Bert Kaempfert

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Bert Kaempfert

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German producer, arranger, conductor, band-leader and composer, born October 16, 1923 in Hamburg, Germany, and died June 21, 1980 on Mallorca, Spain. His nickname was Fips. Altogether he wrote about 400 titles and 700 arrangements. More than 150 million records had been sold when he died. Kaempfert has won a Golden Globe-Award for his composition Strangers In The Night, and is also famous for A Swingin' Safari and Moon Over Naples. Stars like Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Caterina Valente, Engelbert Humperdinck, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Duke Ellington and Count Basie were successful with Kaempfert’s compositions. In 1961, he hired The Beatles to back Tony Sheridan for an album called My Bonnie. The album and its singles, released by Polydor Records, were the Beatles' first commercially released recordings.

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Afrikaan Beat

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Strangers in the Night

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Red Roses For A Blue Lady

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La vie en rose

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A Swinging Safari

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A Swingin' Safari

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That Happy Feeling

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Wonderland By Night

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L.O.V.E.

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Bye Bye Blues

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June 20, 1979

Hugenottenhalle

Neu Isenburg, Hesse, Germany

  • 1. Afrikaan Beat / A Swingin' Safari / Red Roses for a Blue Lady / Three O'Clock in the Morning

  • 2. Chanson d'amour (Song of Love)(Art & Dotty Todd cover)

  • 3. Walkin' and Shoutin'

  • 4. Something(The Beatles cover)

  • 5. Snowbird(Gene MacLellan cover)

  • 6. L-O-V-E

  • 7. Spanish Eyes

  • 8. Remember When (We Made These Memories)

  • 9. Apple Honey(Woody Herman and His Orchestra cover)

  • 10. The Way We Were(Barbra Streisand cover)

  • 11. Two O'Clock Jump(Harry James cover)

  • 12. A Song for Lovers(Bert Kaempfert cover)

  • 13. One Smile Away

  • 14. You Turned My World Around(Bert Kaempfert cover)

  • 15. The World We Knew

  • 16. Strangers in the Night(Bert Kaempfert cover)

  • 17. Tuxedo Junction(Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra cover)

  • 18. Perdido(Duke Ellington and His Orchestra cover)

  • 19. Jumpin' at the Woodside(Count Basie and His Orchestra cover)

  • 20. Bye Bye Blues(Fred F. Hamm cover)

  • 21. Danke schoen

  • 22. Sweet Caroline(Neil Diamond cover)

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April 22, 1974

Royal Albert Hall

London, England, United Kingdom

  • 1. Market Day

  • 2. Gentleman Jim

  • 3. Mexican Road

  • 4. Happy Trumpeter

  • 5. Bye Bye Blues(Fred F. Hamm cover)

  • 6. Never My Love(The Addrisi Brothers cover)

  • 7. A Song for Satch

  • 8. Wonderland by Night

  • 9. That Happy Feeling

  • 10. Strangers in the Night(Bert Kaempfert cover)

  • 11. All I Ever Need Is You(Ray Charles cover)

  • 12. Blue Midnight

  • 13. Three O'Clock in the Morning(Julian Robledo cover)

  • 14. Tahitian Sunset

  • 15. Afrikaan Beat(Bert Kaempfert cover)

  • 16. Sweet Caroline(Neil Diamond cover)

  • 17. Take the "A" Train(Duke Ellington and His Orchestra cover)

  • 18. I Cover the Waterfront(Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra cover)

  • 19. Let Me Be There(Olivia Newton‐John cover)

  • 20. Melancholy Serenade(Jackie Gleason cover)

  • 21. Tuxedo Junction(Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra cover)

  • 22. L-O-V-E

  • 23. A Swingin' Safari

  • 24. Red Roses for a Blue Lady(John Laurenz cover)

  • 25. Over the Rainbow(Harold Arlen cover)

  • 26. Skyliner(Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra cover)

  • 27. Spanish Eyes

  • 28. Danke schoen

  • 29. The Good Life(Sacha Distel cover)

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Bert Kaempfert has released 135+ albums. Some of their notable releases include Today & Yesterday (The Bert Kaempfert Anthology), Eight Classic Albums, Portrait In Music. Explore their complete discography on this page.

Some of Bert Kaempfert's most popular tracks include Afrikaan Beat, Strangers in the Night, Red Roses For A Blue Lady, La vie en rose, A Swinging Safari. Listen to these songs and discover more from their extensive catalog.

German producer, arranger, conductor, band-leader and composer, born October 16, 1923 in Hamburg, Germany, and died June 21, 1980 on Mallorca, Spain. His nickname was Fips. Altogether he wrote about 4... Read the full biography on this page.

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