Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)

Engelbert Humperdinck, born May 2 1936 in what was then known as Madras, India as Arnold George Dorsey, is a well-known pop singer. He was raised in Leicester, England and adopted the stage name Engelbert Humperdinck, after the German opera composer of the same name. Humperdinck has sold about 150 million records and has established himself as one of the world's premiere live performers in a number of sold-out tours.

1980s to present

By the 1980s, Humperdinck was fast approaching his fifth decade of life, yet he was still producing albums regularly, performing sometimes more than 200 concerts in a year, and he was still a source of attraction for his female fans. Despite all this, Humperdinck had managed to maintain a solid family life with his wife, Patricia. Perhaps a mixture of business and pleasure had contributed to this success: Humperdinck's four children are involved in their father's career in some way. A truly jet-set family, the Humperdinck/Dorsey clan shuttled between homes in England and Beverly Hills, California, where Humperdinck had purchased the Pink Palace, a lush mansion once owned by film star Jayne Mansfield, which he put up for sale at least once, but it is not clear if he stills lives there or not.

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1980 - Beverly Hills, California - Jayne Mansfield

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In 1989, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, as well as a Golden Globe Award for Entertainer of the Year. He had met Queen Elizabeth II and several American presidents. Still, he retained his element of humanism, and began major involvement in charity foundations. In addition to involvement with The Leukemia Research Fund, the American Red Cross, and the American Lung Association, Humperdinck contributed to several AIDS relief organizations. For one of these, Reach Out, Humperdinck even penned and performed an anthem for the organization's mission, called "Reach Out." As longtime friend Clifford Elson said of Humperdinck, "e's a gentleman in a business that's not full of many gentlemen."

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1989 - Hollywood Walk of Fame - Golden Globe Award - Queen Elizabeth II

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He is a patron of the charity, County Air Ambulance, which is based in the East Midlands of England. In August 2005 he put up his Harley-Davidson motorcycle up for auction on eBay to raise money for the Air Ambulance and other charities in Leicestershire. http://musicnews.virgin.net/Virgin/Lifestyle/Music/virginMusicNewsDetail/0,13556,622140_music,00.html

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East Midlands - 2005 - Harley-Davidson - EBay

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