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Strangers in the
night
 Strangers In The
Night is an album by
American singer Frank Sinatra, released
in 1966. Both the single (which
revitalized Sinatra's career) and the
follow up album reached No 1 in their
respective US pop charts.
The music
was written by Ivo Robic for a music
festival in Split, Croatia. Robic later
sang it also in German - "Fremde in der
Nacht" - and in Croatian - "Stranci u
Noci". A thorough adaptation and an
arrangement of the piece was done for
Sinatra's version by Bert Kaempfert, who is
usually credited with writing the music.
The English lyrics were written by Charles
Singleton and Eddie Snyder. Ernie Freeman,
musical director of Sinatra's Reprise
label, arranged and conducted the music for
the single "Strangers in the night".
Nelson
Riddle, who had worked with Sinatra as
bandleader, arranger and orchestrator since
1953, worked on the rest of the songs on
the "Strangers in the night" album. The
collection of Riddle-arranged songs was
intended to expand on the success of the
title track. This was a fitting end to a
long and successful partnership as this was
the last album the pair would work on
together.
The album
marked Frank Sinatra's return to #1 in the
album charts. " Strangers in the
Night" has been certified platinum
for 1 million copies sold in the U.S. It
is the only "regular" Sinatra album to
achieve this mark. Other albums also
achieved this distinction but they were
compilation albums.
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