard to officially rename the song from "In Other Words" to "Fly Me to the Moon", which he did in 1963.

Joe Harnell

Joe Harnell had sucess in 1962 with an instrumental Bossa Nova version he arranged and performed on piano.

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra released the song on his 1964 album It Might as Well Be Swing↗, accompanied by Count Basie. The music for this album was arranged by Quincy Jones, who changed the time signature of this song from 3/4 to 4/4.

Doris Day

Doris Day released a version in 1965 on her album Latin for Lovers↗. When Angelina performed a duet in an radio interview in 2018, they used a backing track with this instrumentation.

Performances by Angelina

2014

Senkveld

  • Senkveld (2014-03-21 - live)
    [1]↗
Stage rehearsal
  • Senkveld (2014-03-21 - rehearsal)
    [2]↗(fragment)

Prime Minister

  • Prime Minister (2014-06 - live)
    [3]↗
Rehearsal

This was likely in preperation for this event.

  • Rehearsal session with Egil, 2014 1 (2014 - rehearsal)
    [4]↗(fragment)

Kongsberg Jazz Festival

  • Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2014, Barnivalen (2014-07-03 - live)
    [5]↗
FMC Technology event

This was a privat company event by the festivals general sponsor.

  • Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2014, FMC Technology (2014-07-03 - live)
    [6]↗

The View

Bystasjonen Mall, Sandnes

  • Bystasjonen Mall, Sandnes (2014-10 - live)
    [7]↗(fragment)
Rehearsal

Ein Herz für Kinder benefit

New Year Celebration

  • New Year's celebration 2014/15 (2014-12 - live)
    [8]↗
Soundcheck

Unknown concerts

  • Unknown concert, 2014 A (2014 - live)
    [9]↗
  • Unknown concert, 2014 C (2014/15 ? - rehearsal)
    [10]↗(fragment)

2015

Hemnes Båt & Fjord Festival

  • Hemnes Båt & Fjord Festival (2015-06-28 - live)
    [11]↗

Angelina Jordan – The EP

Though released only in 2017, this was recorded by September 2015.

  • EP The EP (2015 - track)
    [12]↗
Music video

Brazil

Ajyal Youth Film Festival, Doha, Quatar

  • Ajyal Youth Film Festival (2015-12- - live)
    [15]↗(fragment)

2016

TV feature with Dorthe Skappel

  • Teaching Dorthe Skappel to Sing (2016 - recording)
    [16]↗(fragment)

Little Big Shots

Stage Rehearsal

Kaleidoscope Ball

  • Kaleidoscope Ball (2016-05-21 - live)
    [17]↗(fragement)

Rotary Club Convention 2016, Seoul

  • Rotary Club Convention, 2016, Seoul (2016-06-01 - live)
    [18]↗

Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2016

She peformed on four different stages this year, both with a small jazz band and the amateur Kongsberg Big Band. There's no known recording of the first gig at the Barnivalen, though.

  • Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2016, Gulljazz (2016-07-07 - live)
    [19]↗
  • Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2016, Gamle Norge (2016-07-09 - live)
    [20]↗
  • Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2016, Kongsberg Musikkteater (2016-07-09 - live)
    [21]↗
Rehearsal
  • Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2016, Gamle Norge (2016-07-09 - soundcheck)
    [22]↗(short)

2017

New Years concerts 2017

Nordic Business Forum Sweden

  • Nordic Business Forum (2017-01-16 - live)
    [23]↗(fragment)

Linked-in ad

Radio, Osaka, Japan

These are rehearsals:

  • Interview Radio, Osaka, Japan (2017-03 - rehearsal)
    [24]↗(fragment)
  • Interview Radio, Osaka, Japan (2017-03 - rehearsal)
    [25]↗(fragment)

Nor Shipping Conference

2017 Summer concert tour

Stage rehearsal

This is from the first of the four concerts.

It's Magic album

2017 Christmas tour

  • Christmas concert tour 2017, 2017-12 (2017-12 - live)
    [26]↗(fragment)
  • Christmas concert tour 2017, 2017-12-07 (2017-12-07 - live)
    [27]↗
  • Christmas concert tour 2017, 2017-12-14 (2017-12-14 - live)
    [28]↗
  • Christmas concert tour 2017, 2017-12-20 (2017-12-20 - live)
    [29]↗

Unknown concert

2018

Gala de Danza, Mexico

  • Gala de Danza (2018-03-15 - soundcheck)
    [30]↗(fragment)

Lyden av Norge, P4 Radio

  • Interview Lyden av Norge, P4 Radio (2018-06-14 - live)
    [31]↗(short)

It's Magic premiere concert

Quincy Jones 85th birthday concert

Rehearsals

Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2018

TechnipFMC Jazzfest

This was a company event from the festival's general sponsor.

  • Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2018, TechnipFMC Jazzfest (2018-07-05 - live)
    [33]↗
Rehearsal
  • Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2018, rehearsal (2018-06 ? - rehearsal)
    [34]↗

Jake and Rachel's Wedding

Skavlan

This was a social media teaser for the show, in which she premiered her orignal "Shield".

  • Skavlan (2018-11 - recording)
    [35]↗

2019 - 2022

2019 summer concert tour

2021 social media post

  • Walking (2021 - recording)
    [36]↗(short)

2022 Summer concert tour

She only performed this in the final of the three concerts.

References

  1. ↑ Fly Me to the Moon↗. Wikipedia. Accessed 2025-10-22.
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