German producer, arranger, conductor, band-leader and composer, born October 16, 1923 in Hamburg, Germany, and died June 21, 1980 on Mallorca, Spain. Nick-name: Fips.
He won a Golden Globe-Award for his composition Strangers In The Night. Stars like , , , , , , , , and were successful with Kaempferts compositions.
In 1961, he hired to back for an album called . The album and its singles, released by Records, were the Beatles' first commercially released recordings.
Altogether he wrote about 400 titles and 700 arrangements. More than 150 Million records had been sold until he died.
Real Name
- Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert
Aliases
- Bernd Bertie
- Mark Bones
- Bob Parker