Engelbert Humperdinck Explodes Across Las Vegas Show Rooms
By Gary Long, Sat Dec 10th
Engelbert came into this world as George Dorsey, one of tensiblings. His father served in the British military and hismother taught music. At age 17, he entered a talent competitiondoing impersonations. He won first prize and combined singingwith impersonations in his stage act. To this day, Engelbertcontinues to delight his audience with impersonations.
Engelbert exploded into the British music scene with TheBeatles, Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones. Beforelong "the British invasion" hit the United States and the restof the world, changing the music industry forever.
Engelbert has sold well over 130 million records, including 64gold and 23 platinum. He is in the Guinness Book of WorldRecords achieving 56 consecutive weeks in the charts withRelease Me which shot to number one in eleven countries, selling15 million worldwide.
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With four Grammy nominations, a Golden Globe for Entertainer ofthe Year and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Engelbert hasperformed with some of the greatest entertainers. One of hiscloset friends was Elvis Presley. The two legends oftenperformed each other's songs and they enjoyed a wonderfulfriendship.
Some of Engelbert's greatest hits include There Goes MyEverything, The Last Waltz, A Man Without Love, Am I That EasyTo Forget, Winter World of Love, The Way It Used To Be, QuandoQuando Quando and Spanish Eyes.
In his illustrious career he has performed for the Queen ofEngland, several Presidents of the United States and many Headsof State.
I Want To Wake Up With You is a current album on release inEurope and Definition of Love has just been released in theUnited States. Few people realize that some of the major forcesin the world of rock n' roll, including Jimi Hendrix and TheCarpenters, started out as opening acts for Englebert.
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