Editing Fly Me to the Moon (section)

==Early recordings==
[[File:Kaye Ballard publicity photo taken by Maurice Seymour NY in late 1950s for MCA.jpg|thumb|[[Kaye Ballard]] circa late 1950s]]

[[Kaye Ballard]] made the song's first<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Barnes|first1=Mike|last2=Byrge|first2=Duane|date=2019-01-22|title=Kaye Ballard Dead: 'Mothers-in-Law' Star Was 93|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/kaye-ballard-dead-mothers-law-star-was-93-931227|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Hollywood Reporter|language=en}}</ref> commercial recording, released by [[Decca Records|Decca]] in April 1954.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/929114 |title=Kaye Ballard - In Other Words / Lazy Afternoon - Decca - USA - 9-29114 |website=45cat.com |date=2012-11-25 |access-date=2016-09-26}}</ref> A brief review published on May 8, 1954, in ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' said that "In Other Words" was "...a love song sung with feeling by Miss Ballard."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YB8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 |title=Billboard |page=24 |date=1954-05-08 |access-date=2016-09-26}}</ref> This recording was released as the [[A-side and B-side|flipside]] of "Lazy Afternoon", which Kaye Ballard was currently performing as star of the stage show ''[[The Golden Apple (musical)|The Golden Apple]]''.<ref name="autogenerated1995">Liz Smith, Liner Notes for the CD Portia Nelson, ''Let Me Love You: Portia Nelson Sings the Songs of Bart Howard'', DRG 91442, 1995</ref>

Over the next few years, [[jazz]] and cabaret singers released [[cover version]]s of "In Other Words" on [[Extended Play|EP]] or [[LP record]] [[albums]], including [[Chris Connor]],<ref>{{AllMusic|id=chris-mw0000175050|title=''Chris''. Chris Connor|access-date=2021-01-28}}</ref> [[Johnny Mathis]],<ref>{{AllMusic|id=in-other-words-mw0001902499|title=''In Other Words''. Johnny Mathis|access-date=2021-01-28}}</ref> [[Portia Nelson]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cross|first=Lucy E.|date=|title=Portia Nelson|url=https://masterworksbroadway.com/artist/portia-nelson-0/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=The Official Masterworks Broadway Site|language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)|Nancy Wilson]].<ref>{{AllMusic|id=like-in-love-something-wonderful-mw0000461255|title=''Like in Love/Something Wonderful''. Nancy Wilson|access-date=2021-01-28}}</ref> [[Eydie Gormé]] sang the song on her 1958 album ''Eydie In Love''  (under the title "In Other Words"),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/abc200.html |title=ABC-Paramount Album Discography, Part 2 |website=Bsnpubs.com |date=2005-09-01 |access-date=2016-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016193822/http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/abc200.html |archive-date=2016-10-16 |url-status=live }}</ref> which reached No. 20 in the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' Album Charts.<ref>{{cite web |author=Carolyn Hope |url=http://hitsofalldecades.com/chart_hits/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1887&Itemid=52 |title=Barry's Hits of All Decades Pop rock n roll Music Chart Hits |publisher=Hitsofalldecades.com |date=2007-09-11 |access-date=2016-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919161424/http://hitsofalldecades.com/chart_hits/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1887&Itemid=52 |archive-date=2018-09-19 |url-status=live }}</ref>