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Come Fly with Me (1958 song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Come Fly with Me'" is a 1958 popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
"Come Fly with Me" was written for Frank Sinatra, and was the title track of his 1958 album of the same name. The song sets the tone for the rest of the album, describing adventures in exotic locales, in Bombay, Peru and Acapulco Bay as the Jet Age began.
It subsequently became part of Sinatra's concert repertoire, and would feature in numerous performances.
Sinatra performed the song on his album 'Duets II' (1994) as a duet with Luis Miguel. To date, it is Miguel's only English-language song that he has commercially released.
Certifications
Recordings
*Frank Sinatra:
**'Come Fly with Me' (1958)
**'A Man And His Music' (1965)
**'Sinatra at the Sands' (1966)
**'Duets II' (1994) (with Luis Miguel)
**'Sinatra & Sextet: Live in Paris' (1994)
**'With Red Norvo Quintet: Live in Australia, 1959' (1997)
**'Nothing But the Best' (2008)
::(numerous compilation albums)
*Pinky and Perky - 'Summer Holiday EP' (1967)
*Shirley Horn - 'Close Enough for Love' (1989)
*The Four Freshmen - 'Voices In Standards' — (1996)
*Barry Manilow -- Manilow Sings Sinatra (1998)
*James Darren - 'This One's from the Heart' (1999)
*Michael Bubl - 'Michael Bubl' (2003)
*Westlife - 'Allow Us to Be Frank' (2004)
*Robbie Williams - (non-album song, with music video)
*Kurt Elling - '1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project' (2012)
*Gian Marco - 'Versiones' (2013)
*Cherry Poppin' Daddies - 'Please Return the Evening' — (2014)
*Laura Dickinson - 'One For My Baby - To Frank Sinatra With Love' — (2014)
*Trisha Yearwood - 'Let's Be Frank' — (2018)
*Eliane Elias - 'Love Stories' (2019)
Film, radio and television
The song is featured prominently in the 1963 feature film 'Come Fly with Me' sung by Frankie Avalon. The song was also used as the theme tune to the 1998 television series Airline, sung by Tina May, and it also appears in numerous films, including 'Raging Bull' (1980), 'Dear Mr. Wonderful' (1982), 'Betsy's Wedding' (1990), 'Air America' (1990), 'Vegas Vacation' (1997), 'Little Voice' (1998), 'Heartbreakers' (2001), 'Catch Me If You Can' (2002), 'Two Weeks Notice' (2002), 'Looney Tunes: Back in Action' (2003), and 'PanAm' (2011), and in two television bio-pics about Sinatra; the 1992 mini-series 'Sinatra' and 1997's 'The Rat Pack'. It is also used in the 2019 film, 'Doctor Sleep'.
References
Category:Songs with music by Jimmy Van Heusen
Category:Songs with lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Category:Frank Sinatra songs
Category:1958 songs
Category:Jet Age
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