Frank Sinatra | - Strangers In The Night

: The song was first offered to the film's lead actress, Melina Mercouri, who turned it down because she felt it required a male voice.

: At the 1967 Grammy Awards, the song won Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance . Arranger Ernie Freeman also won for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist. Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night

Strangers In The Night by Frank Sinatra | Concord - Label Group : The song was first offered to the

: The famous "doo-be-doo-be-doo" scatting during the song's fade-out was improvised by Sinatra in the studio. CBS executive Fred Silverman later cited this scatting as the inspiration for the name of the cartoon character Scooby-Doo . Strangers In The Night by Frank Sinatra |

: Sinatra's producer, Jimmy Bowen, realized other artists like Jack Jones and Bobby Darin were also planning to record the song. To beat them, Sinatra's version was recorded on April 11, 1966 , and rushed to radio stations via private planes within hours of mixing. A Record-Breaking Comeback

: Music publisher Hal Fine recruited Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder to write English lyrics. They drew inspiration from a scene in the film where two characters fall in love after a chance encounter at a bar.

Within hours of final mixing, Bowen sent acetates of the song to key radio stations —by private planes. The extravagance paid off, Concord | Independent Music