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 release of a dance-oriented album in 1998. In the 2000s, he continued to record in a variety of styles, including the Grammy-nominated gospel album "Always Hear the Harmony: The Gospel Sessions" (2003) and the duets album "Engelbert Calling" (2014). Humperdinck represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku with the song "Love Will Set You Free", finishing 25th out of 26 participants. He has continued to record and perform, with reported global record sales exceeding 140 million. Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelbert_Humperdinck_(singer) Studio albums Release Me (1967) The Last Waltz (1967) A Man Without Love (1968) Engelbert (1969) Engelbert Humperdinck (1969) We Made It Happen (1970) Sweetheart (1971) Another Time, Another Place (1971) In Time (1972) King of Hearts (1973) My Love (1973) After the Lovin' (1976) Miracles (1977) Christmas Tyme (1977) Last of the Romantics (1978) This Moment in Time (1979) Love's Only Love (1980) A Merry Christmas with Engelbert Humperdinck (1980) Don't You Love Me Anymore? (1981) You And Your Lover (1983) A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (1985) Träumen mit Engelbert / With Love (1986) In Liebe / Natural Love (1988) Ich Denk an Dich / Step into My Life (1989) Zärtlichkeiten (1990) Träumen mit Engelbert 2 (1991) Hello Out There (1992) Yours / Quiereme Mucho (1993) Christmas Eve (1994) Love Unchained (1995) After Dark (1996) The Dance Album (1999) Definition of Love (2003) Always Hear the Harmony: The Gospel Sessions (2003) Let There Be Love (2005) The Winding Road (2007) Released (2010) Engelbert Calling (2014) Runaway Country (2015) The Man I Want to Be (2017) Warmest Christmas Wishes (2018) All About Love (2023) 2. Engelbert Humperdinck (1 September 1854 – 27 September 1921) was a German composer, best known for his opera "Hansel and Gretel" (1893). Humperdinck was born in Siegburg in the Rhine Province. He received piano lessons as a child and composed his first work at the age of seven. At 13, he created two singspiele. His parents initially encouraged him to pursue architecture rather than a musical career, but he later studied music under Ferdinand Hiller and Isidor Seiss at the Cologne Conservatory beginning in 1872. In 1876, he received a scholarship to study in Munich with Franz Lachner and later Josef Rheinberger. In 1879, he won the first Mendelssohn Award from the Mendelssohn Stiftung in Berlin. Humperdinck travelled to Italy, where he met Richard Wagner in Naples, who invited him to assist in the production of "Parsifal" at Bayreuth in 1880 and 1881. He also served as a music tutor to Wagner's son, Siegfried. After receiving further awards, he travelled through Italy, France, and Spain and taught at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Conservatory in Barcelona for two years. He returned to Cologne in 1887 and was appointed professor at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt in 1890, also teaching harmony at Julius Stockhausen's Vocal School. By this time, he had composed several choral works and a "Humoreske" for small orchestra, which gained popularity in Germany. Humperdinck began working on "Hansel and Gretel" in 1890 in Frankfurt. The opera developed from four songs composed for a puppet show his nieces performed, and a libretto by his sister Adelheid Wette, loosely based on the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale. He initially created a singspiel of 16 songs with piano accompaniment and dialogue before orchestrating the complete work. "Hansel and Gretel" premiered in Weimar on 23 December 1893, conducted by Richard Strauss, and combined Wagnerian techniques with traditional German folk songs. The opera has remained Humperdinck's most widely performed work and was featured in early radio broadcasts by the Royal Opera House in 1923 and the Metropolitan Opera in 1931. In 1896, Humperdinck was appointed Professor by Kaiser Wilhelm II and moved to Boppard, Rhineland-Palatinate. In 1900, he relocated to Berlin as head of a Meister-Schule of composition. His students included Andrés Isasi, Luís de Freitas Branco, Hildegard Quiel, and Kurt Weill. His other stage works include "Die sieben Geißlein" (1895), "Königskinder" (1897, 1910), "Dornröschen" (1902), "Die Heirat wider Willen" (1905), "Bübchens Weihnachtstraum" (1906), "Die Marketenderin" (1914), and "Gaudeamus: Szenen aus dem deutschen Studentenleben" (1919). He also composed incidental music for theatrical productions, including Max Reinhardt's staging of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" in 1905. Humperdinck is considered a follower of Wagner rather than an innovator, but he was the first composer to employ Sprechgesang, a vocal technique between singing and speaking, in his melodrama "Königskinder" (1897). On 5 January 1912, he suffered a severe stroke that left his left hand permanently paralyzed, yet he continued to compose, completing "Gaudeamus" in 1918 with the assistance of his son, Wolfram. In 1914, he reportedly applied for the position of director of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, but World War I prevented a German from assuming the role. In the same year, he signed the Manifesto of the Ninety-Three, expressing support for German military actions. Humperdinck died on 27 September 1921 at the age of 67 following a heart attack during a performance of Carl Maria von Weber's "Der Freischütz" in Neustrelitz, which was directed by his son. "Hansel and Gretel" was subsequently performed at the Berlin State Opera in his memory. He was buried at Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery near Berlin. Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelbert_Humperdinck_(composer)