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Partner Thomas "Bud" Fowler
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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, Bud Fowler.
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 his partner of 58 years, Thomas Fowler.[1]
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