Engelbert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz (1967)

Engelbert Humperdinck is an English pop singer, best known for his UK number-one hits "Release Me" and "The Last Waltz", as well as "After the Lovin'" and "A Man Without Love". Humperdinck enjoyed his first real success in 1966 in Belgium, where he and four others represented England in the annual Knokke song contest. In early 1967 Humperdinck's version of "Release Me", recorded in a smooth ballad style, made the top ten on both sides of the Atlantic and number one in Britain, keeping The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever"/"Penny Lane" from the top slot in the UK. "Release Me" spent 56 weeks in the Top 50 in a single chart run. In 1968 his album "A Man Without Love" reached number three in the UK Chart. By the middle of the 70, with his style of balladry less popular on the singles charts, Humperdinck concentrated instead on selling albums and on live performances. As his career moved on, and Humperdinck became more creative and his latter-day albums included genres of song other than the love ballad. Nevertheless, he has kept romance at the core of his music, and his fans have long tagged him "the King of Romance" Humperdinck was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989 and won a Golden Globe Award as entertainer of the year, while also beginning major involvement in charitable causes such as the Leukemia Research Fund, the American Red Cross, the American Lung Association, and several AIDS relief organisations. Ever since, Humperdinck has continued producing music, to varying critical and commercial success. He represented the United Kingdom in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.