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That Happy Feeling: Bert Kaempfert

This one is dedicated to My Dear Hedley and to Birgit with the high hopes that Germany will reign triumphant today.

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9 Comments on “That Happy Feeling: Bert Kaempfert”

  2. Hedley's avatar Hedley Says:

    July 13, 2014 at 12:45 pm

    And composed by a Ghanaian musician as “An Africans prayer”. This tune screams Kat…

    “I remember well, it was 1962 and I was riding my Vespa to the sacred croc pool, when out of a straw hut came the most wonderful melody ….this isn’t Joni and Ralph is still in Accra…..it was Bert playing Guy Warren. I wrote a long and demanding airmail letter to my family and waiting patiently, next to the croc pool for a box of Kaempfert”

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      July 13, 2014 at 1:13 pm

      MDH,
      That would be 1970 and my Honda and a mud hut with a straw roof, but I do like your stories of my life in Ghana.

      I thought this a perfect choice as Guy was a Ghanaian, but my family let me down. They sent such silly choices as CSN&Y, Simon and Garfunkel and Join.

  3. Birgit's avatar Birgit Says:

    July 13, 2014 at 12:46 pm

    Bert Kaempfert – Nooooooooooooooooooo[2:55min]oooo! Okay, I survived.
    Thanks for the dedication which made this song bearable. Will you watch the game?

  4. katry's avatar katry Says:

    July 13, 2014 at 2:41 pm

    Gnu,
    His whole demeanor gave me a chuckle. He seems to be having the best fun whistling. I love his clothes so 60’s.

    I did some looking up, “Whistling Jack Smith was a play on the name of the baritone singer of the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s, Whispering Jack Smith. The public face of Whistling Jack Smith was Billy Moeller, who was the brother of Tommy Moeller, lead vocalist, guitarist, and pianist with Unit 4 + 2. “


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