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Engelbert Humperdinck

1936 - Today

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Arnold George Dorsey (born 2 May 1936), known professionally as Engelbert Humperdinck, is a British pop singer who has been described as "one of the finest middle-of-the-road balladeers around". He achieved international prominence in 1967 with his recording of "Release Me". Starting as a performer in the late 1950s under the name "Gerry Dorsey", he later adopted the name of German composer Engelbert Humperdinck as a stage name and found success after he partnered with manager Gordon Mills in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Engelbert Humperdinck has received more than 419,840 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Engelbert Humperdinck is the 164th most popular singer (down from 145th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from India (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Singer.

Engelbert Humperdinck is most famous for his 1967 single, "Release Me."

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  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 164 out of 3,528Before him are Chester Bennington, John Denver, Bob Geldof, Alessandro Moreschi, Birgit Nilsson, and Eduard Khil. After him are Anatoliy Solovianenko, Ivan Rebroff, Celia Cruz, Ben E. King, Charles Trenet, and Beniamino Gigli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 48Before him are B. J. Habibie, Kris Kristofferson, Ferid Murad, Benedict Anderson, Uwe Seeler, and Don Cherry. After him are Dean Stockwell, Yasuo Fukuda, Anna German, Choummaly Sayasone, Günter Blobel, and Denny Hulme.

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In India

Among people born in India, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 109 out of 1,493Before him are Radha (null), Syed Ahmad Khan (1817), Pete Best (1941), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), Basava (1134), and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838). After him are Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Dadabhai Naoroji (1825), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Vinoba Bhave (1895), and Julia Margaret Cameron (1815).

Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 2Before him are Lata Mangeshkar (1929). After him are Asha Bhosle (1933), Mohammed Rafi (1924), Kishore Kumar (1929), M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916), Bhimsen Joshi (1922), Kumar Sanu (1957), S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946), Gangubai Hangal (1913), Peter Sarstedt (1941), and Ali Akbar Khan (1922).

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