About
Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and jazz-orientated records and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, including "Strangers in the Night", "Danke Schoen", "Moon over Naples" and "A Swingin' Safari". In 1961, Kaempfert was the first to produce professional music recordings by the Beatles.
Members
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Bert Kaempfert eponymous, principal
Discography
Albums
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April in Portugal
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Wonderland by Night
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Combo Capers
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Dancing in Wonderland
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A Swingin’ Safari
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That Happy Feeling
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Christmas Wonderland
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Living It Up
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Blue Midnight
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The Magic Music of Far Away Places
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Bye Bye Blues
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Three O’Clock in the Morning and Other Favorite Instrumentals
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Let’s Go Bowling
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Strangers in the Night
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Serenade in Blue
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With a Sound in My Heart
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Afrikaan Beat and Other Favorites
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The World We Knew
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Hold Me
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My Way of Life
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One Lonely Night
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Warm and Wonderful
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Traces of Love
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Orange Colored Sky
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The Kaempfert Touch
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6 Plus 6
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Yesterday and Today
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Forever My Love
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Kaempfert ’76
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In Concert
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Spanish Eyes
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The Magic Music of Bert Kaempfert
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Free and Easy
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Safari Swings Again
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That Latin Feeling
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Love That Bert Kaempfert
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Hold Me / The World We Knew
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Love That Bert Kaempfert / My Way of Life
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That Latin Feeling & Tropical Sunrise
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A Swingin’ Safari & Safari Swings Again
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Previously Unreleased
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Dreaming In Wonderland
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Back to Back
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Orange Colored Sky
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Dreaming the Blues
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Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra
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Ssh! It’s… Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra
Singles
Compilations
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Best of Bert Kaempfert
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Wonderland by Night
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Dreamin’ & Swingin’ Christmas Wonderland
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The Best Of The Bert Kaempfert Orchestra
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The Evergreens
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A Swingin’ Safari: 40 grandes exitos
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A Man Could Get Killed / Strangers In The Night
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The Wonderland Of / Dancing in Wonderland
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April in Portugal / Wonderland by Night
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Bye Bye Blues / To The Good Life
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That Latin Feeling… / Blue Midnight
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Yesterday and Today
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Twenty Easy Listening Classics
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Greatest Hits
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Bert Kaempfert’s Greatest Hits
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The Happy Wonderland of Bert Kaempfert
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Love Letters
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James Last and His Orchestra / Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
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Springtime
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Drifting And Dreaming
Links
Also known as
Bert Kaempfert Orchestra · Bert Kaempfert und sein Orchester · Bob Parker und sein Orchester · Tanz-Ensemble Bert Kämpfert · Оркестр Берта Кемпферта
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 642e61c8-878c-4a7c-84e2-2a8a384a8f8e
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.