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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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