<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, and the Japanese animated series Neon Genesis Evangelion played the song 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>

Who sang the famous song fly me to the moon 1964