Bart Howard
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Born Howard Joseph Gustafson; June 1, 1915 — February 21, 2004. Was the composer and writer of the famous jazz standard "Fly Me To The Moon", which has been performed by singers (among others) Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Della Reese, Diana Krall, June Christy and Astrud Gilberto. It is also played frequently by jazz and popular musicians around the world. Howard was born in Burlington, Iowa. He began his career as an accompanist at the age of 16 and played for Mabel Mercer, J
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Burlington
- Place of death
- Carmel
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Fly Me to the Moon
- Instrument
- piano
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- date of birth
- 1915-06-01
- date of death
- 2004-02-21
- birth name
- Howard Joseph Gustafson
- pseudonym
- Bart Howard
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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