On July 20th, 1969, the first crewed mission to land on the Moon was manned by Neil Armstrong Civilian (U.S. Navy veteran), Buzz Aldrin (U.S. Air Force veteran), and Michael Collins (U.S. Air Force veteran). In celebration of this historic event, we are looking back to our own collaboration with special guest artist Chelsey Green and The United States Air Force Band's recording of "Fly Me to the Moon."

“Fly Me to the Moon” was written by Bart Howard in 1954 as a slow waltz, with the title “In Other Words”, first recorded by Kaye Ballard. While a variety of singers released recordings in the following few years, it was Peggy Lee’s appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1960 which greatly increased its popularity. In 1963, Peggy Lee convinced Howard to change the title to “Fly Me to the Moon”. In 1962, Joe Harnell arranged and recorded an instrumental version of the song in bossa nova style which spent 13 weeks on Billboard’s “Hot 100” list. In 1964, Quincy Jones arranged the song for the album “It Might as Well Be Swing” (Frank Sinatra and Count Basie’s Band) and changed the time signature from 3/4 to 4/4, which has been standard for the song ever since. This version became closely associated with NASA’s Apollo Space program and became the first music heard on the Moon when Buzz Aldrin played it on a portable cassette player after he stepped onto the Moon.

Please enjoy Chelsey Green and The U.S Air Force Band's take on "Fly Me to the Moon."

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Fly Me to the Moon - Bart Howard
arr. Nicole Neely
adapt. by Master Sgt. Kevin Cerovich
Chelsey Green, vocalist

The United States Air Force Band

Credits
Colonel Don Schofield - Executive Producer
Chief Master Sgt. Dennis Hoffmann - Producer/Videographer
Captain Christina Muncey - Audio Producer
Senior Master Sgt. Jim DeVaughn - Recording/Mixing Engineer
Technical Sgt. Jim Woolf - Asst. Recording Engineer
Technical Sgt. Pedro Rodríguez Ramírez - Monitor Engineer
Nathan Devonshyre, Andrew Waters - Lighting
Chris McCary - Jib Operator
Master Sgts. Kevin Cerovich, Mike Brest - Videographers
Technical Sgt. Aaron Trasatt - Video Editor
Master Sgt. (ret) Jeremy Koch - Artist Manager
Master Sgt. (sel) Nikki Hill - Asst. Artist Manager

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