A Swingin' Safari

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In 2017, the song was used extensively by the European furniture retailer DFS, in both TV and radio advertising campaigns.

In 1962, the same year as the release of the original, Billy Vaughn recorded the song "A Swingin' Safari" as a cover; his version reached #13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Easy Listening chart that summer. [8] On Cash Box, the song peaked at No. 11. [9] Use in media [ edit ]

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This album was recorded in the Polydor Studio in Hamburg-Rahlstedt by sound engineer Peter Klemt in December 1961 and in March 1962. This production was first released in the United States the following August under the title THAT HAPPY FEELING and had climbed to Number 14 in the charts by September of that year. The LP was then released on the European market with the title A SWINGIN’ SAFARI in autumn of the same year. The two Kaempfert compositions A Swingin’ Safari and Afrikaan Beat soon became world hits and have since become evergreens. The success of Take Me famous is down to Dean Martin’s vocal version of the number, and That Happy Feeling, Market Day and Happy Trumpeter were sensational, long-running hits on American radio. Royal Albert Hall», Берт Каемпферт отправился на Майорку, Испания, где решил провести свой отпуск. К сожалению из Испании он так и невернулся, смерть настигла его 21 мая 1980 года. A Swingin' Safari" shares a number of compositional elements in common with The Tokens' 1961 hit " The Lion Sleeps Tonight," which itself was derived from several earlier arrangements of Solomon Linda's 1939 song "Mbube". In particular, "A Swingin' Safari" uses the chord changes, tempo, shuffle rhythm, and high soprano obbligato of the Tokens' hit, and the tin whistle theme that opens the arrangement rhythmically mimics the "wimoweh" vocal figure found in the Weavers' 1952 "Wimoweh" recording and the Tokens' version. Kaempfert's own recording of "Wimoweh" appears on the album, credited to "Paul Campbell" which is a pseudonym for the members of The Weavers. [6] A Swingin' Safari (album) [ edit ] Bert Kaempfert Orchestra». Немалую роль в его популярности сыграла кавер версия на композицию Ивора Робика «Morgen», которая была удостоена чести пребывать в «US Top 20» в 1959 году.

The Kaempfert version is also featured as the main theme in the Swedish game show called Vi i femman, where two teams of fifth-graders compete against each other. Berthold Kaempfert) родился 16 октября 1923 года в Гамбурге, Германия. Начинал играть на фортепиано будучи ребенком, а затем обучался в музыкальной консерватории «the Hamburg Conservatory of Music». Во время Второй Мировой войны Берт Каемпферт работал с Хансом Бассшом и его оркестром. Именно тогда он продемонстрировал многогранность своего таланта к владению различными инструментами.A Swingin' Safari" is a 1962 instrumental composed by Bert Kaempfert, [2] using his alias, Bernd Bertie. It was recorded by Kaempfert on Polydor Records and released in the United States on Decca Records. The song features a distinctive main theme played on the piccolo as substitute for the traditional tin whistle, and a trumpet solo by Manfred "Fred" Moch. [3] The prominent bass line is by Ladi Geisler. [4] Kaempfert's recording of the song did not reach the charts, but a near-simultaneous cover by Billy Vaughn reached #13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Easy Listening chart. [5] Similarities to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" [ edit ] The Bert Kaempfert version of "A Swingin' Safari" served as the original theme music to the television game show The Match Game, from 1962 to 1967. In the course of the years, Bert Kaempfert received a number of awards and gold LPs as a reward for the huge success of this album all over the world. But he was particularly delighted to receive a gold LP from South Africa. Album Songs: