🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions Bert Kaempfert, Milt Gabler & Nat King Cole: 🎵 L-O-V-E #BBCRadio3 #BertKaempfert #MiltGabler #NatKingCole
"Danke Schoen" ( DAHNG-kə shayn, German: [ˈdaŋkə ʃøːn] ) is a pop song of German origin, whose title translates to English as "Thank you very much". #BertKaempfert, who composed the melody, recorded it as an instrumental, in 1959 and later in 1962, under the title "Candlelight Cafe". Kurt Schwabach wrote the German lyrics. The song gained international fame in 1963 when singer #WayneNewton recorded an #American version, with English lyrics by #MiltGabler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dov75vm0_KU
Wayne Newton Danke Schoen

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Portrait of #JoeMooney, #MiltGabler, and #MortyPalitz, #Decca studio, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Dec. 1946

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