Strangers in the Night

"Strangers in the Night" is a song composed by Bert Kaempfert with English lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder.[2] Kaempfert originally used it under the title "Beddy Bye" as part of the instrumental score for the movie A Man Could Get Killed.[2] The song was made famous in 1966 by Frank Sinatra, although it was initially given to Melina Mercouri, who thought that a man's vocals would better suit the melody and therefore declined to sing it.[3][4]

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"Strangers in the Night"
Single by Frank Sinatra
from the album Strangers in the Night
B-side	"Oh, You Crazy Moon"
Released	April 1966 (1966-04)[1]
Recorded	April 11, 1966
Studio	United Western Recorders
Genre	Traditional pop
Length	2:35
Label	Reprise[2]
Composer(s)	Bert Kaempfert
Lyricist(s)	Charles Singleton Eddie Snyder[2]
Producer(s)	Jimmy Bowen[2]
Frank Sinatra singles chronology
"It Was a Very Good Year" (1965) "Strangers in the Night" (1966) "Summer Wind" (1966)
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Reaching #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Easy Listening chart,[5] it was the title song for Sinatra's 1966 album Strangers in the Night, which became his most commercially successful album. The song also reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart.[6]

Sinatra's recording won him the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist for Ernie Freeman at the Grammy Awards of 1967.