Moon Over Naples

"Moon Over Naples"
Single by Bert Kaempfert
from the album The Magic Music of Far Away Places
B-side"The Moon is Making Eyes"
Released1965
Recorded1965
Length2:35
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Bert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert singles chronology
"Three O'Clock in the Morning"
(1965) 		"Moon Over Naples"
(1965) 		"Holiday for Bells"
(1965)

"Moon Over Naples" is a 1965 instrumental composed and recorded by German bandleader Bert Kaempfert. The instrumental version reached No. 6 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. It won a BMI Award in 1968.

Vocal versions of the song have been recorded as "Spanish Eyes" with lyrics by Eddie Snyder and Charles Singleton. The most notable of these was released by Al Martino, which topped Billboard's Easy Listening chart for 4 weeks in 1966.[1][2] It is one of the most recorded songs with over 500 versions released in various languages.[3]

  1. ^ "Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening". Billboard. January 29, 1966. p. 18.
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