Bert Kaempfert

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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-oriented records and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, including “Strangers in the Night”, “Danke Schoen” and “Moon Over Naples”.