Bert Kaempfert Music - Awards / Charts

<body> <p>Bert Kaempfert has received numerous awards for his outstanding international successes as a composer, band leader, producer and arranger.</p> <p><br> Gold Singles<br> 1959 Die Gitarre und das Meer mit Freddy Quinn (Polydor, Germany)<br> 1960 Morgen mit Ivo Robic (Polydor, Germany)<br> 1961 Wonderland By Night (Decca/USA) <br> Gold Albums<br> 1966 A Swingin’ Safari (Polydor, Germany)<br> 1969 Wonderland By Night (Decca, USA)<br> 1969 Blue Midnight (Decca, USA)<br> 1969 Double Gold für Greatest Hits von RIAA* (Decca, USA)<br> 1971 Double Gold Disc Award für 50.000 Bert-Kaempfert-LPs (Polydor, South Afrika)<br> 1971 A Swingin’ Safari (Polydor, Germany)<br> 1971 Gold für 1 Million Bert-Kaempfert-LPs (Polydor, Germany)<br> *(Recording Industry Association of America)<br>   <br> In 1968 Bert Kaempfert received a total of five BMI Awards for his compositions <span class="bk2normbraunobl">Lady, Spanish Eyes, Sweet Maria, Strangers In The Night</span> and <span class="bk2normbraunobl">The World We Knew</span>.</p> <p class="bk2fett">BMI Song Awards</p> <p class="bk2norm"> The American copyright organization BMI annually presents the BMI Award at the famous BMI dinner, each for 1 million radio and TV performances. In the period from 1966 to 1999 Bert Kaempfert received:</p> <p>7 Awards for <span class="bk2normobl">Strangers In The Night</span><br> 1 Award for <span class="bk2normobl">Strangers In The Night</span><br> (Most Performed Song in the BMI Repertoire 1966)<br> 6 Awards for <span class="bk2normobl">Spanish Eyes</span><br> 3 Awards for <span class="bk2normobl">The World We Knew (Over And Over)</span><br> 3 Awards for <span class="bk2normobl">Danke Schoen</span><br> 1 Award for <span class="bk2normobl">Lady</span><br> 1 Award for <span class="bk2normobl">Sweet Maria</span><br> 1 Award for <span class="bk2normobl">L.O.V.E.</span></p> <p>FURTHER AWARDS<br> <br> </p> <p class="bk2norm"><span class="bk2fett">1961</span> BAND OF THE FUTURE, <br> “Cash Box” (Music trade journal, USA)</p> <p class="bk2norm"><span class="bk2fett">1965</span> ESTRELLA DE ORO, for the most<br> successful composition in 1964, Venezuela</p> <p class="bk2norm"><span class="bk2fett">1965</span> Auszeichnung for<br> LP “Living It Up”, Argentina</p> <p class="bk2norm"><span class="bk2fett">1966</span> GOLDEN GLOBE für <span class="bk2normobl">Strangers In <br> The Night</span>, best theme tune of the year, USA</p> <p class="bk2norm"><span class="bk2fett">1975</span> GOLDENER NOTENSCHLÜSSEL, (Golden<br> Clef), Germany (More information <a href="gns.htm" class="bk2normbraun" target="bild" onClick="open_window()">here</a>)</p> <p class="bk2norm"> <span class="bk2fett">1978</span> Award for instrumental<span class="bk2normobl"><br> Footprints In The Sand</span>, Argentina</p> <p class="bk2norm"> <span class="bk2fett">1980</span> Two GOLDENE EUROPA (Golden Europe) awards<br> for <span class="bk2normobl">Strangers In The Night</span> and <span class="bk2normobl">Spanish Eyes</span>, Germany</p> <p class="bk2fett">AWARDS – POSTUM</p> <p class="bk2norm"><span class="bk2fett">1984</span> GOLDENE STIMMGABEL <br> (Golden Tuning Fork), Germany</p> <p class="bk2norm"> <span class="bk2fett">1993</span> LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD <br> from BMI, USA</p> <p class="bk2norm"> <span class="bk2fett">1993</span> „Songwriters Hall Of Fame”, USA. <br> Bert Kaempfert was the first German to receive probably the most significant international award that can be granted to a composer: he was included in the “Songwriters Hall Of Fame”. <br> (Click here for more information: <a href="http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/inductee_ceremony_detail.asp?ceremonyId=5&inducteeCeremonyId=61" target="_blank" class="bk2normbraun">www.songwritershalloffame.org</a>)</p> <p> </p> </body>