A Swingin' Safari

"A Swingin' Safari"
Single by Bert Kaempfert
from the album A Swingin' Safari
B-side"Black Beauty"
Released1962 (1962)
RecordedDecember 1961 and March 1962
StudioPolydor Studio, Hamburg-Rahlstedt
LabelPolydor, Decca
SongwriterBert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert singles chronology
"Wonderland by Night"
(1961) 		"A Swingin' Safari"
(1962) 		"Afrikaan Beat"
(1962)
Official audio
A Swingin' Safari on YouTube
A Swingin' Safari
Original album cover
Studio album by
Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
Recorded1962
LabelPolydor Records
Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra chronology
With a Sound in My Heart
(1962) 		A Swingin' Safari
(1962) 		That Happy Feeling
(1962)
Singles from A Swingin' Safari
  1. "That Happy Feeling"
    Released: April 3, 1962
  2. "A Swingin' Safari"
    Released: June 22, 1962
"A Swingin' Safari"
Single by Billy Vaughn
from the album A Swingin' Safari
B-side"Indian Love Call"
ReleasedJune 1962
Recorded1962
GenreInstrumental
Length2:15
LabelDot
SongwriterBert Kaempfert
ProducerRandy Wood
Billy Vaughn singles chronology
"Continental Melody"
(1962) 		"A Swingin' Safari"
(1962) 		"Blue Flame"
(1962)

"A Swingin' Safari" is a 1962 instrumental composed by Bert Kaempfert. It was recorded by Kaempfert on Polydor Records and released in the United States on Decca Records. The song features a distinctive main theme played on the piccolo as substitute for the traditional tin whistle, and a trumpet solo by Manfred "Fred" Moch. The prominent bass line is by Ladi Geisler. Kaempfert's recording of the song did not reach the charts, but a near-simultaneous cover by Billy Vaughn reached #13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Easy Listening chart.

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