Bert Kaempfert

“Boettcher’s book is a must for music lovers!” (Westfälischer Anzeiger)

“In this intensively researched and highly readable book, Marc Boettcher has—despite considerable resistance from those involved in the Bert Kaempfert story—presented a remarkable study. Recommended to all music lovers!” (Swinging Hamburg Journal)

“A complete success. (…) This is the long-overdue, informative and entertaining reappraisal of a piece of German music history at world-class level—without crude voyeurism.” (Good Times)

“A chapter in German-American entertainment-music history shaped by many animosities.” (Jazz-Zeitung)

“Written in a casually chatty reporter’s tone, Boettcher unfolds a wealth of facts, anecdotes, and quotations that, from various angles, give the person Bert Kaempfert and his social background a clear profile. Stranger In The Night offers an entertaining and detailed picture not only of Kaempfert, but also of the last 50 years of pop history.” (Der Spiegel)

“Boettcher manages to navigate the difficult balancing act between tabloid keyhole voyeurism and the level of detail expected in a biography without being harmed by either—and does so in the spirit of the subject, who always avoided laying out his private life on the dubious level of glossy magazines. A biography with depth!” (m-Hit-service)