In the collection
2 records
Played with
Al Di Meola
1 record together
The Beatles
1 record together
Philippe Saisse
1 record together
Anthony Jackson
1 record together
Tim Landers
1 record together
Mingo Lewis
1 record together
Steve Gadd
1 record together
Eddie Colon
1 record together
Chick Corea
1 record together
Jan Hammer
1 record together
Carol Shive
1 record together
David Campbell
1 record together
About
German producer, arranger, conductor, band-leader and composer. Born on October 16, 1923 in Hamburg, Germany. Died on June 21, 1980 on Mallorca, Spain. His nickname was Fips. Altogether he wrote about 400 titles and 700 arrangements. More than 150 million records had been sold when he died.
Kaempfert has won a Golden Globe-Award for his composition Strangers In The Night, and is also famous for A Swingin’ Safari and Moon Over Naples. Stars like Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Caterina Valente, Engelbert Humperdinck, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Duke Ellington and Count Basie were successful with Kaempfert’s compositions.
In 1961, he hired The Beatles to back Tony Sheridan for an album called. The album and its singles, released by Polydor Records, were the Beatles’ first commercially released recordings.