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The song was composed by Bert Kaempfert with lyrics by Milt Gabler, and produced by Lee Gillette.The trumpet solo was performed by Bobby Bryant. [2] [3] The song had previously appeared as an instrumental track on Kaempfert's album Blue Midnight (1964).
Gabler also continued to produce all of the Comets' recordings for Decca until they left the label in 1959. Gabler also produced all studio albums in Hamburg for Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra, from 1960 to the latter's death in June 1980. Gabler wrote many lyrics for Kaempfert songs, such as "L-O-V-E", a hit for Nat King Cole, and "Danke ...
Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and jazz -oriented records and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, including " Strangers in the Night ", “ Danke Schoen ” and ...
Bert Kaempfert, 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 Wayne Newton recorded an American version, with English lyrics by Milt Gabler.
Returning to Germany, he worked as composer, arranger and violinist with radio orchestras, and met fellow musician and songwriter Bert Kaempfert. The pair became friends and songwriting partners, encouraged by Milt Gabler of Decca Records.
The soundtrack LP - in fact a rerecording of the score - was produced by Milt Gabler and recorded at Polydor Studios in Hamburg, Germany. It was originally released on an LP by Decca (Decca DL 74750) and on a CD in 1999 by Taragon Records, then combined with Bert Kaempfert's LP Strangers in the Night, originally released in 1966 (Decca DL 74795).
Apart from "Love"—Warwick's recording of this 1965 Bert Kaempfert/Milt Gabler composition is of uncertain origination date—the outside material on The Windows of the World comprises three tracks cut for Warwick's preceding On Stage and in the Movies album which were omitted from the last-named album's finalized track listing: "What's Good ...
Johnny Mathis Sings the Music of Bert Kaempfert "It Makes No Difference" (Milt Gabler, Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein) – 2:32 rec. 10/21-23/68; previously unreleased in the U.S. 22 Love Theme from "Romeo And Juliet" (A Time for Us) 1969 "The Way of Love" (Jacques Dieval, Al Stillman) – 2:51 rec. 6/5/69; previously unreleased; 23