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Bert Kaempfert

1923 - 1980

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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", "Moon Over Naples" and "A Swingin' Safari". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bert Kaempfert is the 582nd most popular musician (down from 511th in 2019), the 2,505th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,273rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bert Kaempfert ranks 582 out of 3,175. Before him are The Boswell Sisters, Tommy Bolin, Steven Van Zandt, Grace Slick, Tommy Flanagan, and Arkady Luxemburg. After him are Claude-Michel Schönberg, Murray Perahia, Nelson Freire, İdil Biret, Gil Evans, and Christoph Schneider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Bert Kaempfert ranks 140. Before him are Joseph Weizenbaum, Ziba Ganiyeva, Uri Avnery, Erroll Garner, Dimitrios Ioannidis, and Bob Dole. After him are Hjalmar Andersen, Svetozar Gligorić, Achille Silvestrini, Estelle Getty, Inge Morath, and Lindsay Anderson. Among people deceased in 1980, Bert Kaempfert ranks 101. Before him are Alf Sjöberg, Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, Manlio Brosio, Ernst Ocwirk, Lil Dagover, and Rolf Nevanlinna. After him are Josias Braun-Blanquet, Gabriel González Videla, Franco Basaglia, Yahya Khan, Luigi Longo, and Francisco de Sá Carneiro.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bert Kaempfert ranks 2,506 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Genzken (1885), Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (1244), Helmuth James von Moltke (1907), Friedrich Meinecke (1862), Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713), and Berthold Auerbach (1812). After him are Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), Martin Sandberger (1911), and Marianne Sägebrecht (1945).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Bert Kaempfert ranks 30. Before him are Paul Landers (1964), Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963), Kai Hansen (1963), Christian Lorenz (1966), Uli Jon Roth (1954), and Rudolf Kempe (1910). After him are Christoph Schneider (1966), Fritz Busch (1890), Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688), Axel Rudi Pell (1960), Peter Schreier (1935), and Conrad Graf (1782).

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