FRANK SINATRA - STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT

STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT

FRANK SINATRA

SONGWRITERS: BERT KAEMPFERT, CHARLIE SINGLETON & EDDIE SNYDER

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT

LABEL: REPRISE

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1966

"Strangers in the Night" is a popular song credited to Bert Kaempfert with English lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder. Kaempfert originally used it under the title "Beddy Bye" as part of the instrumental score for the movie A Man Could Get Killed. 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 suit more to the melody and therefore declined to sing it.

Reaching number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Easy Listening chart, 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 number one on the UK Singles Chart.

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. It became a gold record.

Strangers in the night exchanging glances

Wondering in the night

What were the chances we'd be sharing love

Before the night was through

Something in your eyes was so exciting

Something in your smile was so inviting

Something in my heart

Told me I must have you

Strangers in the night, two lonely people

We were strangers in the night

Up to the moment

When we said our first hello

Little did we know?

Love was just a glance away

A warm embracing dance away and

Ever since that night we've been together

Lovers at first sight, in love forever

It turned all right

For strangers in the night