Major airports near Fort Leavenworth: The nearest major airport is Kansas City International Airport (MCI / KMCI). This airport has international and domestic flights from Kansas City, Missouri and is 22 miles from the center of Fort Leavenworth.nother major airport is Forbes Field (FOE / KFOE), which has domestic flights from Topeka, Kansas and is 71 miles from Fort Leavenworth.
Subscribe to 30sJazz.com. Advertisement. This scene from the 1937 film Hollywood Hotel the Benny Goodman Orchestra perform a swingin' number with Benny Goodman (clarinet), Harry James (trumpet), and Gene Krupa (drums). *Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) was written by Louis Prima in 1936.
Kaye Ballard made the first recording of the song in 1954. Since then it has become a frequently recorded jazz standard often featured in popular culture. Frank Sinatra 's 1964 version was closely associated with the Apollo missions to the Moon.n 1954, when writing the song which would become famous as Fly Me to the Moon, Bart Howard had been pursuing a career in music for more than 20 years.