<Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> Decca </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Bart Howard </Td> </Tr> <P> "Fly Me to the Moon", originally titled "In Other Words", is a song written in 1954 by Bart Howard . Kaye Ballard made the first recording of the song the year it was written . Since then, it has become a frequently recorded jazz standard often featured in popular culture; Frank Sinatra's 1964 version was closely associated with the Apollo missions to the Moon . It is also used in the Japanese animated series Neon Genesis Evangelion as the closing music at the end of each episode . </P> <P> In 1999, the US - based Songwriters Hall of Fame recognized the importance of "Fly Me to the Moon" by inducting it as a "Towering Song" which is an award "...presented each year to the creators of an individual song that has influenced our culture in a unique way over many years ." </P>

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