Wonderland by Night

"Wonderland by Night" (German title "Wunderland bei Nacht") is a popular song by Bert Kaempfert that was a Billboard number one hit for three weeks, starting January 9, 1961. Written by Klaus Günter Neumann with English lyrics by Lincoln Chase, it was recorded in July 1959 and became Bert Kaempfert's first hit with his orchestra. The song featured Charly Tabor on trumpet. "Wonderland by Night" also crossed over to the R&B chart where it peaked at number five.

Notable cover versions

 * Another cover, recorded and released by Louis Prima, also charted in the same year, reaching #15 on the Billboard charts.
 * Anita Bryant's version, which included orchestrations by Lew Douglas, reached #18 on the US Pop Chart.

Leo Kottke recorded a guitar rendition on his album "Peculiaroso."

In popular culture
A German-language numbers station (G10) was operated by one of Polish intelligence agencies and was active until the late 1970s which used Keampfert's version of the song and its b-side repeated twice followed by the average format of a numbers station. It was later replaced by G11, which was most recently active from 2007 to 2014.