As early as the 1950s Bert Kaempfert was Polydor’s arranger and producer. It was at this time that Bert Kaempfert also began to compose: at first he used the pseudonym Marc Bones, but he later changed to using his own name.

All the singles which appeared on the Polydor label in Germany have been compiled and are now being re-released on this double CD for the very first time. Among them are treasures which have never appeared on compact disc before, such as the choral versions of Only A Fool (Would Lose You) and Lonely Is The Name.

For lovers and collectors of this orchestral music, a dream has here come true: early recordings, often made in Hamburg’s Musikhalle if the ensemble was a small one, will conjure up many pleasant memories. Hits of their day such as Mitternachts-Blues, Ducky, Patricia, Catalania, Explorer and Cerveza are all now heard here in their original single version, some of which were released later in a different version on LP. Cha! Bull! and Shepherd’s Cha-Cha are two titles from the LP compilation “Ssh! It’s … Bert Kaempfert” which was released later in England and which are now being re-released here.

CD1 (1958 – 1962):

• Afrikaan Beat
• Mexican Road
• Neunzig Minuten Nach Mitternacht
• Golden Wings In The Sun
• Cinderella After Midnight
• Echo In The Night
• Holiday In Scotland
• Midsummernight In Gotland
• Hab‘ Mein Herz In Heidelberg Verloren
• Muss I Denn
• Hänschen Klein
• Schlaf, Kindchen, Schlaf
• Nur Du, Du, Du Allein (To Know Him Is To Love Him)
• Morgen (One More Sunrise)
• Dreaming The Blues
• Wonderland By Night (Wunderland Bei Nacht)
• Shepherd‘s Cha Cha
• Gipsy‘s Cha Cha
• Cha! Bull!
• Cerveza
• Explorer
• Catalania
• Patricia
• Ducky
• Mitternachts-Blues
• Wenn Du Nicht Bei Mir Bist
• Till
• Petticoats Of Portugal
• April In Portugal

CD2 (1963 – 1972):

• Only A Fool (Would Lose You)
• One Lonely Night
• Malaysian Melody
• Caravan
• Night Dreams
• Talk
• Pussy Footin’
• Hold Back The Dawn
• So What’s New?
• Hold Me
• But Not Today
• Nothing’s New
• The Moon Is Making Eyes
• The Bass Walks
• Lonely Nightingale
• Blue Midnight
• (You Are) My Way Of Life
• Lonely Is The Name
• L.O.V.E.
• Three O’Clock In The Morning
• Sweet Caroline
• Moon Over Naples (Spanish Eyes)
• Red Roses For A Blue Lady
• Danke Schoen
• Melina
• Remember When
• Bye Bye Blues