Engelbert Humperdinck My Way

Starting out life as Arnold George Dorsey, Engelbert spent
the early years of his life in India, until his family returned to
England in 1947. He first worked as an engineer and then developed his
singing and performance skills on the club circuit.
In
...the early fifties, he took some time out from professional singing
whilst he did his national service, and returned to performing in 1956.
He continued to sing in clubs and recorded some unsuccessful material
for Decca in 1958.

His big break as a singer came in 1965. It
was at this point that Gordon Mills, the then manager of Tom Jones,
gave Arnold the new name of Engelbert Humperdinck. The new name meant
that he was given another chance at recording with Decca records.

Engelbert's
recording of the country standard ‘Release Me’ reached number one in
the UK chart and number four in the US. His version of this song is
perhaps the most famous, and it is certainly the song that he is most
remembered for.

Other chart hits on both sides of...