Danke Schoen
Thank You is the title of a waltz, the composer team operating from the early 1960s in the U.S. Bert Kaempfert, Milt Gabler and Kurt Schwabach comes. It was published both as instrumental and sung versions in the world of the record industry.
Instrumental version
The instrumental version was the first time in April 1963 in the U.S. on the LP Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra - Living It Up released by the record company Decca Records as catalog number DL 74374. In May 1963, the single release was followed by the indication of the author Bert Kaempfert / Roy Ilene on Decca 31498th in the U.S. hit lists, the title Thank You could not place. In Germany, the LP Living It Up and the single thank you came in the fall of 1963 by the record company Polydor to the market (Catalog 237 599 and 52 157). On the LP cover of the track was given as Cadelight Cafe. Also in Germany there were no charts notation.
The tune has been used in numerous TV commercials and film soundtracks, including Ferris Bueller's Day, Meet the Parents and Vegas Vacation.
Text versions
Around the same time as Danke Schoen had been put on the market in the States, published the UK parent company by Decca in the UK a single with a text version, sung by British singer Craig Douglas, who scored in the Kingdom of the group of successful artists. On the record label Roy Ilene was given as a copywriter. This title could not place in the British charts. Also with the text of Roy Ilene came in June 1963 in the USA by Capitol Records a version with the only 21 -year-old with Wayne Newton on the market. This version in the strange spelling Thank 's Most Beautiful was received by the U.S. music magazine Billbord in the Hot 100, and rose to the position 13. The U.S. singer Connie Francis took Danke Schoen in several languages , as in French, Spanish, Italian and Japanese. From Brenda Lee, there is a text version on an EP.
In Germany Kurt Schwabach thank provided them with a text. The record company Polydor brought Ivo Robic two singles with the German text out. The first record was released under the number 52001, the first edition of 52000er series, which had to be therefore produced in early 1963, even before the instrumental version that came on the German market in September. Coinciding with the instrumental version Polydor Ivo Robić ' second thank-you -single with a different B-side out under the number 52 160. This has also been registered by the music magazine music market and listed for the first time on 14 December 1963 in the Top 50. The Title only managed to rank 47, as well as the version with Anita Lindblom, who was also brought out at the same time by Philips. 1964 by the German CBS released a long-playing record with Bernd Spier under the title Thank you and with a track of the same name, also in the version of Schwabach. In the United States brought the CBS parent company Columbia with Bernd Spier an LP with the same title out to the tracks also the German -language titles Thank you heard beautiful.