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Engelbert Humperdinck
12+ albums
oldies60spopeasy listeningClassical
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There are multiple artists with this name: 1. Arnold George Dorsey, MBE (born 2 May 1936), known professionally as Engelbert Humperdinck, is a British pop singer. He has been described by AllMusic as a prominent performer of middle-of-the-road ballads and achieved international prominence in 1967 with his recording of "Release Me". Humperdinck began his career in the late 1950s under the name "Gerry Dorsey", but achieved commercial success after 1965 when he partnered with manager Gordon Mills, who advised him to adopt the name of the German composer Engelbert Humperdinck as a stage name. His recordings of the ballads "Release Me" and "The Last Waltz" both reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in 1967 and sold more than one million copies each. He subsequently had further chart success with "There Goes My Everything" (1967), "Am I That Easy to Forget" (1968), and "A Man Without Love" (1968). During this period, he developed a large fan base, with some fans referring to themselves as "Humperdinckers", and two of his singles ranked among the best-selling in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. During the 1970s, Humperdinck achieved notable success in the United States with singles such as "After the Lovin'" (1976) and "This Moment in Time" (1979). He became known as a concert performer and experienced renewed attention during the 1990s lounge revival, including his recording of "Lesbian Seagull" for the soundtrack of "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America" (1996) and the relea
