{"id":7465,"date":"2003-10-16T15:45:40","date_gmt":"2003-10-16T13:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/play-it-again-fips-2\/"},"modified":"2014-10-26T14:38:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T12:38:03","slug":"play-it-again-fips-in-memoriam-bert-kaempfert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/play-it-again-fips-in-memoriam-bert-kaempfert\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Play it again, Fips!&#8221; \u2013 In memoriam Bert Kaempfert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"details\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/161003-Geb.-Tisch-156-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"16.10.03_Geb-Tisch\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" id=\"noborder\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/161003-Geb.-Tisch-156-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/161003-Geb.-Tisch-156-460x300.jpg 460w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/161003-Geb.-Tisch-156.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>On the occasion of Bert Kaempfert\u2019s 80th birthday, friends and former companions honoured the memory of the late international music star.<\/p>\n<p>At an exclusive gala held on Thursday, 16 October 2003, former musical companions, friends and relatives honoured the memory of the composer Bert Kaempfert. &#8220;Fips&#8221;, as he was wont to be called by his friends, would have been eighty on this day, in remembrance of which, Kaempfert\u2019s daughter Doris had invited everyone to the Stage Club at Hamburg\u2019s Neue Flora music theatre.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7465 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/05-161003_dirk-mahlstedt-4708a-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/05-161003-Dirk-Mahlstedt-4708A-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/05-161003-Dirk-Mahlstedt-4708A-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/05-161003-Dirk-Mahlstedt-4708A-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11586'>\n\t\t\t\tDirk Mahlstedt (edel records), Doris Kaempfert, Paul Kuhn\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/02_161003_ladi-geisler-46ff3-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/02-161003-Ladi-Geisler-46FF3-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/02-161003-Ladi-Geisler-46FF3-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/02-161003-Ladi-Geisler-46FF3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11583'>\n\t\t\t\tLadi Geisler, Peter Beil mit Gattin\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/03_161003_doris-tommy-kent-47021-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/03-161003-Doris-Tommy-Kent-47021-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/03-161003-Doris-Tommy-Kent-47021-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/03-161003-Doris-Tommy-Kent-47021-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11584'>\n\t\t\t\tDoris Kaempfert, Tommy Kent und Cindy Ellis\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/04_161003_lucas-lindholm-47024-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/04-161003-Lucas-Lindholm-47024-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/04-161003-Lucas-Lindholm-47024-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/04-161003-Lucas-Lindholm-47024-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11585'>\n\t\t\t\tLucas Lindholm (Bassist), Waldemar Erbe (Posaunist)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/06_161003_cristine-james-last_doris-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/06-161003-Cristine-James-Last-Doris-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/06-161003-Cristine-James-Last-Doris-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/06-161003-Cristine-James-Last-Doris-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11603'>\n\t\t\t\tChristine und James Last, Doris Kaempfert\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The guest list read like an extract from the Who\u2019s Who of light music over the past fifty years: not only band leaders such as James Last, the jazz pianist, composer and singer Paul Kuhn, singer Greetje Kauffeld and trumpeter Peter Beil but also former members of the orchestra such as Ack van Rooyen, Jiggs Whigham and Ladi Geisler.<\/p>\n<p>For Paul Kuhn, already a living legend himself, this was <em>\u201can important day\u201d<\/em>. <em>\u201cHe was one of the few Germans who managed to make it big in the States, and I\u2019ve always loved his music,\u201d<\/em> said the 75-year-old, who, however, never managed to meet Kaempfert in person. Instead, he brought to the gala a special birthday gift: a CD he had recently produced, compiled at Doris Kaempfert\u2019s request, containing evergreens in <em>\u201ca somewhat revitalized, fresher style\u201d<\/em>, as Kuhn said. And he put into words what many were thinking: <em>\u201cIt\u2019s just such a shame that Fips died so young.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-7465 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/12_161003_paul-kuhn_91-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/12-161003-Paul-Kuhn-91-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-11592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/12-161003-Paul-Kuhn-91-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/12-161003-Paul-Kuhn-91-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-11592'>\n\t\t\t\tPaul Kuhn\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/09_161003_doris_mario-mettbach_46ff9-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/09-161003-Doris-Mario-Mettbach-46FF9-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-11589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/09-161003-Doris-Mario-Mettbach-46FF9-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/09-161003-Doris-Mario-Mettbach-46FF9-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-11589'>\n\t\t\t\tDoris Kaempfert, Mario Mettbach\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/07_161003_prof-christian-bruhn_4701a-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/07-161003-Prof.-Christian-Bruhn-4701A-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-11587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/07-161003-Prof.-Christian-Bruhn-4701A-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/07-161003-Prof.-Christian-Bruhn-4701A-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-11587'>\n\t\t\t\tProf. Christian Bruhn\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/10_161003_ack-van-rooyen_13-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/10-161003-Ack-van-Rooyen-13-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-11590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/10-161003-Ack-van-Rooyen-13-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/10-161003-Ack-van-Rooyen-13-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-11590'>\n\t\t\t\tAck van Rooyen\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/11_161003_greetje-kauffeld_39-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/11-161003-Greetje-Kauffeld-39-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-11591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/11-161003-Greetje-Kauffeld-39-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/11-161003-Greetje-Kauffeld-39-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-11591'>\n\t\t\t\tJiggs Whigham, Greetje Kauffeld\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/13_161003_paul-kuhn-trio_74-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/13-161003-Paul-Kuhn-Trio-74-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-11593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/13-161003-Paul-Kuhn-Trio-74-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/13-161003-Paul-Kuhn-Trio-74-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-11593'>\n\t\t\t\tPaul-Kuhn-Trio\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/14_161003_greetje-kauffeld-47004-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/14-161003-Greetje-Kauffeld-47004-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-11594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/14-161003-Greetje-Kauffeld-47004-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/14-161003-Greetje-Kauffeld-47004-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-11594'>\n\t\t\t\tGreetje Kauffeld, Paul-Kuhn-Trio\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>There is, though, some consolation at least for James Last, an old and close friend of Kaempfert\u2019s from the early days, in the fact that <em>\u201chis melodies are so original still today that one cannot imagine life without them.\u201d<\/em> For the now 74-year-old Last, Fips was not only one of the greatest in the entertainment business but <em>\u201cwas an intuitive perfectionist, he was simply laid-back.\u201d<\/em> Although he and Kaempfert invariably used to be portrayed in public as rivals, James \u201cHansi\u201d Last says they had a very firm friendship and recalls: <em>\u201cPrecisely because we represented two quite different trends in music, we talked a lot about it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For the Supervisory Board Chairman of GEMA (Germany\u2019s Music Authors\u2019 Society), Professor Christian Bruhn, who delivered the eulogy, Kaempfert embodied \u201csound craftsmanship and musical honesty\u201d and as a composer was a <em>\u201csorcerer of sequences\u201d<\/em> whose melodies touched people\u2019s hearts. He <em>\u201cestablished the Kaempfert sound\u201d<\/em> in America and, as famous as he became, remained a modest person nonetheless. (<a href=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/\" title=\"  BERT KAEMPFERT IN CELEBRATION OF HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY\">Click here to read the eulogy.<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-7465 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/15_161003_richard-weize_107-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/15-161003-Richard-Weize-107-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-11595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/15-161003-Richard-Weize-107-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/15-161003-Richard-Weize-107-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-11595'>\n\t\t\t\tRichard Weize (Bear Family Records) mit dem BMI-Award\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/16_161003_marion-tom-bohne_doris-47079-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/16-161003-Marion-Tom-Bohne-Doris-47079-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-11596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/16-161003-Marion-Tom-Bohne-Doris-47079-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/16-161003-Marion-Tom-Bohne-Doris-47079-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-11596'>\n\t\t\t\tMarion Kaempfert, Tom Bohne (Leiter der Polydor Island Group) und  Doris Kaempfert mit dem Goldenen Grammophon\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/17_161003_gaste_26-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/17-161003-Gaeste-26-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-11597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/17-161003-Gaeste-26-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/17-161003-Gaeste-26-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-11597'>\n\t\t\t\tG\u00e4ste des Abends\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/18_161003_ladi-geisler_134-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/18-161003-Ladi-Geisler-134-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-11598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/18-161003-Ladi-Geisler-134-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/18-161003-Ladi-Geisler-134-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-11598'>\n\t\t\t\tLadi Geisler\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/19_161003_kiel_krueger-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/19-161003-Kiel-Krueger-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-11599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/19-161003-Kiel-Krueger-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/19-161003-Kiel-Krueger-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-11599'>\n\t\t\t\tAndreas Kiel (EMI Music Publishing, Germany), Ulf Kr\u00fcger (Center of Beat)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/20_161003_roland-schmidt_4707c-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/20-161003-Roland-Schmidt-4707C-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-11600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/20-161003-Roland-Schmidt-4707C-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/20-161003-Roland-Schmidt-4707C-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-11600'>\n\t\t\t\tRoland Schmidt (Medienstiftung Schleswig-Holstein), Marc Boettcher (Autor)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/21_161003_friedhelm-mont_46fef-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/21-161003-Friedhelm-Moent-46FEF-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-11601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/21-161003-Friedhelm-Moent-46FEF-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/21-161003-Friedhelm-Moent-46FEF-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-11601'>\n\t\t\t\tFriedhelm M\u00f6nter (NDR 90,3), Dr. Kristine Kresge  (Leiterin des Polizeiorchesters Hamburg), Thomas Borchert (Musicalstar)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/prof-christian-bruhn-bert-kaempfert-in-celebration-of-his-80th-birthday\/22_161003_andreas-kiel_marion-doris-4706d-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/22-161003-Andreas-Kiel-Marion-Doris-4706D-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-11602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/22-161003-Andreas-Kiel-Marion-Doris-4706D-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/10\/22-161003-Andreas-Kiel-Marion-Doris-4706D-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-11602'>\n\t\t\t\tAndreas Kiel (EMI Music Publishing, Germany) Marion und Doris Kaempfert\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Even Hamburg\u2019s Deputy Mayor, Mario Mettbach, admitted to being a fan of the former international star musician: <em>\u201cWho hasn\u2019t danced to his melodies? His songs were a must and in dancing class obligatory.\u201d<\/em> Mettbach came to the birthday party with the assurance that there was to be a square named after Bert Kaempfert in the Hamburg district of Barmbek where the composer was born. This, he said, had been agreed upon by the Senate, an announcement that met with applause all round. And just to make sure that this would not be forgotten, Doris Kaempfert presented the Deputy Mayor with a street sign bearing her father\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>On this evening, amid old photos from Kaempfert\u2019s private life and his career as a composer, amid introductions, reunions and a wealth of music, friends and relatives revelled in memories of the international star. And you could sense they all had one wish in common: as the famous line in the film classic Casablanca goes, many may have been thinking: \u201cPlay it again, Fips!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>And, in the end, this was done by \u201cPaulchen\u201d Kuhn and his well-known trio together with solo contributions from Ack van Rooyen, Jiggs Whigham, Ladi Geisler and singer Greetje Kauffeld in celebration of the late artist\u2019s 80th birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kleiner-font\"><em>Michael Best<br \/>\nddp news agency correspondent (excerpts)<br \/>\nFotos Copyright Bert Kaempfert Music<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of Bert Kaempfert\u2019s 80th birthday, friends and former companions honoured the memory of the late international music star. At an exclusive gala held on Thursday, 16 October 2003, former musical companions, friends and relatives honoured the memory of the composer Bert Kaempfert. &#8220;Fips&#8221;, as he was wont to be called by his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-en"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7465"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9852,"href":"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7465\/revisions\/9852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaempfert.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}