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Born in India and raised in England, Engelbert Humperdinck rocketed to fame after his 1967 performance of "Release Me" on the British TV show Sunday Night at the London Palladium drew thousands of pieces of fan mail.

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Anyone can merely sing a love song. But it takes audacity and fearless bravado -- and the sterling pipes to deliver them -- to turn a mere three-minute paean to l'mour into something approaching operatic pop aria, which is what former rock 'n' roller Gerry Dorsey turned international pop superstar Engelbert Humperdinck has done with remarkable consistency since the mid-60's. This anthology deftly underscores the point, kicking off with his breakthrough "Release Me" (the record that broke The Beatles string of #1 records in '67), then ranging across another eleven emblematic tracks from his early successes with the Parrot label. His powerful baritone occasionally tips his longtime admiration of Elvis, its deceptively effortless phrasing rooted in Humperdinck's own first instrument, the saxophone. Spiced with Latin rhythmic touches ("Take My Heart") and drama Italiano "Love Me With All of Your heart," A Man Without Love," Rota's love theme from Romeo and Juliet, ) these are the templates for the Big E's enduring romantic oeuvre.--Jerry McCulley

36:T746,I LOVE ENGELBERT'S VOICE, EVERYTHING HE SINGS IS GREAT - HIS VOICE IS SO POWERFUL, HE CAN SING ANY SONG AND IT WOULD SOUND GREAT.I FIRST SAW HIM AT THE RIVERIA IN LAS VEGAS IN 1967 AND WAS SITTING AT A TABLE RIGHT UP TO THE STAGE AND THAT'S WHEN HE WOULD HAVE 3 OR 4 WOMEN, I BELIEVE ON STAGE SIT IN A CIRCLE AND HE CAME OVER TO WHERE I WAS SITTING, BUT MY EX-HUSBAND AT THE TIME WOULDN'T LET ME GO ON STAGE. SO LIKE A MILLION OTHER WOMEN I JUST HOPE TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SHAKING HIS HAND AND GETTING HIS AUTOGRAPH SOME DAY ---- BUT I KN0W THAT W