Bert Kaempfert
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German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger and composer (1923-1980)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1923-10-16
- Active to
- 1980-06-21
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Bert Kaempfert (also Kämpfert) (b. 16 October 1923 - d. 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader and songwriter. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records, and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, such as "Strangers in the Night" (originally recorded by Ivo Robić) and "Spanish Eyes". He was born in Hamburg, Germany, and studied at the School of Music there. A multi-instrumentalist, he was hired by Hans Busch to play with his orchestra before serving as a bandsman in the G
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Heinrich
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Hamburg
- Place of death
- Mallorca
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- German
- Instrument
- trombone
- Record label
- Polydor
- Official website
- www.kaempfert.de/en
- Image
- Bert Kaempfert.png
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- Bert Kaempfert
- date of birth
- 1923-10-16
- date of death
- 1980-06-21
- name in kana
- ベルト・ケムプフェルト
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert
- pseudonym
- Marc Bones
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- copyright representative
- GEMA
- name in native language
- Bert Kämpfert
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Song of the Year
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