German composer, conductor, arranger and musician Bert Kaempfert was born in Hamburg and studied at the Hamburg Conservatory of Music. He played four instruments, piano, clarinet, saxophone and accordion and became composer, arranger, producer and conductor for Polydor Records, Germany.
He first worked in the band of Hans Busch in Danzig and made many broadcasts. During World War II, he was in the German Army music corps and later formed a band in a prisoner-of-war camp. In 1947,...