Engelbert Humperdinck

Engelbert Humperdinck: King of Romance
Engelbert Humperdinck: From "Release Me" to Eurovision 2012
Engelbert Humperdinck's first huge hit came in 1967 with "Release Me', which reached the top of the music charts internationally. Other early hits were "The Last Waltz", "A Man Without Love", "Am I That Easy to Forget", "Spanish Eyes", "There Goes My Everything"; and "The Way It Used to Be". Although renown for his love ballads and known as the King of Romance, he has also recorded and performed other genres such as country, jazz, rock, and spiritual. Forty-five years later, Engelbert is stil...

Engelbert Humperdinck
The romantic music of Engelbert Humperdinck constantly drifted through our little apartment in the late 1960's. I had two 8 track tapes of his songs and played them over and over as I cared for our new baby boy. That was over forty years ago and now my little boy has children of his own. Today, Engelbert's music is playing on CD's in my car and in my house. His music is timeless - as enjoyable today as it was then. Relax and enjoy a few of my favorites! Photo from Wikimedia Commons - Engel...

Engelbert Humperdinck
Engelbert Humperdinck, a German composer
Engelbert Humperdinck (18541921) was a German composer. His works included the opera, Hänsel und Gretel (1893). A side note: the popular British-American pop singer of the 1960s and 1970s, Engelbert Humperdinck, whose hits included "Release Me" and "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize", was born Arnold George Dorsey and took his stage name (Engelbert Humperdinck) from the German classical composer whom we are discussing in this lens.