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Bert Kaempfert is tagged as: easy listening, instrumental, swing, jazz, german

Bert Kaempfert (also Kämpfert) (b. 16 October 1923 - d. 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader and songwriter. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records, and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, such as “Strangers in the Night” (originally recorded by Ivo Robić) and “Spanish Eyes”.
He was born in Hamburg, Germany, and studied at the School of Music there. A multi-instrumentalist, he was hired by Hans Busch to play with his orchestra before serving as a bandsman in the German Navy during World War II. He later formed his own big band, toured with them, then worked as an arranger and producer, making hit records with Freddy Quinn and Ivo Robic. In 1961, he hired The Beatles to back Tony Sheridan on “My Bonnie (Lies Over the Ocean),” “When the Saints Go Marching In,” “Ain’t She Sweet” and “Cry for a Shadow,” in a session for Polydor. These turned out to be the Beatles’ first commercial recordings. When Beatles manager Brian Epstein asked Kaempfert about further promoting The Beatles, Kaempfert informed Epstein that the company was only interested in The Beatles as Tony Sheridan’s backup group. (It also turned out British Decca executive Dick Rowe turned them down i...
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Top 10 Bert Kaempfert Songs
Afrikaan Beat
Wonderland by Night
A Swinging Safari
That Happy Feeling
Strangers In The Night
Blue Moon
Treat For Trumpets
Time to Love
Danke Schoen
Holiday For Bells
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Top 10 Bert Kaempfert Albums
A Swingin' Safari
The Collection
Red Roses
The Very Best of Bert Kaempfert
Swinging Safari
Christmas Wonderland
That Latin Feeling
Hold Me & the World We Knew
Two In One - A Singin' Safari/Safari Swings Again
Singles
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