Are you related to Englebert Humperdinck?

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Former Member

The man mother was Indian.

One of my favorite singers. The man made me buy a guitar, grow sideburns, and learn to strum in my wasted youth.

http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/...2005072400220500.htm

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AmralSenior Member

Ten Guitars eh

I grew up listening to him, is my Mother fav singer,

12/12/139:21 AM

shanazbLove is beautiful,Simple By Being What It Is!

Love all his songs .

12/12/139:22 AM

AmralSenior Member

12/12/139:28 AM

Former Member

So that's who he is...

i heard of him but don't know his songs

12/12/139:33 AM

AmralSenior Member

Girl if you do not know his songs during that era, you missed out on some beautiful moments. great rivalry between him and Tom Jones. i am glad that in my youth, i had the opportunity to enjoy those type of music

12/12/139:57 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Amral:

Him and Tom Jones are a little before my time. my time was more Wham! and Michael Bolton lol

12/12/1310:16 AM

AmralSenior Member

i am sure you wished many times to run your fingers through Bolton hairlocks

12/12/1310:24 AM

Mr.TI pity the fool

Cliff Richard is Indian as well.

12/12/1310:28 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Amral:

i am sure you wished many times to run your fingers through Bolton hairlocks

Hehehe when he sang when a man loves a woman I was swooning

12/12/1310:31 AM

NehruBig Mouth Member

12/12/1310:52 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Mr.T:

Cliff Richard is Indian as well.

LOL Cuz... he is Indian by birth/Nationality. Don't think has an ounce of 'Indian' blood in him.

12/12/1311:38 AM

Former Member

Special mention: Freddie Mercury, the lead vocalist of Queen. He was of Parsi parentage and born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar. Though not born in India, the rock star did his schooling at St Peter's School in Panchgani before moving again to Zanzibar and then England.

12/12/1311:46 AM

Former Member

12/12/1311:47 AM

Former Member

12/12/1311:48 AM

SunilAdmin

The hump now lives on a sheep farm near Manchester. Little known fact is that Elvis grew his sideburns after meeting the Hump.

12/12/131:20 PM

AmralSenior Member

they just do not sing like that anymore.

12/12/134:28 PM

Former Member

Originally Posted by TI:

The man mother was Indian.

One of my favorite singers. The man made me buy a guitar, grow sideburns, and learn to strum in my wasted youth.

http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/...2005072400220500.htm

Hmmm...this article was posted in 2005. TI seems to be reflecting on youthful days Hope you're still strumming a guitar.

12/12/138:23 PM

Former Member

I'm musically inclined. Nowadays I play the organ though

12/12/139:42 PM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Miraver:

Originally Posted by TI:

The man mother was Indian.

One of my favorite singers. The man made me buy a guitar, grow sideburns, and learn to strum in my wasted youth.

http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/...2005072400220500.htm

Hmmm...this article was posted in 2005. TI seems to be reflecting on youthful days Hope you're still strumming a guitar.

I was looking at his martial arts career, and never knew his mother was Indian. He did look dark when he was young though.

12/12/139:45 PM

NehruBig Mouth Member

Originally Posted by Nehru:

I still sing this one in the show " Take the ribbons from your hair, shake it loose and let it fall, lay it soft against my skin, like the shadow on the wall. COME AND LAY DOWN BY MY SIDE TILL THE MORNING LIGHT, ALL I AM TAKING IS YOUR TIME, HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT. I DONT CARE WHAT'S RIGHT OR WRONG, LET TODAY BE TOMORROW AND TONIGHT BE THE NIGHT. YESTETRDAY IS DEAD AND GONE AND TOMORROW" oh BOY I GETTING MY MOJO FLOWING JUST REMEMBERINGtHEN I DOES YELL YEAH BABY!!!

12/13/1310:19 AM

Former Member

In his youth with the sideburns he bore a striking resemblance to Amitabh Bachan.

12/13/1310:40 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Nehru:

I still sing this one in the show " Take the ribbons from your hair, shake it loose and let it fall,

N-I-C-E!

Rev

12/13/1311:58 AM

NehruBig Mouth Member

Originally Posted by Rev:

Originally Posted by Nehru:

I still sing this one in the show " Take the ribbons from your hair, shake it loose and let

N-I-C-E!

Rev

Thank you Rev. OH BABY BABY

Rev, I used that line on a Gal and she did come and lay down by my side till the morning light.

12/13/131:00 PM

seignetSenior Member

Okay, that is how he got the German name. It make sense.

12/13/132:43 PM

Former Member

Originally Posted by chameli:

@ TI

"His mother was of German descent."

he was born in India though

there goes our blood link

From his Facebook page.

About

Page for Engelbert Humperdinck fans.

Biography

Engelbert Humperdinck was born as Arnold George Dorsey, on 2nd May 1936 to British Army NCO Mervyn Dorsey and his wife Olive. His mother is of Indian heritage.

He is an Anglo-Indian pop singer, best known for his number one hits ‘Release Me’ and ‘The Last Waltz’ as well as After the Loving’ and ‘A Man Without Love’.
He was born in Madras, India, and as a child Dorsey moved to Leicester, England, where he took an early interest in music. First he played the saxophone in nightclubs, and he soon went on to sing, releasing his first single, "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", in 1958.

After suffering from tuberculosis in the mid-1960s Englebert returned to his musical career, adopting the stage name "Engelbert Humperdinck" after the German 19th-century composer of operas.

He signed to Decca Records, and he gained early success in Belgium after representing England in the 1966 Knokke song contest there. Returning to the United Kingdom, he released a some singles that proved commercially successful both domestically and in the United States. Gaining a devoted fan following, he also fronted a short-lived television series, The Engelbert Humperdinck Show.

Arnold Dorsey was born in Madras, India, as one of ten children Dorsey's family moved to Leicester, England, when he was ten. He soon showed an interest in music and began learning the saxophone. By the early 1950s he was playing saxophone in nightclubs, but he is believed not to have tried singing until he was seventeen, when friends coaxed him into entering a pub contest. His impression of Jerry Lewis prompted friends to begin calling him "Gerry Dorsey", a name he worked under for almost a decade.

12/13/139:24 PM