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'Bye Bye Blues' Man Kaempfert Was First To Record Beatles

Alan Walsh, Melody Maker, 29 January 1966

BERT KAEMPFERT is something of a musical paradox. This German musician/arranger/composer is thought of in Britain — even among sections of show business itself — as a trumpet player who has had several hits in Europe and the United States over the past few years.

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