The over-50s generation will surely be in for a trip down memory lane, when Engelbert Humperdinck will perform live along with his entourage at MFCC, Ta’ Qali on December 12, courtesy of Easylife Promotions.
Mr Humperdinck will be performing all the hits and all-time favourties which earned him 63 gold and 24 platimum records throughout his career.
His name comes from the Austrian composer who wrote Hansel & Gretel while his voice comes from heaven and has been a legend in the international music industry for the past 40 plus years, with over 150 million records sold.
He has recorded everything from the most romantic ballads to the platinum-selling theme song Lesbian Seagull for the latest Beavis and Butthead movie. His remarkable voice and extraordinary talent has endeared him to millions of fans around the globe with the MTV generation having just “discovered” what a magnificent musician the rest of the world has celebrated for decades.
In 1999 he recorded The Dance Album as his debut album in the dance genre. Released by the red-hot dance label Interhit Records, it featured newly-recorded dance versions of six of his greatest hits, along with five original songs. Favourites such as Quando, Quando, Quando and Release Me are set to an infectious dance beat by dance producer/remixers Chris Cox and Barry Harris, known collectively as Thunderpuss 2000. The album has enjoyed tremendous success, with Release Me hitting the Top 10 in the Billboard Dance charts.
With four Grammy nominations, a Golden Globe for Entertainer of the Year (1988), and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Mr Humperdinck came into this world as Arnold George Dorsey, one of 10 siblings. His father served in the British military, and his mother taught violin and had an operatic voice.
They all lived in, England and the young lad from Leicester developed strong and enduring family values imparted by his parents. At the age of eleven, Mr Humperdinck began to study saxophone.
When he was 17, he found himself playing at a pub that sponsored a singing contest. Goaded by his friends to participate, he put down his saxophone and for the first time revealed another vocal talent – impersonations. He gave the world’s finest impersonation of Jerry Lewis.
In fact, Jerry Lewis still thinks so – and was quickly dubbed Gerry Dorsey by his fans. It became his professional stage name. Furthermore, he never picked up the sax again!