over the previous years of working with renowned german and austrian arrangers and composers like werner scharfenberger, erwin halletz or johannes fehring, francis had frequently praised the high quality of germany's musical output, claiming germany to be her favorite music recording spot outside the united states although those sessions actually had taken place in vienna, austria, or the playbacks had been pre-recorded in vienna and connie francis had overdubbed her vocals in studios located in las vegas, new york city and even paris. the sessions for "melodien, die die welt erobern" were the first ever for connie francis to take place in germany. but for "melodien, die die welt erobern" (which loosely translates as "melodies that took the world by a storm"), francis and her german producer gerhard mendelson wanted to go for a more international sound. thus, it was decided to re-record eleven songs which francis had recorded between july 1960 and may 1966 for her american album projects: