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	Uvezian said that Kaempfert was a friend of his, and before he had shown Sinatra the song, he had sent it to Kaempfert for publication in Germany. The melody was used in the film ''A Man Could Get Killed'', but with Kaempfert credited as the sole composer. Uvezian said that Kaempfert had given him credit for the song multiple times, including in a letter acknowledging Uvezian as the composer.<ref name="nyt" />		Uvezian said that Kaempfert was a friend of his, and before he had shown Sinatra the song, he had sent it to Kaempfert for publication in Germany. The melody was used in the film ''A Man Could Get Killed'', but with Kaempfert credited as the sole composer. Uvezian said that Kaempfert had given him credit for the song multiple times, including in a letter acknowledging Uvezian as the composer.<ref name="nyt" />

	The Croatian singer ] has also said that he was the original author of "Strangers in the Night" but sold it to Kaempfert. In an interview on Croatian TV with Croatian composer Stjepan Mihaljinec, Robić said that he had composed a song "Ta ljetna noć" (''That Summer Night'') as an entry to the ] in the former ], where it was rejected. He sang a first few ] from that song that were identical to "Strangers in the Night".<ref name="robicaddmiting">{{cite AV media\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUdPra9NGwo\|title=Ivo Robic confirms authorship of Strangers in the night /Ivo Robić je autor pjesme Stranci u noći\|publisher=]\|time=October 1, 1982}}</ref> Robić then sold the rights of the song to Kaempfert, who used it in the film.<ref name=telegraph /> Kaempfert later gave the German version of the song, "Fremde in der Nacht", for Robić to record.<ref name="robicaddmiting" /> Robić is not credited as a songwriter in his German recording of the song,<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-46619 \|title=Ivo Robić: Fremde In Der Nacht\|work=Offizielle Deutsche Charts }}</ref> nor in his ] version titled "Stranci u noći" (released in 1966 by the Yugoslav record company ] serial number EPY-3779), which credited Kaempfert as the composer and Marija Renota as the author of the Croatian lyrics.{{Citation needed\|date=October 2013}}		The Croatian singer ] has also said that he was the original author of "Strangers in the Night" but sold it to Kaempfert. In an interview on Croatian TV with Croatian composer Stjepan Mihaljinec, Robić said that he had composed a song "Ta ljetna noć" (''That Summer Night'') as an entry to the ] in the former ], where it was rejected. He sang a first few ] from that song that were identical to "Strangers in the Night".<ref name="robicaddmiting">{{cite AV media\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUdPra9NGwo\|title=Ivo Robic confirms authorship of Strangers in the night /Ivo Robić je autor pjesme Stranci u noći\|publisher=]\|time=October 1, 1982}}</ref><ref name=telegraph /> Robić then sold the rights of the song to Kaempfert, who used it in the film.<ref name=telegraph /> Kaempfert later gave the German version of the song, "Fremde in der Nacht", for Robić to record.<ref name="robicaddmiting" /> Robić is not credited as a songwriter in his German recording of the song,<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-46619 \|title=Ivo Robić: Fremde In Der Nacht\|work=Offizielle Deutsche Charts }}</ref> nor in his ] version titled "Stranci u noći" (released in 1966 by the Yugoslav record company ] serial number EPY-3779), which credited Kaempfert as the composer and Marija Renota as the author of the Croatian lyrics.{{Citation needed\|date=October 2013}}

	In 1967, French composer Michel Philippe-Gérard (more commonly known as Philippe-Gérard) claimed that the melody of "Strangers" was based on his composition "Magic Tango", which was published in 1953 through ] in New York.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Court Told Music Hit Plagiarized: French Composer Asks $400,000 For Sinatra Record \|newspaper=Toledo Blade \|date=7 December 1968 \|page=4}}</ref> Royalties from the song were thus frozen<ref name="billboard april 1967">{{cite magazine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52 \|title=Charge Is Holding Up 'Strangers' Royalties \|magazine=Billboard \|date=15 April 1967 \|page=52}}</ref> until a court in Paris ruled in 1971 that there was no plagiarism, stating that many songs were based on "similar constant factors".<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3wgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50\|title=Writer Loses 'Strangers' Case \|magazine=Billboard \|date=17 April 1971 \|page=50}}</ref>		In 1967, French composer Michel Philippe-Gérard (more commonly known as Philippe-Gérard) claimed that the melody of "Strangers" was based on his composition "Magic Tango", which was published in 1953 through ] in New York.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Court Told Music Hit Plagiarized: French Composer Asks $400,000 For Sinatra Record \|newspaper=Toledo Blade \|date=7 December 1968 \|page=4}}</ref> Royalties from the song were thus frozen<ref name="billboard april 1967">{{cite magazine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52 \|title=Charge Is Holding Up 'Strangers' Royalties \|magazine=Billboard \|date=15 April 1967 \|page=52}}</ref> until a court in Paris ruled in 1971 that there was no plagiarism, stating that many songs were based on "similar constant factors".<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3wgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50\|title=Writer Loses 'Strangers' Case \|magazine=Billboard \|date=17 April 1971 \|page=50}}</ref>

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1966 single by Frank Sinatra and covered by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder This article is about the song. For other uses, see Strangers in the Night (disambiguation).

"Strangers in the Night"

Single by Frank Sinatra

from the album Strangers in the Night

B-side

"Oh, You Crazy Moon"

Released

April 12, 1966; 58 years ago (1966-04-12)

Recorded

April 11, 1966 (1966-04-11)

Studio

United Western Recorders

Genre

Traditional pop

Length

2:35

Label

Reprise

Composer(s)

Bert Kaempfert

Lyricist(s)

Producer(s)

Jimmy Bowen

Frank Sinatra singles chronology

"It Was a Very Good Year"
(1965; 60 years ago (1965))

"Strangers in the Night"
(1966)

"Summer Wind"
(1966; 59 years ago (1966))

Audio sample

"Strangers in the Night" is a song composed by 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.

The song reached No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Easy Listening chart, and it was also simultaneously a No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. The success of the song prompted the release of Strangers in the Night with it the title song, which became Sinatra's most commercially successful album.

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.

Origin

The song was originally an instrumental theme tune from the soundtrack of the film A Man Could Get Killed written by German composer Bert Kaempfert. Part of the melody could be heard in the orchestral title song of the film as well as the end credits. Music publisher Hal Fine played some tracks from the film to Frank Sinatra's producer Jimmy Bowen, and Bowen indicated that Sinatra would record the tune titled "Beddy Bye" if lyrics were written for the song, and that the title needed to be changed.

The writing of the lyrics, however, took a few months. Two sets of lyrics were provided but both were rejected. Lyrics were then added by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder, which were accepted. To write the lyrics, Singleton and Snyder took cue from the film where the principle actors James Garner and Melina Mercouri exchanged glances in the bar and became lovers by the end of the film. Snyder suggested that he also had a hand in writing the music, and that he, Singleton and Kaempfert spent two weeks perfecting the song. The song had been offered to Melina Mercouri, who thought that a man's vocals would better suit the melody and therefore declined to sing it.

Authorship claims

A number of people have claimed authorship of the song.

In an interview with The New York Times, Avo Uvezian discussed the origins of "Strangers in the Night", saying that he had composed the melody while he was in New York. He was introduced to Frank Sinatra via a mutual friend, and he presented to Sinatra the tune he composed with lyrics written by someone else, with the song titled "Broken Guitar". Sinatra liked the tune but did not like the lyrics, and asked that they be rewritten. Studio songwriters were engaged to produced new lyrics, but Sinatra was said to hate the new lyrics, and announced: "I don't want to sing this." However, he was later persuaded to record the song as "Strangers in the Night".

Uvezian said that Kaempfert was a friend of his, and before he had shown Sinatra the song, he had sent it to Kaempfert for publication in Germany. The melody was used in the film A Man Could Get Killed, but with Kaempfert credited as the sole composer. Uvezian said that Kaempfert had given him credit for the song multiple times, including in a letter acknowledging Uvezian as the composer.

The Croatian singer Ivo Robić has also said that he was the original author of "Strangers in the Night" but sold it to Kaempfert. In an interview on Croatian TV with Croatian composer Stjepan Mihaljinec, Robić said that he had composed a song "Ta ljetna noć" (That Summer Night) as an entry to the Split Festival in the former Yugoslavia, where it was rejected. He sang a first few bars from that song that were identical to "Strangers in the Night". Robić then sold the rights of the song to Kaempfert, who used it in the film. Kaempfert later gave the German version of the song, "Fremde in der Nacht", for Robić to record. Robić is not credited as a songwriter in his German recording of the song, nor in his Croatian version titled "Stranci u noći" (released in 1966 by the Yugoslav record company Jugoton serial number EPY-3779), which credited Kaempfert as the composer and Marija Renota as the author of the Croatian lyrics.

In 1967, French composer Michel Philippe-Gérard (more commonly known as Philippe-Gérard) claimed that the melody of "Strangers" was based on his composition "Magic Tango", which was published in 1953 through Chappell & Co. in New York. Royalties from the song were thus frozen until a court in Paris ruled in 1971 that there was no plagiarism, stating that many songs were based on "similar constant factors".

Recording and release

A number of artists recorded the song before Frank Sinatra, including Bobby Darin who recorded the song on March 23, 1966, Jack Jones on April 8, as well as Al Martino. Bowen, however, was unaware that Fine had given the song for others to record, and was surprised when he came across Jones on April 8, who informed him that he would be recording the song and that it would be released within days. Bowen quickly contacted Ernie Freeman to come up with an arrangement for Frank Sinatra to record "Strangers in the Night" to beat Jones to the song's release.

Bowen already had booked a session at the Sunset Recoding Studios on Sunset Boulevard with a 35-piece orchestra for 7–10 pm, April 11, 1966. The studio session was originally intended for Dean Martin, and Bowen asked Martin to come in later as Martin tended to record quickly. Sinatra said that he disliked the song and only recorded it reluctantly. Hal Blaine was the drummer at the recording; according to Blaine, he reused the iconic drum beat from "Be My Baby" by the Ronettes in a slower and softer arrangement. Also present among the musicians was Glen Campbell, who was brought in the last minute to play the rhythm guitar in his first session with Sinatra. As Campbell could not read sheet music, he spent the first take listening to the melody, which prompted Sinatra to yell out at him if he was sleeping.

One of the most memorable and recognizable features of the record is Sinatra's scat improvisation of the melody (on take two) with the syllables "doo-be-doo-be-doo" as the song fades to the end. For the CD Nothing but the Best, the song was remastered and the running time is 2:45 instead of the usual 2:35. The extra ten seconds is just a continuation of Sinatra's scat singing.

The song features a half-tone key change around 2/3 of the way into song, which created a problem when Sinatra could not adjust to the key change. According to Bowen, he resolved the issue by asking Sinatra to sing until the just before the key change, stopped, then gave him a bell tone so he could sing the next section in the new key.

Sinatra arrived at 8 pm and the recording was completed by 9 pm. Bowen then spent the night splicing the two parts of the recording together, before mixing and mastering the tape. The following day, couriers with the recording by Sinatra in acetate that gave the highest quality sound flew out by plane and delivered the record to radio stations in all top 50 markets to play before Jones' recording arrived.

Due to the rapid release of Sinatra's version, Jones' recording failed to chart. Jones' version became instead became the B-side to "The Impossible Dream", which followed as No. 1 on the Easy Listening (AC) chart after Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night". Darin's recording was never released, while Martino was out of the country and could not promote the song when Sinatra's version was released.

Reception

The song first entered Billboard Hot 100 on chart dated May 7, 1966, reaching No. 1 on July 2, 1966 in the US. It also reached the top of the of the Easy Listening chart, where it was No. 1 for seven weeks. It also reached No. 1 in seven other countries, including the UK for three weeks.

The single sold 60,000 copies in Brazil, 600,000 copies in France, combined it sold a million copies in United States and United Kingdom and over 2 million worldwide.

"Strangers in the Night" was Sinatra's first number one on the Hot 100 in 11 years and it remained on the charts for 15 weeks. Sinatra, however, despised the song, calling it at one time "a piece of shit" and "the worst fucking song that I have ever heard." Joe Smith, then head of Reprise Records, said " thought it was about two fags in a bar!" In concert, Sinatra had on many occasions sang "Love was just a glance away, a warm embracing dance away" as "a lonesome pair of pants away".

The song was received 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 also received the Golden Globe for best original film song.

Charts

Charts (1966)	Peak position
Argentinian Singles Chart	1
Australian Singles Chart	4
Austrian Singles Chart	6
Brazilian Singles Chart	1
Danish Singles Chart (DGGIF)	6
Dutch Singles Chart	4
French Singles Chart	1
German Singles Chart	2
Greek Singles Chart	6
Hong Kong Singles Chart	5
Ireland (IRMA)	1
Israeli Singles Chart	3
Italian Singles Chart (Musica e Dischi)	1
Mexican Singles Chart (Audiomusica)	3
Norway Singles Chart (Verdens Gang)	5
Philippines Singles Chart	1
Singapore Singles Chart	9
Swiss Singles Chart	1
UK Singles (OCC)	1
US Billboard Hot 100	1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)	1

Personnel

According to the AFM contract sheet, the following musicians played on the track.

Bill Miller and Michel Rubini - pianos
Al Casey, Bill Pitman, Glen Campbell and Tommy Tedesco - guitars
Chuck Berghofer - bass
Hal Blaine - drums
Emil Richards and Eddie Brackett Jr. - percussion
Sid Sharp, Leonard Malarsky, William Kurasch, Ralph Schaeffer, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, Robert Sushel, John DeVoogt, Bernard Kundell, Tibor Zelig, Gerald Vinci, William Weiss, James Getzoff, Harry Bluestone and Victor Arno - violins
Harry Hyams, Joseph DiFiore, Darrel Terwilliger and Alexander Neiman - violas
Joseph Saxon, Jesse Ehrlich, Emmet Sargeant and Armand Kaproff - cellos
Vincent DeRosa, Henry Sigismonti, Gale Robinson and Richard Perissi - French horns
Bill Green and Andreas Kostelas - flutes

In popular culture

The name of cartoon dog character Scooby-Doo is derived from the scat in the song. CBS television executive Fred Silverman listened to the song in 1968 while on a red-eye flight to a development meeting for Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and was inspired by the scat.

Other versions

Around 200 versions of the song have been released by 1967. Kaempfert himself released an instrumental version soon after Sinatra's version was released, and it reached No. 8 on the AC chart. Bette Midler released a version in 1976, which reached No. 45 on the AC chart.

References

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Capitol singles (1953–1961)	"I'm Walking Behind You" "I've Got the World on a String" "My One and Only Love" "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" "I Love You" "Young at Heart" "Don't Worry 'bout Me" "Three Coins in the Fountain" "The Gal That Got Away" "Someone to Watch Over Me" "Melody of Love" "Learnin' the Blues" "Love and Marriage" "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" "You're Sensational" "True Love" "Well, Did You Evah!" "Mind If I Make Love to You?" "Hey! Jealous Lover" "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" "All the Way" "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" "Witchcraft" "Mistletoe and Holly" "French Foreign Legion" "High Hopes" "Old MacDonald" "My Blue Heaven" "I'll Remember April" "I Love Paris"
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U.S. albums on MGM Records	Who's Sorry Now? The Exciting Connie Francis My Thanks to You Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites Christmas in My Heart Connie's Greatest Hits Rock 'n' Roll Million Sellers Country & Western – Golden Hits Connie Francis Sings Fun Songs for Children Connie Francis Sings "Second Hand Love" One for the Boys Connie Francis Sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites More Italian Favorites Songs to a Swinging Band More Greatest Hits Connie Francis Sings "Never on Sunday" Connie Francis Sings Folk Song Favorites Connie Francis Sings Irish Favorites Do the Twist!/Dance Party Connie Francis Sings Modern Italian Hits Connie Francis Sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits Greatest American Waltzes In the Summer of His Years Connie Francis Sings German Favorites Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. Sing Great Country Favorites Movie Greats of the 60s Live at The Sahara in Las Vegas Connie's Christmas Connie Francis and The Kids Next Door Love, Italian Style Happiness – Connie Francis On Broadway Today Grandes Éxitos del Cine de los Años 60 Connie & Clyde – Hit Songs of the 30s Connie Francis Sings Bacharach & David Connie Francis Sings the Songs of Les Reed
International albums	Connie Francis en El Patio Melodien, die die Welt erobern Somewhere, My Love
U.S. singles	"Who's Sorry Now?" "Stupid Cupid"/"Carolina Moon" "Fallin'"/"Happy Days and Lonely Nights" "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" "My Happiness" "You Always Hurt the One You Love" "If I Didn't Care" "Lipstick on Your Collar"/"Frankie" "Among My Souvenirs"/"God Bless America" "Mama" "Jealous of You (Tango della Gelosia)"/"Everybody's Somebody's Fool" "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own"/"Malagueña" "Many Tears Ago" "Where the Boys Are" "No One" "Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart"/"Someone Else's Boy" "Together" "(He's My) Dreamboat" "When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)" "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" "Vacation" "I Was Such a Fool (To Fall in Love with You)"/"He Thinks I Still Care" "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter"/"Al di là" "If My Pillow Could Talk" "Your Other Love" "In the Summer of His Years" "Blue Winter" "Be Anything (but Be Mine)" "Whose Heart Are You Breaking Tonight?" "For Mama" "Wishing It Was You" "Forget Domani" "Roundabout" "Jealous Heart" "Love Is Me, Love Is You" "So Nice (Summer Samba)" "Spanish Nights and You" "Time Alone Will Tell" "My Heart Cries for You" "Lonely Again" "I Don't Wanna Play House" "The Wedding Cake" "I love you much too much"
International singles	"Robot Man" "Burning Bridges" "Lili Marleen" "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel" "Ich komm' nie mehr von dir los" "Wenn ich träume" "Schöner fremder Mann" "Einmal komm' ich wieder" "Eine Insel für zwei" "Jamais" "Tu' mir nicht weh" "Wenn du gehst" "Barcarole in der Nacht" "Ho bisogno di vederti"
Notable songs	"Volare" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "Young at Heart" "Mein Herz weiß genau, was es will" "Once a Day" "The Shadow of Your Smile" "Strangers in the Night" "Misty Blue" "Are You Satisfied?" "Games That Lovers Play"
Filmography	Where the Boys Are Follow the Boys Looking for Love When the Boys Meet the Girls
Related topics	Discography Bobby Darin Brenda Lee Patti Page Neil Sedaka Lesley Gore Carole King Ricky Nelson

v t e Bette Midler
Discography Songs Awards and nominations
Studio albums	The Divine Miss M Bette Midler Songs for the New Depression Broken Blossom Thighs and Whispers No Frills Some People's Lives Bette of Roses Bathhouse Betty Bette Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook Cool Yule It's the Girls!
Soundtracks	The Rose Beaches For the Boys Gypsy
Live albums	Live at Last Divine Madness Mud Will Be Flung Tonight
Compilations	The Best of Bette The Best of Bette (II) Just Hits Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits (Jackpot!) The Best Bette Memories of You A Gift of Love
Video albums	Divine Madness The Bette Midler Show Diva Las Vegas The Showgirl Must Go On
Singles	"Do You Want to Dance?" "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" "Friends" "In the Mood" "Strangers in the Night" "Old Cape Cod" "Buckets of Rain" "Married Men" "Hang On in There Baby" "You're Movin' Out Today" "Big Noise from Winnetka" "When a Man Loves a Woman" "The Rose" "My Mother's Eyes" "Chapel of Love" "All I Need to Know" "Favorite Waste of Time" "Beast of Burden" "Under the Boardwalk" "Wind Beneath My Wings" "From a Distance" "Night and Day" "In My Life" "To Deserve You" "In This Life" "You Don't Own Me" "My One True Friend" "I'm Beautiful" "White Christmas" "Fever" "Be My Baby"
Concerts and tours	Diva Las Vegas Kiss My Brass The Showgirl Must Go On Divine Intervention Tour
Books	The Saga of Baby Divine
Category

v t e Bert Kaempfert
Studio albums	A Swingin' Safari Christmas Wonderland
Singles	"Wonderland by Night" "A Swingin' Safari" "That Happy Feeling" "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" "Strangers in the Night" "L-O-V-E" "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" "Mister Sandman"

Awards for "Strangers in the Night"

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song

1960s

"Town Without Pity" – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington (1961)
No Award (1962)
No Award (1963)
"Circus World" – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington (1964)
"Forget Domani" – Music by Riz Ortolani; Lyrics by Norman Newell (1965)
"Strangers in the Night" – Music by Bert Kaempfert; Lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder (1966)
"If Ever I Would Leave You" – Music by Frederick Loewe; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner (1967)
"The Windmills of Your Mind" – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1968)
"Jean" – Music and Lyrics by Rod McKuen (1969)

1970s

"Whistling Away the Dark" – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer (1970)
"Life Is What You Make It" – Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer (1971)
"Ben" – Music by Walter Scharf; Lyrics by Don Black (1972)
"The Way We Were" – Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1973)
"I Feel Love" – Music by Euel Box; Lyrics by Betty Box (1974)
"I'm Easy" – Music and Lyrics by Keith Carradine (1975)
"Evergreen" – Music by Barbra Streisand; Lyrics by Paul Williams (1976)
"You Light Up My Life" – Music and Lyrics by Joseph Brooks (1977)
"Last Dance" – Music and Lyrics by Paul Jabara (1978)
"The Rose" – Music and Lyrics by Amanda McBroom (1979)

1980s

"Fame" – Music by Michael Gore; Lyrics by Dean Pitchford (1980)
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" – Music and Lyrics by Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, and Carole Bayer Sager (1981)
"Up Where We Belong" – Music by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie; Lyrics by Wilbur Jennings (1982)
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" – Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyrics by Irene Cara and Keith Forsey (1983)
"I Just Called to Say I Love You" – Music and Lyrics by Stevie Wonder (1984)
"Say You, Say Me" – Music and Lyrics by Lionel Richie (1985)
"Take My Breath Away" – Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyrics by Tom Whitlock (1986)
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" – Music by John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz; Lyrics by Franke Previte (1987)
"Let the River Run" – Music and Lyrics by Carly Simon / "Two Hearts" – Music by Lamont Dozier; Lyrics by Phil Collins (1988)
"Under the Sea" – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman (1989)

1990s

"Blaze of Glory" – Music and Lyrics by Jon Bon Jovi (1990)
"Beauty and the Beast" – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman (1991)
"A Whole New World" – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Tim Rice (1992)
"Streets of Philadelphia" – Music and Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen (1993)
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice (1994)
"Colors of the Wind" – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (1995)
"You Must Love Me" – Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Tim Rice (1996)
"My Heart Will Go On" – Music by James Horner; Lyrics by Wilbur Jennings (1997)
"The Prayer" – Music and Lyrics by David Foster, Tony Renis, Carole Bayer Sager, and Alberto Testa (1998)
"You'll Be in My Heart" – Music and Lyrics by Phil Collins (1999)

2000s

"Things Have Changed" – Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan (2000)
"Until..." – Music and Lyrics by Sting (2001)
"The Hands That Built America" – Music and Lyrics by Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, and Larry Mullen Jr. (2002)
"Into the West" – Music and Lyrics by Annie Lennox, Howard Shore, and Frances Walsh (2003)
"Old Habits Die Hard" – Music and Lyrics by Mick Jagger and David A. Stewart (2004)
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" – Music by Gustavo Santaolalla; Lyrics by Bernie Taupin (2005)
"The Song of the Heart" – Music and Lyrics by Prince Rogers Nelson (2006)
"Guaranteed" – Music and Lyrics by Eddie Vedder (2007)
"The Wrestler" – Music and Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen (2008)
"The Weary Kind" – Music and Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (2009)

2010s

"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren (2010)
"Masterpiece" – Music and Lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost, and Jimmy Harry (2011)
"Skyfall" – Music and Lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (2012)
"Ordinary Love" – Music and Lyrics by Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., and Danger Mouse (2013)
"Glory" – Music and Lyrics by Common and John Legend (2014)
"Writing's on the Wall" – Music and Lyrics by Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes (2015)
"City of Stars" – Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2016)
"This Is Me" – Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2017)
"Shallow" – Music and Lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt (2018)
"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Bernie Taupin (2019)

2020s

"Io sì (Seen)" – Music by Diane Warren; Lyrics by Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, and Niccolò Agliardi (2020)
"No Time to Die" – Music and Lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (2021)
"Naatu Naatu" – Music by M. M. Keeravani; Lyrics by Chandrabose (2022)
"What Was I Made For?" – Music and Lyrics by Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell (2023)
"El Mal" – Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard (2024)

v t e Grammy Award for Record of the Year
1950s	"Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno (1958) "Mack the Knife" – Bobby Darin (1959)
1960s	"Theme from A Summer Place" – Percy Faith (1960) "Moon River" – Henry Mancini (1961) "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" – Tony Bennett (1962) "Days of Wine and Roses" – Henry Mancini (1963) "The Girl from Ipanema" – Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz (1964) "A Taste of Honey" – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (1965) "Strangers in the Night" – Frank Sinatra (1966) "Up, Up and Away" – The 5th Dimension (1967) "Mrs. Robinson" – Simon & Garfunkel (1968) "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" – The 5th Dimension (1969)
1970s	"Bridge over Troubled Water" – Simon & Garfunkel (1970) "It's Too Late" – Carole King (1971) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Roberta Flack (1972) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Roberta Flack (1973) "I Honestly Love You" – Olivia Newton-John (1974) "Love Will Keep Us Together" – Captain & Tennille (1975) "This Masquerade" – George Benson (1976) "Hotel California" – Eagles (1977) "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (1978) "What a Fool Believes" – The Doobie Brothers (1979)
1980s	"Sailing" – Christopher Cross (1980) "Bette Davis Eyes" – Kim Carnes (1981) "Rosanna" – Toto (1982) "Beat It" – Michael Jackson (1983) "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Tina Turner (1984) "We Are the World" – USA for Africa (1985) "Higher Love" – Steve Winwood (1986) "Graceland" – Paul Simon (1987) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (1988) "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Bette Midler (1989)
1990s	"Another Day in Paradise" – Phil Collins (1990) "Unforgettable" – Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole (1991) "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton (1992) "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston (1993) "All I Wanna Do" – Sheryl Crow (1994) "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (1995) "Change the World" – Eric Clapton (1996) "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin (1997) "My Heart Will Go On" – Celine Dion (1998) "Smooth" – Santana featuring Rob Thomas (1999)
2000s	"Beautiful Day" – U2 (2000) "Walk On" – U2 (2001) "Don't Know Why" – Norah Jones (2002) "Clocks" – Coldplay (2003) "Here We Go Again" – Ray Charles & Norah Jones (2004) "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – Green Day (2005) "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Dixie Chicks (2006) "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (2007) "Please Read the Letter" – Alison Krauss & Robert Plant (2008) "Use Somebody" – Kings of Leon (2009)
2010s	"Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum (2010) "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele (2011) "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye featuring Kimbra (2012) "Get Lucky" – Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers (2013) "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – Sam Smith (2014) "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (2015) "Hello" – Adele (2016) "24K Magic" – Bruno Mars (2017) "This Is America" – Childish Gambino (2018) "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish (2019)
2020s	"Everything I Wanted" – Billie Eilish (2020) "Leave the Door Open" – Silk Sonic (2021) "About Damn Time" by Lizzo (2022) "Flowers" – Miley Cyrus (2023)

v t e Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
1950s	"Catch a Falling Star" – Perry Como (1958) Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1959)
1960s	"Georgia on My Mind" – Ray Charles / The Genius of Ray Charles – Ray Charles (1960) "Lollipops and Roses" – Jack Jones (1961) "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" – Tony Bennett (1962) "Wives and Lovers" – Jack Jones (1963) "Hello, Dolly!" – Louis Armstrong (1964) "It Was a Very Good Year" – Frank Sinatra (1965) "Strangers in the Night" – Frank Sinatra (1966) "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" – Glen Campbell (1967) "Light My Fire" – José Feliciano (1968) "Everybody's Talkin'" – Harry Nilsson (1969)
1970s	"Everything Is Beautiful" – Ray Stevens (1970) "You've Got a Friend" – James Taylor (1971) "Without You" – Harry Nilsson (1972) "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" – Stevie Wonder (1973) Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1974) Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1975) Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1976) "Handy Man" – James Taylor (1977) "Copacabana (At the Copa)" – Barry Manilow (1978) 52nd Street – Billy Joel (1979)
1980s	"This Is It" – Kenny Loggins (1980) Breakin' Away – Al Jarreau (1981) "Truly" – Lionel Richie (1982) Thriller – Michael Jackson (1983) "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" – Phil Collins (1984) No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1985) "Higher Love" – Steve Winwood (1986) Bring On the Night – Sting (1987) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (1988) "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" – Michael Bolton (1989)
1990s	"Oh, Pretty Woman (live 1987)" – Roy Orbison (1990) "When a Man Loves a Woman" – Michael Bolton (1991) "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton (1992) "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" – Sting (1993) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" – Elton John (1994) "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (1995) "Change the World" – Eric Clapton (1996) "Candle in the Wind 1997" – Elton John (1997) "My Father's Eyes" – Eric Clapton (1998) "Brand New Day" – Sting (1999)
2000s	"She Walks This Earth" – Sting (2000) "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" – James Taylor (2001) "Your Body Is a Wonderland" – John Mayer (2002) "Cry Me a River" – Justin Timberlake (2003) "Daughters" – John Mayer (2004) "From the Bottom of My Heart" – Stevie Wonder (2005) "Waiting on the World to Change" – John Mayer (2006) "What Goes Around... Comes Around" – Justin Timberlake (2007) "Say" – John Mayer (2008) "Make It Mine" – Jason Mraz (2009)
2010s	"Just the Way You Are" – Bruno Mars (2010)

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	Uvezian said that Kaempfert was a friend of his, and before he had shown Sinatra the song, he had sent it to Kaempfert for publication in Germany. The melody was used in the film ''A Man Could Get Killed'', but with Kaempfert credited as the sole composer. Uvezian said that Kaempfert had given him credit for the song multiple times, including in a letter acknowledging Uvezian as the composer.<ref name="nyt" />		Uvezian said that Kaempfert was a friend of his, and before he had shown Sinatra the song, he had sent it to Kaempfert for publication in Germany. The melody was used in the film ''A Man Could Get Killed'', but with Kaempfert credited as the sole composer. Uvezian said that Kaempfert had given him credit for the song multiple times, including in a letter acknowledging Uvezian as the composer.<ref name="nyt" />

	The Croatian singer ] has also said that he was the original author of "Strangers in the Night" but sold it to Kaempfert. In an interview on Croatian TV with Croatian composer Stjepan Mihaljinec, Robić said that he had composed a song "Ta ljetna noć" (''That Summer Night'') as an entry to the ] in the former ], where it was rejected. He sang a first few ] from that song that were identical to "Strangers in the Night".<ref name="robicaddmiting">{{cite AV media\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUdPra9NGwo\|title=Ivo Robic confirms authorship of Strangers in the night /Ivo Robić je autor pjesme Stranci u noći\|publisher=]\|time=October 1, 1982}}</ref> Robić then sold the rights of the song to Kaempfert, who used it in the film.<ref name=telegraph /> Kaempfert later gave the German version of the song, "Fremde in der Nacht", for Robić to record.<ref name="robicaddmiting" /> Robić is not credited as a songwriter in his German recording of the song,<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-46619 \|title=Ivo Robić: Fremde In Der Nacht\|work=Offizielle Deutsche Charts }}</ref> nor in his ] version titled "Stranci u noći" (released in 1966 by the Yugoslav record company ] serial number EPY-3779), which credited Kaempfert as the composer and Marija Renota as the author of the Croatian lyrics.{{Citation needed\|date=October 2013}}		The Croatian singer ] has also said that he was the original author of "Strangers in the Night" but sold it to Kaempfert. In an interview on Croatian TV with Croatian composer Stjepan Mihaljinec, Robić said that he had composed a song "Ta ljetna noć" (''That Summer Night'') as an entry to the ] in the former ], where it was rejected. He sang a first few ] from that song that were identical to "Strangers in the Night".<ref name="robicaddmiting">{{cite AV media\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUdPra9NGwo\|title=Ivo Robic confirms authorship of Strangers in the night /Ivo Robić je autor pjesme Stranci u noći\|publisher=]\|time=October 1, 1982}}</ref><ref name=telegraph /> Robić then sold the rights of the song to Kaempfert, who used it in the film.<ref name=telegraph /> Kaempfert later gave the German version of the song, "Fremde in der Nacht", for Robić to record.<ref name="robicaddmiting" /> Robić is not credited as a songwriter in his German recording of the song,<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-46619 \|title=Ivo Robić: Fremde In Der Nacht\|work=Offizielle Deutsche Charts }}</ref> nor in his ] version titled "Stranci u noći" (released in 1966 by the Yugoslav record company ] serial number EPY-3779), which credited Kaempfert as the composer and Marija Renota as the author of the Croatian lyrics.{{Citation needed\|date=October 2013}}

	In 1967, French composer Michel Philippe-Gérard (more commonly known as Philippe-Gérard) claimed that the melody of "Strangers" was based on his composition "Magic Tango", which was published in 1953 through ] in New York.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Court Told Music Hit Plagiarized: French Composer Asks $400,000 For Sinatra Record \|newspaper=Toledo Blade \|date=7 December 1968 \|page=4}}</ref> Royalties from the song were thus frozen<ref name="billboard april 1967">{{cite magazine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52 \|title=Charge Is Holding Up 'Strangers' Royalties \|magazine=Billboard \|date=15 April 1967 \|page=52}}</ref> until a court in Paris ruled in 1971 that there was no plagiarism, stating that many songs were based on "similar constant factors".<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3wgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50\|title=Writer Loses 'Strangers' Case \|magazine=Billboard \|date=17 April 1971 \|page=50}}</ref>		In 1967, French composer Michel Philippe-Gérard (more commonly known as Philippe-Gérard) claimed that the melody of "Strangers" was based on his composition "Magic Tango", which was published in 1953 through ] in New York.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Court Told Music Hit Plagiarized: French Composer Asks $400,000 For Sinatra Record \|newspaper=Toledo Blade \|date=7 December 1968 \|page=4}}</ref> Royalties from the song were thus frozen<ref name="billboard april 1967">{{cite magazine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52 \|title=Charge Is Holding Up 'Strangers' Royalties \|magazine=Billboard \|date=15 April 1967 \|page=52}}</ref> until a court in Paris ruled in 1971 that there was no plagiarism, stating that many songs were based on "similar constant factors".<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3wgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50\|title=Writer Loses 'Strangers' Case \|magazine=Billboard \|date=17 April 1971 \|page=50}}</ref>