The song "Strangers in the Night" was composed by Bert Kaempfert and lyrics by CharlesSingleton and Eddie Snyder. The song was created in 1966 and falls into the genre of traditional pop. Mainstream pop continued after the big band era. The big band or swing era began in the 1920s and ended in the 1950s. The big bands consisted of a 17-piece instrumentation consisting of five saxophones, four trumpets, four trombones and a four-piece rhythm section (consisting of drums, bass, piano and guitar). There are two distinct differences between these genres as in traditional pop there is more focus on vocal performance and the addition of strings. Songs considered mainstream pop were well known in the culture of the 1950s and 1960s. The characteristics of the big band genre that connect to traditional pop are unique in the instrumentation, melody and harmony that can be found in "Strangers in the Night". The instrumentation in "Strangers in the Night" creates a very different scene if the song was played with less instrumentation. The entrance...