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"Wonderland by Night" (German title "Wunderland bei Nacht") is a popular song by Bert Kaempfert that was a Billboard number one hit for three weeks, starting January 9, 1961. It was recorded in July 1959. The song was written by Klaus Günter Neumann with English lyrics by Lincoln Chase. It was Bert Kaempfert's first hit with his orchestra. The song featured Charly Tabor on trumpet.[1] "Wonderland by Night" also crossed over to the R&B chart where it peaked at number five.[2]

"Wonderland by Night"
Single by Bert Kaempfert
B-side	"Dreaming The Blues"
Released	August 1960
Recorded	July 1959
Genre	Jazz
Length	3:14
Label	Decca 31141
Songwriter(s)	Klaus Günter Neumann, Lincoln Chase (English lyrics)
Bert Kaempfert singles chronology
"Wonderland by Night" (1960) "Cerveza" (1961)

Chart history

Notable cover versions

• Another cover, recorded and released by Louis Prima, also charted in the same year, reaching #15 on the Billboard charts.
• Anita Bryant's version, which included orchestrations by Lew Douglas, reached #18 on the US Pop Chart.

In popular culture

A German-language numbers station (G10) was operated by one of Polish intelligence agencies and was active until the late 1970s which used Keampfert's version of the song and its b-side repeated twice followed by the average format of a numbers station. it was later replaced by G11, which was most recently active from 2007 to 2014.[5][6]

See also

• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1961

References

На других языках

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[de] Wunderland bei Nacht

Wunderland bei Nacht ist der Titel eines instrumentalen Musikstücks, das von Klaus Günter Neumann als Blues komponiert wurde. In Deutschland wurde die Version mit Bert Kaempfert mit der Platin-Schallplatte ausgezeichnet, in den USA wurde dieselbe Fassung zu einem Nummer-eins-Hit.

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- [en] Wonderland by Night

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[it] Wunderland bei Nacht

Wunderland bei Nacht è un singolo del musicista tedesco Bert Kaempfert, pubblicato nel 1959. Il singolo è conosciuto anche con il titolo anglesizzato Wonderland by Night.

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