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The Music Of Bert Kaempfert \u2013 conducted by Jiggs Whigham<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Silver Spot Records<\/a>
\nCatalog no.: 1036007SSR
\nEAN: 426026036007 8
\nRelease: 04. Juni 2021
\nDownload: Amazon<\/a> and Apple Music<\/a><\/p>\n

The Concert Event of 2008<\/strong>
\nThe Berlin Jazz Orchestra, Frankfurt Strings and Berlin Voices, conducted by Jiggs Whigham, revived the world-famous songs in this live performance.<\/p>\n

Against the backdrop of a series of concerts from the years 2006 and 2008 the recording on 12 February 2008 in Frankfurt a. M. in the main concert hall of the “Alte Oper” is now available in a digital version for downloading and streaming.<\/p>\n

Soloists Ack van Rooyen (flugelhorn\/trumpet), Herb Geller (saxophone\/flute), Jiggs Whigham (trombone), Ladi Geisler (bass guitar) and jazz singer Sylvia Vrethammar – who had all worked with Bert Kaempfert in the past – as well as special guests Marc Secara and pianist Joja Wendt provided a refreshingly new presentation of Bert Kaempfert’s timeless music. J\u00f6rg Achim Keller wrote the arrangements for these top-class artists. An impressive homage of the very first order!<\/p>\n

Tracks:<\/h3>\n

1. INTRO: STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
\n2. WONDERLAND BY NIGHT
\n3. MEDLEY:
\nAFRIKAAN BEAT
\nA SWINGIN\u2018 SAFARI
\nRED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY
\nTHREE O\u2019CLOCK IN THE MORNING
\n4.FOR BERT
\nSylvia Vrethammar – Vocal<\/em>
\n5. THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE
\nJoja Wendt – Piano<\/em>
\n6. THE WORLD WE KNEW
\nBerlin Voices – Vocal<\/em>
\n7. SPANISH EYES (MOON OVER NAPLES)
\nBerlin Voices \u2013 Vocal \/ Ladi Geisler – Guitar<\/em>
\n8. L.O.V.E.
\nSylvia Vrethammar \u2013 Vocal<\/em>
\n9. IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE
\nSylvia Vrethammar \/ Marc Secara \u2013 Vocal<\/em>
\n10. LONELY IS THE NAME
\nMarc Secara \u2013 Vocal \/ Herb Geller – Saxophone<\/em>
\n11. BYE BYE BLUES
\n12. I LOVE YOU SO
\nJiggs Whigham \u2013 Trombone<\/em>
\n13. A SONG FOR SATCH
\nAck van Rooyen \u2013 Flugelhorn<\/em>
\n14. STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
\nSylvia Vrethammar \/ Marc Secara – Vocal<\/em>
\n15. YOU TURNED MY WORLD AROUND
\nSylvia Vrethammar \/ Marc Secara – Vocal<\/em>
\n16. MY WAY OF LIFE
\nMarc Secara – Vocal<\/em>
\n17. THE TIMES WILL CHANGE
\nSylvia Vrethammar – Vocal<\/em>
\n18. DANKE SCHOEN
\nAll Soloists, Choir and Orchestra<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

Strangers In Dub \u2013 Bert Kaempfert meets De-Phazz<\/h2>\n

An extraordinary tribute album has been produced on the occasion of Bert Kaempfert’s 95th birthday: “Strangers In Dub” brings the easy listening maestro’s music into the present. The album is the work of Heidelberg producer Pit Baumgartner with his band De-Phazz, which has been a pioneer in the field of well-tempered downbeat sounds since the 90s.<\/p>\n

\"\"Silver Spot Records<\/a>
\n# 1036005SSR
\nRelease: 16. November 2018<\/p>\n

Order now <\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

The album is based on the album “SOOTHING THE TIGER. THE GENTLE SOUND OF HERBERT REHBEIN & HIS ORCHESTRA.” From this repertoire Baumgartner has chosen songs in which he found hooks and cool themes to compress, for example “STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT”, “MOON MAID”, “LADY”, “MALAYSIAN MELODY”, “LOVE AFTER MIDNIGHT” and “MY WAY OF LIFE”. The fiery De-Phazz singer Pat Appleton with her soul-inspired voice and Sandie Wollasch, who contributes the smooth elements, provide the nuances. Rapper Gee Pierce, who comes from the Wu-Tang Clan scene, adds the required bite on “SPANISH EYES”.<\/p>\n

In “MALAYSIAN MELODY” on the one hand he transports us back to the atmosphere of the 60s, turning the song “into a number that could well have been heard playing on a jukebox in an ice-cream parlour.” On the other hand Sandy Wollasch brings us back to this century with her euphoric singing style.<\/p>\n

Different versions of the global hit “STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT” have been sung countless times, by the American crooner Frank Sinatra and Germany’s iconic Udo Lindenberg, among many others. As this song is so famous the world over and is recognised after about two seconds, Baumgartner started with the middle section, which seems to drift over to us from another planet. “With this song I always used to have images from the 60s in my head, black-and-white TV, Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, Peter Frankenfeld.” Pit Baumgartner blasts these associations away with a pastiche of voices that sound as if they come from another planet. In this way its unique melody suddenly appears in a completely different context, allowing the listener to appreciate its beauty with new ears.<\/p>\n

TRACKS:<\/h3>\n

 1. DRY EYES
\n 2. STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
\n 3. THE LADY SMILES
\n 4. LOVE AFTER MIDNIGHT
\n 5. I LOVE YOU SO
\n 6. DON`T TALK TO ME
\n 7. THE TIMES WILL CHANGE
\n 8. LADY
\n 9. SPANISH EYES (MOON OVER NAPLES)
\n10. MOON MAID
\n11. MALAYSIAN MELODY
\n12. HOLD BACK THE DAWN
\n13. MY WAY OF LIFE
\n14. LONELY IS THE NAME<\/p>\n

\n

Tom Gaebel \u2013 Perfect Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Tomofon
\n# 42510 0490016 2
\nRelease: September 28, 2018<\/p>\n

Order now<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

PERFECT DAY is the eighth studio album by seven-time Jazz Award winner Tom Gaebel. For this production the singer also recorded “Why Can\u2019t You And I Add Up”, composed by Bert Kaempfert, and himself penned a text for it. The result is a wonderful piece of easy listening in a duet with Natalia Avalon.<\/p>\n

\n

Diana Krall \u2013 Turn Up The Quiet<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"diana-krall_turn-up-the-quiet\"Verve Forecast\/Universal
\n# 06025 5735217 7
\nRelease: Mai 5, 2017<\/p>\n

Order now<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

Diana Krall is by far the best known female jazz singer of our times. She is the proud holder of five Grammys, eight Juno Awards as well as nine Gold, three Platinum and seven Multi-Platinum albums worldwide. In Germany she has garnered three Gold Discs and three ECHO Jazz awards.<\/p>\n

The 11 jazz classics and immortal songs from the American Songbook on the album also include the Bert Kaempfert classic “L.O.V.E.”. An inspired meeting between Diana Krall and Bert Kaempfert.<\/p>\n

\n

Remember When… \u2013
\nPaul Kuhn Meets Bert Kaempfert<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"RememberSilver Spot Records
\n# 1036004SSR
\nRelease Date: April 10, 2015
\nOrder now<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

Paul Kuhn and Bert Kaempfert are without doubt two of the leading lights in the music business. Both had their biggest successes at the same time although in fact they never met in person.<\/p>\n

In 2001 they come together notionally in a studio: Bert Kaempfert provides his great compositions while Paul Kuhn acts as arranger, bandleader and interpreter.<\/p>\n

For this production Paul Kuhn has put together a first-class orchestra formation with violinists and extraordinary instrumental soloists and singers.<\/p>\n

\"grusswortAnd so we meet two companions of Bert Kaempfert\u2019s again: the trombone player Jiggs Whigham and the trumpeter Ack van Rooyen. We encounter Paul Kuhn as a pianist as well as a singer. His special version of Strangers In The Night<\/em> deliberately has nothing to do with the famous Sinatra interpretation. He does not arrange this hit of the century for a big orchestra, but returns to his well-known trio formation. With the compositional homage For Bert<\/em>, written by Anita Kerr, Greetje Kauffeld commemorates Bert Kaempfert with an incredible swing! The lyrics of Remember When<\/em> inspire Paul Kuhn to perform a duet with the unique singer. The vocalists Georgie Fame, Carry Sass and Peter Douglas respect the original hit versions by Nat “King” Cole, Shirley Bassey and Vic Damone, without copying them. Bertold Marschat and Markus Wienstroer demonstrate that improvisation of a composition can lend it new color.<\/p>\n

TRACKS:<\/h3>\n

1. Remember When
\n2. Welcome To My Heart
\n3. L.O.V.E.
\n4. The World We Knew (Over And Over)
\n5. For Bert
\n6. You Turned My World Around
\n7. Moon Over Naples (Spanish Eyes)
\n8. My Way Of Life
\n9. Don\u2019t Talk To Me
\n10. Strangers In The Night
\n11. Love After Midnight
\n12. It Makes No Difference
\n13. A Swingin\u2019 Safari
\n14. I Can\u2019t Help Remembering You
\n15. Danke Schoen<\/p>\n

THE MUSICIANS:<\/h3>\n

\"RememberSaxophones\/Flutes\/Bass-Clarinet:<\/strong> Marcus Bartelt, Elmar Frey, Frank Jacobi, Stefan Pfeifer, Heiner Wiberny
\nTrumpets:<\/strong> R\u00fcdiger Baldauf, J\u00f6rg Brohm, Martin Reuthner, Thomas Vogel
\nTrombones:<\/strong> G\u00fcnter Bollmann, Richard Hellenthal, Uli Launhardt, Ludwig Nuss, Uli Plettendorff
\nPiano, Vocal:<\/strong> Paul Kuhn
\nKeyboard, Harmonica:<\/strong> Bertold Matschat
\nGuitars:<\/strong> Marcus Wienstroer, Tom Wohlert
\nBass:<\/strong> Jens Foltynowic, Gary Todd, Paul G. Ulrich
\nDrums:<\/strong> Willy Ketzer
\nPercussion:<\/strong> Wolfgang Haas
\nString section:<\/strong> led by Mischa Salevic<\/p>\n

Choir:<\/strong> The Ute-Mann-Singers
\nUlla Arnz, Magdalena Burghardt, Gaby Goldberg, Ute Mann-Kuhn, Catrin Pr\u00f6pper, Peter Bauchwitz, Roland Bublitz, Markus Gahlen<\/p>\n

SPECIAL GUESTS:
\nFlugelhorn:<\/strong> Ack van Rooyen
\nTrombone:<\/strong> Jiggs Whigham
\nVocal:<\/strong> Greetje Kauffeld, Georgie Fame, Carry Sass, Peter Douglas<\/p>\n

\n

Soothing the Tiger – The Gentle Sound
\nof Herbert Rehbein & His Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"rehbeinRelease: 22. November 2013
\nSilver Spot Records # 1036003SSR
\nOrder now: www.amazon.de<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIn time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble, they\u2019re only made of clay, but our love is here to stay.\u201d Thus runs the central stanza of George and Ira Gershwin\u2019s sentimental ballad \u201cLove Is Here To Stay\u201d. It was the last song George Gershwin ever wrote, and if there were a reason to omit his brother Ira\u2019s inspired lyrics, then it is Rehbein\u2019s instrumental version.<\/p>\n

Herbert Rehbein was a close friend and long-standing musical partner of Bert Kaempfert\u2019s, with whom he wrote a number of songs for, amongst others, Frank Sinatra. His musical twin he was not.<\/p>\n

On the three LPs that Rehbein released in the \u201860s there is no \u201cKnack-Bass\u201d (that distinctive percussive bass sound) \u2013 at least not on the first two records \u2013 there are no exotic lead instruments such as piccolos, nor blaring-brass cascades. Instead, strings dominate, strings with which one not only could soothe tigers but their symphonic richness of tone was savoured with such sophistication by Rehbein that they invited immediate consumption.<\/p>\n

The three albums \u201cMUSIC TO SOOTHE THAT TIGER\u201d (1964) \u201cLOVE AFTER MIDNIGHT\u201d (1967) \u201c\u2026AND SO TO BED\u201d (1969) are now combined on this double CD \u201cSoothing The Tiger\u201d. From the outset the sound created by Herbert Rehbein and his orchestra was musical escapism of the very best sort, yet it is astonishing how fresh it sounds even today. The Rocky Mountains still stand proud and Herbert Rehbein\u2019s music has outlasted its time, too.<\/p>\n

Tracks CD1:<\/h3>\n

1. When I Fall In Love
\n2. Don\u2019t Talk To Me
\n3. East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)
\n4. Chances Are
\n5. The Lady Smiles
\n6. Prisoner Of Love
\n7. I Love You So
\n8. Love Is Here To Stay
\n9. If I Had You
\n10. Moon Maid
\n11. Speak Low
\n12. Dry Eyes
\n13. Love After Midnight
\n14. Lil\u2019 Darlin\u2019
\n15. Yesterday
\n16. Lady
\n17. September Song
\n18. A Gypsy In Manhattan<\/p>\n

Tracks CD 2:<\/h3>\n

1. Hold Back The Dawn!
\n2. It Was A Very Good Year
\n3. Strangers In The Night
\n4. My Yiddishe Momme
\n5. It\u2019s Only Love (Es Ist Nur Die Liebe)
\n6. Ebb Tide
\n7. Lonely Is The Name
\n8. Moon Over Naples (Spanish Eyes)
\n9. Malaysian Melody
\n10. Welcome To My Heart
\n11. The Times Will Change
\n12. The World We Knew (Over And Over)
\n13. Manhattan After Dark
\n14. I Can\u2019t Help Remembering You
\n15. (You Are) My Way Of Life
\n16. On My Lonely Way
\n17. Our Street Of Love<\/p>\n

More Information: www.silverspot-records.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Strangers in the Night \u2013
\nThe Music of Bert Kaempfert
\nThe Berlin Jazz Orchestra & Special Guests<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DVD_strangers-in-the-night-2012_180x\"<\/p>\n

Release: September 21, 2012
\nDVD-Video (2), PAL 16:9
\nDolby Digital 5.1\/DTS 5.1\/
\nPCM-Stereo
\nPlaying Time: 65 Min.
\n# 370 739-8 – Universal
\nOrder Now: www.amazon.de<\/a><\/p>\n

A live recording from Frankfurt\u2019s Alte Oper on 12 February 2008. Augmented by the Frankfurt Strings and the Berlin Voices, the Berlin Jazz Orchestra performed under the direction of Jiggs Whigham. Soloists included Ack van Rooyen (flugelhorn, trumpet), Herb Geller (saxophone, flute), Jiggs Whigham (trombone) and Ladi Geisler (bass) together with several of Bert Kaempfert’s fellow musicians. This concert was rounded off by, as special guests, jazz singer Sylvia Vrethammar, singer Marc Secara as well as pianist and entertainer Joja Wendt.<\/p>\n

Tracks:<\/h3>\n

Intro: Strangers In The Night
\nWonderland by Night
\nMedley
\nAfrikaan Beat<\/em>
\nA Swingin\u2019 Safari<\/em>
\nRed Roses For A Blue Lady<\/em>
\nThree O\u2019Clock In The Morning<\/em>
\nFor Bert
\nThe Sunny Side Of Life
\nThe World We Knew
\nSpanish Eyes (Moon Over Naples)
\nL.O.V.E.
\nIt Makes No Difference
\nLonely Is The Name
\nBye Bye Blues
\nI Love You So
\nA Song For Satch
\nStrangers In The Night
\nYou Turned My World Around
\n(You Are) My Way Of Life
\nThe Times Will Change
\nDanke Schoen<\/p>\n

\n

Now and Forever \u2013 Secara meets Kaempfert<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"marc<\/p>\n

Release: 24. Juni 2011
\nOrder Number: 1036001SSR
\nOrder Now: www.amazon.de <\/a>
\noder iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n

As a connoisseur of Bert Kaempfert\u2019s musical world, Marc Secara has chosen not to sing any of the maestro\u2019s hits. Instead, this CD features songs from Kaempfert\u2019s repertoire that are less well-known or to date have been heard “only” as instrumental versions.<\/p>\n

The music has been so arranged as to lend it a rich and luxurious quality. Accompanied by a large band Secara swings and croons his way through twelve Kaempfert\u2019s songs, songs that will rapidly become new evergreens.<\/p>\n

The big band is made up of some of the best jazz musicians Europe has to offer \u2013 such as Ack van Rooyen, Lutz B\u00fcchner, Fiete Felsch, Ludwig Nuss, Frank Chastenier, Christian von Kaphengst and Lutz H\u00e4fner \u2013 and backed up by the Babelsberg film orchestra.<\/p>\n

This album was produced by Robert Matt, with the arrangements written by J\u00f6rg Achim Keller, Wolf Kerschek and Michael Gibbs.<\/p>\n

“Now And Forever” is the first production on Silver Spot Records<\/a>, a brand-new label established by Bert Kaempfert\u2019s youngest daughter Doris, a label that will be issuing exclusive productions of music ranging from jazz to pop.<\/p>\n

Tracks:<\/h3>\n

Gray Eyes Make Me Blue
\nDon\u2019t Stay
\nNow And Forever
\nI\u2019m Gonna Walk Out
\nMy Way Of Life
\nDon\u2019t Talk To Me
\nI Go On Loving You
\nYou\u2019re Fooling No One But Yourself
\nLonely Is The Name
\nNight Dreams
\nTake Me
\nI Can\u2019t Help Remembering You<\/p>\n

For further details: www.now-and-forever.info<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

The Anita Kerr Singers \u2013
\nBert Kaempfert Turns Us On<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"anita_kerr_140\"<\/p>\n

Collector’S Choice Music
\n#WWCCM08132
\nRelease: June 6, 2007<\/p>\n

1968 saw the release of the album “Bert Kaempfert Turns Us On”. The well-known American musician Anita Kerr arranged a selection of Kaempfert hits specially for her group of singers, as well as composing the song For Bert by way of homage. This outstanding production has now been put out on CD by Collectors’ Choice in the USA and is also available here in Germany.<\/p>\n

Tracks:<\/h3>\n

L.O.V.E.
\nTwo Can Live On Love Alone
\nRemember When (We Made These Memories)
\nStrangers In The Night
\nA Swingin\u2019 Safari
\nThe World We Knew (Over And Over)
\nI Can\u2019t Help Remembering You
\nSpanish Eyes
\nDanke Schoen
\nWonderland By Night
\nLady
\nFor Bert<\/p>\n

Order now<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Christopher Dell \u2013 The World We Knew
\nCelebrating Bert Kaempfert with Ladi Geisler<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"chr_dell_\"<\/p>\n

# ACT 9449-2
\nRelease: January 26, 2007<\/p>\n

Well known in the jazz world as, i.a., a leading vibraphone player and winner of many an award over the years, Christopher Dell has collaborated with Siegfried Loch to produce this CD featuring an extremely fine line-up: Christof Lauer (saxophone), Carsten Daerr (piano), Oliver Potratz (bass), Eric Sch\u00e4fer (drums) together with Ladi Geisler as guitarist, renowned from Bert Kaempfert’s orchestra for his “Knackbass”. Here Dell not only plays vibraphone but has arranged Kaempfert’s songs in a style all of his own.<\/p>\n

Tracks:<\/h3>\n

Don\u2019t Talk To Me
\nDanke Schoen
\nA Swingin\u2019 Safari
\nStrangers In The Night
\nAfrikaan Beat II
\nWiedersehn
\nIt Makes No Difference
\nSpanish Eyes
\nAfrikaan Beat I
\nGeh nicht vorbei (I Can\u2019t Help Remembering You)
\nThe World We Knew (Over And Over)
\nLove After Midnight (90 Minuten nach Mitternacht)<\/p>\n

More information and order<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Strangers in the Night \u2013
\nThe Music of Bert Kaempfert
\nHessischer Rundfunk\u2019s big band directed
\nby Jiggs Whigham & Special Guests<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"strangers<\/p>\n

# 06 025 171 389 7 – Polydor
\nRelease: November 17, 2006<\/p>\n

Following the highly successful staging of a superlative concert, it was soon clear to everyone that this exceptional meeting of top-notch musicians just had to be preserved as a souvenir for all time. Hence the present CD, containing, as it does, a cross-section of this concert programme. Not only is Jiggs Whigham one of the world’s leading trombonists but also a much sought-after bandleader and professor of music, an artist who time and again is called upon to direct international big bands and orchestras of high repute. Here, as musical director, having taken great care in the choice of those with whom he wished to collaborate, Jiggs has succeeded in creating a dialogue with Bert Kaempfert that is quite without parallel.<\/p>\n

Officially chief conductor of Hessischer Rundfunk\u2019s big band, J\u00f6rg Achim Keller handed over the musical direction of this unique project and, in his capacity as one of the best arrangers, took up the challenge, performing the task in masterly fashion: without losing sight of the “Kaempfert touch”, his arrangements have lent a new dimension to the music.<\/p>\n

The top-class musicians of the Hessischer Rundfunk\u2019s big band were augmented with an equally top-class string ensemble and thus transformed into an orchestral formation. Also imperative for Bert Kaempfert: the choir! Here the Berlin Voices were able to demonstrate their undoubted abilities, and this not just as a backing group. And, the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me in this line-up, the virtuoso instrumentalists who also performed as soloists with Bert Kaempfert in his day: Ack van Rooyen (flugelhorn \/ trumpet), Herb Geller (saxophone \/ flute) and Ladi Geisler (bass guitar).<\/p>\n

Sylvia Vrethammar, the eminently likeable and superb jazz singer from Sweden, was invited by Bert Kaempfert to appear as guest star at his concerts as from 1979, since she performed his compositions in precisely the way he had imagined. And it was not difficult to persuade Sylvia to join as vocalist again: after all, the soft spot she has for Bert\u2019s songs remains with her to the present day.<\/p>\n

And last but no means least, young artists such as the much-loved pianist and entertainer Joja Wendt, Marc Secara und the Berlin Voices prove once again that Bert Kaempfert’s music is not only timeless but cuts across all and every generation, too.<\/p>\n

\n

Remember When\u2026 \u2013
\nPaul Kuhn Meets Bert Kaempfert<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"paul<\/p>\n

Content \/ Edel Records
\n# 0151582CTT
\nRelease: October 20, 2003
\navailable until March 2015<\/p>\n

This meticulous album has a special origin story. Doris Kaempfert had long envisioned to have Paul Kuhn interpret her fathers compositional work. The King of German Swing took the opportunity to create his personal portrait of the unforgettable composer who boosted stars like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Caterina Valente to glory.<\/p>\n

With his special touch, Kuhn assembled a small but exquisite jazz band together. He arranged Kaempfert’s classics as Strangers In The Night<\/em>, Wonderland By Night<\/em>, L.O.V.E.<\/em>, My Way Of Life<\/em> and Danke Schoen<\/em> in his unique minimalist swing style.<\/p>\n

This Album has been rereleased in April 2015. For more information, click here<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Moon Over Naples \/ Spanish Eyes \u2013 Various Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"moon<\/p>\n

Bear Family Records # 16674
\nRelease: Oktober 16, 2003<\/p>\n

One of the most successful songs by German musician Bert Kaempfert was \u2013 and still is \u2013 Spanish Eyes<\/em>. Its journey towards becoming an evergreen was by no means predictable. Instead, its triumphal march around the world proved to be long and laborious.<\/p>\n

Kaempfert\u2019s Spanish Eyes went round the world and was released in over 500 different versions: including those sung and played by world famous interpreters and orchestra leaders such as Andy Williams, Johnny Mathis, Billy Vaughn and Ray Conniff. That must be a record. There are also various printed editions, ranging from concertina arrangements to ones for a Russian balalaika ensemble complete with domra and bayan. Spanish Eyes<\/em> received numerous awards and today, along with Kaempfert\u2019s most popular song Strangers In The Night<\/em>, it is among the hundred most successful hits of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

In October 2003, Bear Family Records<\/a> had released a CD with 24 remarkable versions of Moon Over Naples (Spanish Eyes)<\/em>. The exciting story of the complicated launch of this evergreen has been documented in a comprehensive booklet.<\/p>\n

\n

The Bert Kaempfert Story \u2013 A Musical Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"the<\/p>\n

2CD # 583 784-2 Polydor
\nDoppel-LP # 583 784-1 (Vinyl)
\nRelease: April 29, 2003<\/p>\n

In honor of the great composer and band leader Bert Kaempfert \u201cThe Bert Kaempfert Story \u2013 A Musical Biography\u201d was released under the Polydor Label, his record company since 1955. It included two CDs, compilations of a selection of his greatest hits and unforgettable melodies. A musical biography, sung by international stars and played by Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra. These CDs also include nine Kaempfert cover versions, released on CD for the first time.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

\n

Bobby Hackett – Collectables Jazz Classics<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bobby<\/p>\n

Collectables # COL-CD-7411
\nRelease: February 19, 2002<\/p>\n

In 1963 Bobby Hackett played a complete album with 12 Kaempfert compositions. The album \u201cBobby Hackett Plays The Music Of Bert Kaempfert\u201d has now been re-released in the United States under the Sony Records label in the \u201cCollectable Jazz Classics\u201d series, along with the album \u201cBobby Hackett Plays The Music Of Henry Mancini\u201d on a \u201c2 on 1\u201d CD. It is an interesting compilation with the following 12 songs: Danke Schoen \/ Wonderland By Night \/ A Swingin\u2019 Safari \/ The Bass Walks \/ Mexican Market Day \/ Now And Forever \/ Bert\u2019s Tune \/ Afrikaan Beat \/ Sunday In Madrid \/ Only Those In Love \/ Take Me \/ The Happy Trumpeter<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n

Danke Sch\u00f6n, Helmut Zacharias – Die Retrospektive<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"danke<\/p>\n

# 537610 – EMI
\nRelease Date: March 22, 2002<\/p>\n

EMI has released an extravagant 4-CD luxury set entitled \u201cDanke Sch\u00f6n, Helmut Zacharias \u2013 Die Retrospektive\u201d in honor of this great artist, compiled of 100 songs ranging from swing to waltz, folk song and film hits, chanson and opera from the 60s and 70s. Bert Kaempfert’s hit, Danke Schoen<\/em> is also included, not only since the song title is fitting for this edition, but also as a symbol of the cooperation and friendship between these two musicians.<\/p>\n

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Dean Martin on Reprise<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Dean<\/p>\n

Collector\u2019S Choice Music
\nRelease: 2001 – 2002<\/p>\n

In a series called \u201cCollectors\u2019 Choice Music\u201d, EMI-Capitol Music released numerous CDs under the title of \u201cDean Martin on Reprise\u201d, each combining 2 original albums by this great entertainer on one CD.<\/p>\n

The three Kaempfert songs that Dean Martin used in his repertoire are also included on these \u201c2 on 1\u201d CDs with the following order numbers: Welcome To My Heart<\/em> (# CCM-260-2), I Can\u2019t Help Remembering You<\/em> (# CCM-259-2), Take Me<\/em> (# CCM 253-2).<\/p>\n

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Ten Of The Best – Brass Dreams<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"9033-3\"<\/p>\n

# 9033\/3 – EWOTON
\nRelease: November 27, 1999<\/p>\n

Ten Of The Best is the name of an international line-up \u2013 comprising ten of the world’s finest trumpet players with rhythm-section backing. In addition to the incomparably high quality of their musicianship, a further strong point lies in this ensemble’s choice of repertoire which ranges from classical works to hits from the world of pop and entertainment. Alongside compositions by Bach, Purcell, Gershwin and Stevie Wonder, they also feature Bert Kaempfert’s Spanish Eyes<\/em> and Strangers in the Night<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Order now: www.spaeth-schmidt.de<\/a><\/p>\n

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All CDs are available over the Internet (for example, from AMAZON or JPC).
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Many artists included Bert Kaempfert compositions in their repertoire.
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