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  Bert Kaempfert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaempfert's own first hit with his orchestra had been in 1960 with "Wonderland by Night".
By the 1970s, sales of Kaempfert's music had dropped off somewhat, but he continued to record (his version of the "Theme from Shaft" was admired by Isaac Hayes himself) and remained popular with audiences.
Bert Kaempfert is referenced in the hit song 'One Week' by the BareNaked Ladies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bert_Kaempfert   (518 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Bert Kaempfert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Danke Schoen is a 1962 song first recorded by Bert Kaempfert, however it gained its fame in 1963 when American singer Wayne Newton recorded his version of it.
Ende der 1940er-Jahre begann Kaempfert in erster Linie für den NDR und die Polydor zu komponieren und zu arrangieren, darunter 1959 für Freddy Quinn dessen großen Hit Die Gitarre und das Meer und für Ivo Robic dessen Hit Morgen, die in gecoverten, englischen Versionen auch in der ganzen Welt Erfolge wurden.
Ebenfalls 1959 produzierte Kaempfert den instrumentalen Titel Wunderland bei Nacht, den jedoch keine Plattenfirma, auch nicht Polydor, für die er zuvor Stücke arrangiert hatte, herausbringen wollte.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bert-Kaempfert   (1742 words)

  
 Bert Kaempfert MP3 Downloads - Bert Kaempfert Music Downloads - Bert Kaempfert Music Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bert Kaempfert had almost too much talent, ability, and good luck rolled into one career to be fully appreciated, even by his own chosen audience, the lovers of fine orchestral pop music.
Kaempfert's reputation in Hamburg attracted the attention of Polydor Records, which hired him as an arranger, producer, and music director during the second half of the 1950s.
Kaempfert died suddenly, at the age of 56, of a heart seizure while at his home in Mallorca, resting up after a triumphant British tour.
www.mp3.com /bert-kaempfert/artists/5850/biography.html   (766 words)

  
 Bert Kaempfert
Kaempfert was primarily a studio performer--his band rarely toured or appeared live.
Kaempfert and Geisler developed a special technique of plucking the string and then suppressing any sustenato, which gave the bass beat a particularly punchy sound--it's one of the strongest beats in pop music.
The Wonderland Of Bert Kaempfert, Decca DL-74117 (1960)
www.spaceagepop.com /kaempfer.htm   (807 words)

  
 Bert Kaempfert Orchestra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
They were all million-selling hits by the fabulous Bert Kaempfert Orchestra.
The good news for all music fans is that the Orchestra has been re-formed by Bert Kaempfert's daughter Marion, and Bert's lead trumpet player and friend, Tony Fisher.
Kaempfert compositions have been recorded by many stars including Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Nat King Cole,and Al Martino.
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 Bert Kaempfert : The Very Best of Bert Kaempfert - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Bert Kaempfert may have signed and lost the Beatles, but as this CD reminds us, he never lacked for hit records of his own, and had his own influence on popular culture around the world.
This isn't quite a comprehensive collection of Kaempfert's hits, but it will have special resonances to listeners of a certain age group, and it covers a few bases that would be missed by a strict adherence to chart placements.
Also featured are Kaempfert's own versions of his two contributions to Frank Sinatra's repertory, "Strangers In The Night" and "The World We Knew (Over And Over)".
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,228026,00.html   (266 words)

  
 Bert Kaempfert - That Happy Feeling
In addition to personifying today's big band sound, Bert Kaempfert is responsible, perhaps more than any other single factor, for the renewed interest in the popular orchestra.
Conductor-composer-arranger-instrumentalist (clarinet, saxophone, piano, accordion) Bert Kaempfert is responsible for several of the most sizzling recent song hits...
Kaempfert wrote the previously mentioned hit, Afrikaan Beat, and his prolific pen is responsible for no less than five of the melodies performed in this album— A Swingin' Safari, Market Day, Take Me, Happy Trumpeter, and Tootie Flutie.
www.317x.com /albums/k/bertkaempfert/card.html   (165 words)

  
 Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra MP3 Downloads - Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra Music Downloads - Bert Kaempfert & His ...
Three O'Clock in the Morning is Bert Kaempfert's follow-up to his enormously successful album Blue Midnight from earlier the same year.
Kaempfert was a fine composer of melodies, and Three O'Clock in the Morning has several pieces he wrote or co-wrote.
Full of interesting and entertaining music that draws upon a broad palette of instruments and textures, including the subtle use of a vocal chorus, the album is also well-suited for dancing with its strong rhythm and punchy bass.
www.mp3.com /albums/54231/summary.html   (331 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The Collection: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is not exactly a "Best of..." or "Greatest Hits" but it does include one of Kaempfert's best known original tunes, "A Swingin' Safari" and several other well known popular melodies, along with ten other original compostions which, while less well known, are undeniably melodic and easy on the ear without being aural wallpaper.
The musicianship and sound production are excellent throughout; the collection is culled from recordings made in the early 60s and the early 70s, but you cannot tell the difference between the two vintages, and they sound a lot better than some much more recent efforts by other artists.
Kaempfert was a melody craftsman of the highest calibre and his beautiful blending of brass,percussion and human voice are truly delightful.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000057H1E   (600 words)

  
 Bert Kaempfert - Bye Bye Blues [Taragon]: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bert Kaempfert [+] was coasting at the peak of his popularity when he released Bye Bye Blues [+] in early 1966.
Kaempfert's big, brassy arrangements are appealing, but a little similar, which means that the entire record kind of blends together; there's no beginning or end, just 12 easy listening tunes that flow into the next.
Nevertheless, Bye Bye Blues [+] is a pleasant album, ideal for background cocktail music -- which is all that Kaempfert fans, either old or young, will want anyway.
music.com /release/bye_bye_blues/7   (394 words)

  
 Bert Kaempfert - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bert Kaempfert (October 16, 1923 - June 21, 1980) was an German orchestra leader and songwriter.
He made easy listening records and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, including "Strangers in the Night" and "Spanish Eyes".
He died unexpectly following a stroke at his home on Mallorca, shortly after a successful tour of Great Britain.
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Bert_Kaempfert   (287 words)

  
 Bert Kaempfert Music - Discography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This compilation CD featuring 42 tracks was released in conjunction with the Bert Kaempfert printed biography, which is already available for purchase, and the TV documentary on his life story, which is currently in the making.
After three year’s preparation and negotiations with the owners of the copyrights of the many different recordings, we have finally managed to put together this sensational double compilation CD by way of homage to the all-time great composer and band leader Bert Kaempfert.
The CD includes a selection of the most beautiful instrumental tracks ever produced by Kaempfert plus vocal versions of his greatest hits sung by famous international vocalists.
www.kaempfert.de /en/discography/index_bk1.htm   (139 words)

  
 Bert Kaempfert
Percy Faith, Kaempfert was just as prolific and successful during his fifteen-year career with Decca.
Kaempfert studied music in Hamburg and began performing and working as an arranger for German radio during World War II.
Kaempfert was winding down his AandR chores by then.
www.shrout.co.uk /BK.htm   (466 words)

  
 Bert Kaempfert MP3 Downloads - Bert Kaempfert Music Downloads - Bert Kaempfert Music Videos
Sorry, at this time no downloads have been found for Wonderland of Bert Kaempfert/Dancing in Wonderland.
Check the albums tab for other downloads from Bert Kaempfert.
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 Biography for Bert Kaempfert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Although almost all of his best-known recordings featured a trumpet lead, it is ironic that Kaempfert, although a talented multi-instrumentalist, could not play trumpet.
Was producer of The Beatles' first recordings in 1961, for Polydor, when they were still making a name for themselves on the small German nightclub circuit.
Jackie Gleason, a fan of Kaempfert's, invited him to make his US TV debut on Gleason's show in 1967.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0434475/bio   (237 words)

  
 Orange Colored Sky - Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This CD is the first one which I purchased from amazon.com last year and I recognized that why this has ever been one of Bert Kaempferts best albums as I listened it through.
All the instruments and chorus are heared with clarity and with a certain but desirable stereo phonic distance and you as well as I will understand from liner notes that this original was recorded with multitrack recording.
To say the least, suppose you have none of Bert Kaempferts CD and want to hear it, I definitely would like to recommend this CD album for such purpose.
www.rapmusicville.com /Orange_Colored_Sky_B000006U3V.html   (278 words)

  
 Bert kaempfert - Vinyl Vulture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
There's a rant I've written about Bert Kaempfert gone up here: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1178.
I was introduced to Bert when I heard 'A Swinging Safari' being played as my local shopping centre's in-store music - I didn't know what it was at the time, but I stored the tune in my memory banks just in case.
Cheers! There's a good Bert site at http://www.kaempfert.de/en/ - where I got a lot of the biographical info from.
www.vinylvulture.co.uk /forum/showthread.php?t=2613   (145 words)

  
 European BigBands Database- Page 1 "K" Bands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kaempfert is another of the 'easy-listening music' musicians of the 1960's, - as well known as a composer as he is a conductor.
Frank Sinatra's version of another Kaempfert tune "Strangers in the Night" was an even bigger hit.
The Wonderland of Bert Kaempfert, Decca DL 4117
nfo.net /euro/ek.html   (2903 words)

  
 Tower Records - The Very Best Of Bert Kaempfert * - Bert Kaempfert
This was true even in '60s-era easy listening, as demonstrated by the success of Al Hirt, Herb Alpert, and the ultra-shrewd German musician Bert Kaempfert, who probably was as responsible as anyone else in rehabilitating Germany's post-war world image.
The Taragon label is re-releasing all of Kaempfert's many albums in an ambitious reissue project.
As well as being a successful composer ("Strangers in the Night," "Spanish Eyes," "Danke Schon," "L.O.V.E" are all his compositions), Kaempfert was an even better producer, superior even to Herb Alpert in that he didn't rely as much on a formula sound as did the Tijuana Brass.
www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=1231107   (277 words)

  
 The Beatles, George Martin, Brian Epstein, Astrid Kirchherr, Neil Aspinall, Fred R. Krug, Bob Eubanks, Bert Kaempfert
He is mentioned only briefly on one single page of their Anthology, but without Bert Kaempfert, there might never have been any Beatles.
In 1961, the boys were still struggling to make it as a band, playing on Hamburg's notorious Reeperbahn, when the successful German band leader, composer and record producer heard them one night at the Top Ten Club and decided to give them a chance to record for him.
Bert Kaempfert was born in Hamburg on October 16, 1923 and died in Palma de Mallorca on 21 June 1980.
www.beatles.ws /bpeople.htm   (2014 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Very Best Of Bert Kaempfert - Bert Kaempfert at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
I would definitely recommend The Very Best Of Bert Kaempfert to anyone who loves good instrument music.
I searched local music stores for several years trying to find a copy of "Wonderland by Night" by the Bert Kaempfert Orchestra.
I was able to purchase "The Best of Bert Kaempfert" at Amazon for $14.99.
www.epinions.com /content_93002501764   (298 words)

  
 Strangers In The Night - The Music Of Bert Kaempfert Leipzig Konzertkarten bestellen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bert Kaempferts Musik ist heute wie damals so populär, weil er den Weg zum Erfolg fand, und dabei stets sehr hohes Niveau bewahrte.
Jiggs Whigham, der auch viele Jahre bei Bert Kaempfert als Solist mitwirkte, hat die Aufgabe des „Musical Director“ für das gesamte Konzert übernommen.
Um den unverwechselbaren Orchestersound von Bert Kaempfert authentisch wiederzugeben, wird die Bigband durch zusätzliche Streicher erweitert.
www.bartime.de /event.the-music-of-bert-k%E4mpfert.21.24134.104323.html   (267 words)

  
 Bert Kaempfert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Strangers in the Night: The Bert Kaempfert Story (2003) (TV)....
Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Bert Kaempfert
Find where Bert Kaempfert is credited alongside another name
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 Bert Kaempfert - A Swinging Safari - Last.fm
Bert Kaempfert - A Swinging Safari - Last.fm
197 people have listened to A Swinging Safari by Bert Kaempfert.
Of all 1,026 people that have listened to songs by Bert Kaempfert, this represents 19.2%.
www.audioscrobbler.com /music/Bert+Kaempfert/_/A+Swinging+Safari   (74 words)

  
 Related Website - Bert Kaempfert - LAUT - BigZis - "Keini So" (Plattenkritik) 
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Bert Kaempfert's Best (Special Club Edition) 196x Decca [VG+/M] DL 734485 [1st Ed.
Legendary producer Bert Kaempfert recorded the now-famous songs, and they were and mono, partly overdubbed versions, ta...
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 Bert Kaempfert - Magic trumpet (Happy trumpeter) - Last.fm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bert Kaempfert - Magic trumpet (Happy trumpeter) - Last.fm
6 people have listened to Magic trumpet (Happy trumpeter) by Bert Kaempfert.
Of all 1,026 people that have listened to songs by Bert Kaempfert, this represents 0.6%.
www.last.fm /music/Bert+Kaempfert/_/Magic+Trumpet+%28Happy+Trumpeter%29   (94 words)

  
 Bert Kaempfert - Wiederseh'n: Reviews, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bert Kaempfert - Wiederseh'n: Reviews, Audio Clips, and more
Bert Kaempfert - Wiederseh'n: Reviews, Audio Clips, and more
Wiederseh'n [+] performed by Bert Kaempfert [+] written by Milt Gabler [+], Herbert Rehbein [+], Bert Kaempfert [+] 
music.com /performance/wiedersehn/4   (97 words)

  
 [Exotica] Bert Kaempfert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kaempfert's rhythm section on his classic recordings is just too tight, too singular, too infectious to ignore.
The Space Age Pop site has more details about these great, and typically unheralded, players.
I almost got rid of almost all of my BK albums not long > ago, but after falling in love with "That Latin Feeling" I > decided to give them another chance.
mailman.xmission.com /pipermail/exotica/2002-September/005836.html   (219 words)

  
 Moviefone: Bert Kaempfert: In Concert Movie: MAIN
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