Artist: Bert Kaempfert
Author: Bert Kaempfert
Label: Decca
Year: 1965
Instrumental theme in gangster spoof A Man Could Get Killed, starring Melina Mercouri. Soon provided with words by Charles Singleton & Eddy Snyder and recut by Kaempfert in '66 as Strangers In The Night, still an instrumental.
Covers:
Jack Jones [first vocal version as Strangers In The Night, crediting Charles Singleton/Eddy Snyder for the words]
Frank Sinatra [idem; n°1 US, UK & B; according to baroness de Selys Longchamps, the mother of princess Delphine, the song that forged her relationship with prince Albert of Belgium; for a second link between Bert Kaempfert and the Saksen-Coburgs, see: New Year Rock]
Vikki Carr [idem]
Hervé Vilard [as Etrangers dans la nuit]
Ivo Robic [as Stranci U Noci and as Fremde in der Nacht]
Michel Louvain [als Plaisir de la nuit]
Richard Anthony [as Etrangers dans la nuit]
Strangers [as Strangers In De Nijt]
Bill van Dijk [as Vlinders In De Nacht]
Cake [as Strangers In The Night]
Marc Almond [idem]
Günther Neefs [idem]
The real author might have been Avo Uvezian, his original title Broken Guitar, outvoted by Frank Sinatra. Fearing he might lose US copyrights Uvezian made a deal with Bert Kaempfert.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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