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Bart Howard (born Howard Joseph Gustafson, June 1, 1915 – February 21, 2004) was an American composer and songwriter, most notably of the jazz standard "Fly Me to the Moon", which has been performed by Kaye Ballard, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Della Reese, Bobby Womack, Diana Krall, June Christy, Brenda Lee, Astrud Gilberto, Nat King Cole, and Sia, among others. It is played frequently by jazz and popular musicians around the world. Howard wrote the song for his partner of 58 years, Thomas Fowler.

Biography

Howard was born in Burlington, Iowa. He began his career as an accompanist at the age of 16 and played for Mabel Mercer, Johnny Mathis and Eartha Kitt, among others.

"Fly Me to the Moon" was first sung in 1954 by Felicia Sanders at the Blue Angel nightclub in Manhattan, where the composer became M.C. and accompanist in 1951. The song received wide exposure when Peggy Lee sang it on The Ed Sullivan Show several years later. Bart Howard "lived off" this song for the rest of his life, although he had 49 other songs to his credit. These include "Let Me Love You", "On the First Warm Day", "One Love Affair", "Be My All", "The Man in the Looking Glass", "My Love Is a Wanderer", "Who Wants to Fall in Love" and "Don't Dream of Anybody But Me".

Howard died February 21, 2004, at age 88, in Carmel, New York. He was survived by a sister Dorothy Lind of Burlington, Iowa and by his partner of 58 years, Thomas Fowler.[1]

Notes

The original title was "In Other Words", but so many people referred to it by the first lyric line, ("fly me to the moon") the publisher changed the title to "Fly Me to the Moon".

References

• Todd S. Jenkins (2004), Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia, Greenwood Press

External links

• Bart Howard at Find a Grave

На других языках

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[de] Bart Howard

Bart Howard, eigentlich Howard Joseph Gustafson, (* 1. Juni 1915 in Burlington (Iowa); † 21. Februar 2004 in Carmel (New York)[1]) war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist und Verfasser des bekannten Jazz-Standards Fly Me to the Moon.

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- [en] Bart Howard

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[es] Bart Howard

Bart Howard (nacido como Howard Joseph Gustafson) (Burlington, Iowa, Estados Unidos, 1 de junio de 1915 — Carmel, Nueva York, Estados Unidos, 21 de febrero del 2004) fue un compositor y escritor estadounidense. Compuso el famoso tema de jazz Fly me to the Moon, que ha sido interpretado, entre otros, por Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Della Reese, Astrud Gilberto y Utada Hikaru.

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[ru] Ховард, Барт

Барт Говард (англ. Bart Howard, полное имя — Говард Джозеф Густафсон; 1 июня 1915 — 21 февраля 2004) — автор и композитор знаменитого джазового стандарта «Fly Me to the Moon». Песня была спета множеством исполнителей, среди которых: Фрэнк Синатра, Тони Беннет, Элла Фицджеральд, Нэнси Уилсон, Делла Риз, Бобби Уомак, Дайана Кролл, Джун Кристи, Бренда Ли и Аструд Жилберту. Эту песню исполняют джазовые ансамбли и музыканты по всему миру.

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