Australian singles chart:
Strangers in the Night entered the Kent charts on 14 May 1966 and peaked at #1. It was the #11 song on the Top 100 of 1966.
Album:
The song is on Strangers in the Night which charted in Australia in 1966.
Songwriters:
Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
Producer:
Jimmy Bowen
Record label of Australian release:
Reprise
Frank Sinatra performing Strangers In The Night at Concert for the Americas in 1982:
Songfacts:
This song was originally written by Ivo Robic for a music festival in Split, Croatia; Robic later recorded versions of it in Croatian (Stranci u Noci) and in German (Fremde in der Nacht). English lyrics about love at first sight were written by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder. Sinatra ad-libbed the “Dooby dooby doo” closing scat.
This was a big comeback song for Sinatra, becoming his first #1 pop hit in 11 years. His previous chart-topper was Learnin’ the Blues in 1955.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/frank-sinatra/strangers-in-the-night
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