answers: 1954
context: more popular when she performed it in front of a large television audience on "The Ed Sullivan Show". As the song's popularity increased, it became better known as "Fly Me to the Moon", and in 1963 Peggy Lee convinced Bart Howard to make the name change official. In the early 1960s, versions of the song were released under its new name by many well-known singers, including Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan, and Brenda Lee. Connie Francis released two non-English versions of the song in 1963: in Italian as "Portami Con Te" and in Spanish as ""Llévame a la Luna". In </s> rightful copyright owners of "I'll Fly Away" and compensated them for an undisclosed amount. I'll Fly Away "I'll Fly Away" is a hymn written in 1929 by Albert E. Brumley and published in 1932 by the Hartford Music company in a collection titled "Wonderful Message". Brumley's writing was influenced by the 1924 secular ballad, "The Prisoner's Song". "I'll Fly Away" has been called the most recorded gospel song, and it is frequently used in worship services by Baptists, Pentecostals, Nazarenes, the Churches of Christ and many Methodists. It appears in many hymnals where it is listed under the topics of </s> me to the moon," but Howard refused. Many years later Howard commented that "... it took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes." He used his position as a piano accompanist and presenter at the Blue Angel cabaret venue to promote the song, and it was soon introduced in cabaret performances by Felicia Sanders. Kaye Ballard made the song's first commercial recording, and Decca released it in April 1954. A brief review published on 8 May 1954 in "Billboard" said that "In Other Words" was "...a love song sung with feeling by Miss
question: when was the song fly me to the moon written