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Berthold Kaempfert, 16 October 1923, Hamburg, Germany, d. 21 June 1980, Majorca, Spain. A conductor, arranger, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Kaempfert played the piano as a child, and later studied at the Hamburg Conservatory of Music. By the time he joined Hans Bussch and his Orchestra during World War II, he was capable of playing a variety of instruments, including the piano, piano accordion and all the reeds. After the war he formed his own band, and became a big draw in West Germany before joining Polydor Records as a producer, arranger and musical director. In the latter role he had some success with the Yugoslavian Ivor Robic's version of "Morgen", which made the US Top 20 in 1959, and Freddy Quinn's "Die Guitarre Und Das Meer". A year later he made his own global breakthrough when he topped the US charts with his studio orchestra's recording of "Wonderland By Night". It was the precursor to a series of similar recordings in which a...
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