NEWS

Engelbert Humperdinck Gets "Kissed"

http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/gene-simmons-teams-up-with-engelbert-humperdinck/

Engelbert Humperdinck may be just three years short of his 80th birthday, but he has just recorded an album of duets with some of the biggest names in world music.

The Leicester singer has finished recording the tracks after drawing up a "wish list" of artists he wanted to work with.

Engelbert has teamed up with singers including Sir Cliff Richard, Sir Elton John, Willie Nelson, Lulu, Smokey Robinson and Gene Simmons, lead singer of US rock group Kiss.

The album, Engelbert Calling – recorded in London, Nashville and Los Angeles – is due to be released on March 17.

Engelbert, who lives in Los Angeles and Great Glen, said: "My son and manager, Scott Dorsey, started putting this together more than two years ago because there are so may international artists who are constantly touring the world.

"It's taken time to get producers, singers and schedules in the same place. It's been a labour of love and I'm truly proud of how it's turned out."

Duets he has recorded include a cover of the Shirley Bassey classic Never Never Never with Olivia Newton-John, Something About The Way You Look Tonight with Elton John and To Make You Feel My Love with country music legend Willie Nelson.

Sir Elton said his new recording pal was "one of the sweetest and nicest people I have ever worked with."

"We had a great time singing together. He is 77 years old and still sounding as good as ever."

Engelbert said: "I am truly thrilled to be working with some of the greats of show business and am honoured Sir Elton has contributed to this album.

"I had an absolute blast recording and measuring tongue sizes with Gene Simmons. He won – just."

Engelbert is already planning a follow-up album of duets called Engelbert Redialled.

He said he had six stars lined up and did not rule out the possibility of recording with Leicester's X Factor winner Sam Bailey.

He said: "Sam is a huge talent and of course I would love to be able to give her a leg up the ladder of success and, after 50 years in this business and 150 million record sales, I could offer her that."

Son Scott said: "It has always been a passion of mine to record a great contemporary CD with my father and his peers.

"With all the legendary collaborating artists, the CD comes together in a very raw, open recording. I love it."

Engelbert's new album – his 80th, including compilations – comes 45 years after his number one single and signature tune, Please Release Me.

Read more:
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Duets-album-pairs-Enge-Elton-Smokey-Cliff/story-20425935-detail/story.html#ixzz2q1xjCeoB

The Engelbert Humperdinck 2014 duets album has a new star act. Il Divo have re-recorded Engelbert’s classic ‘Spanish Eyes’ with the legendary singer.

 Il Divo are the pop-operatic act formed in 2004 by American Idol creator Simon Cowell. Cowell conducted a two-year worldwide search for singers to be part of the Il Divo project. Urs Bühler, Sébastien Izambard, David Miller and Carlos Marin became Il Divo and in 2013 joined Engelbert in the studio for the ‘Spanish Eyes’ remake.

‘Spanish Eyes’ was written by German composer Bert Kaempfert originally as ‘Moon Over Naples. The song was recorded in English as ‘Spanish Eyes’ by Engelbert in 1969.

The eagerly awaited Engelbert Humperdinck album now also has a name. It has been christened ‘Engelbert Calling’.

Engelbert Humperdinck has gathered an impressive number of mates for this record including Gene Simmons of Kiss, Elton John, Neil Sedaka, Willie Nelson, Lulu and Smokey Robinson.

“The CD is shaping up extremely well and I am delighted to be working with some of the greats of this industry,” Engelbert told Noise11.com.

‘Engelbert Calling’ by Engelbert Humperdinck will be released on March 17, 2014.

Engelbert Humperdinck at Hamer Hall, Melbourne, 2013

Engelbert Humperdinck has recorded a cover of the Shirley Bassey classic ‘Never Never Never’ with Olivia Newton-John for his forthcoming duets album ‘Engelbert Calling’.

Dame Shirley Bassey recorded ‘Never, Never, Never’ in 1972. The song was originally the Italian song ‘Grande, Grande, Grande’ and a number one hit on the Italian chart in 1972 for Mina. Shirley Bassey recorded the English version ‘Never, Never, Never’ and it became a number one hit in Australia for Dame Shirley in 1972. Her version also reached number 8 in the UK and number 48 in the USA.

Engelbert and Kenny Rogers Duet - COMPLETED

"Hearing Kenny's silky smooth vocals on this track has really made my day!.Kenny sounds fantastic and what a joy to work with!"
Engelbert said today.

"Engelbert has always been one of my favourites and to get the opportunity to record with him for his upcoming duets CD was a dream come true"
Kenny retorted.

Can you guess which song they recorded?

http://www.noise11.com/news/engelbert-humperdinck-adds-smokey-robinson-to-his-list-of-stars-for-duets-record-20130409

Great Article In The Examiner

http://www.examiner.com/article/engelbert-humperdinck-ready-to-be-rediscovered-by-a-new-generation-of-fans

HOT OFF THE BBC PRESS:

Sir Elton duets with Humperdinck

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20198130

aa

Engelbert Humperdinck has been working on a brand new song called 'Real Love' written specifically for the music legend by Dan Wilson, James Morrison and Martin Terefe.

Dan was formerly with the US band Semisonic and had a global hit with 'Closing Time'. As a songwriter, he wrote 'Someone Like You' for Adele, six songs for Dixie Chicks 'Taking The Long Way' album including the Grammy Award winning Song of the Year 'Not Ready To Be Nice' and six of the tracks on Josh Groban's 'Illuminations' album.

British singer/songwriter James Morrison had his first global hit in 2006 with 'You Give Me Something'.

Co-writer Martin Terefe is also the producer of the next Engelbert Humperdinck album. He has produced music for Train, Jason Mraz, Cat Stevens, Jamie Cullum, James Morrison and KT Tunstall.

Engelbert has signed with Conehead Records UK for the release of his next album. A release date is yet to be confirmed.

ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK SINGLE DEBUTS AT #1 ON AMAZON.COM CHARTS - CLICK BELOW TO BUY YOUR COPY

 Love will set your free on Amazon.com