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Gerry Dorsey

voc,
Singer of Pop
A.k.a. Arnold George Dorsey B. Dick (2) Engelbert Humperdinck

Real name of famed vocalist Engelbert Humperdinck. He started his career singing in 1953 in little clubs and bars before signing with Decca in 1958, those were his most successful years. But unfortunately for him he had to complete the military service and had to wait 3 years to start recording. It was after he performed twice on the Engilsh TV Show "Oh Boy!" in 1959 that he started to record. In 1959 he recorded Mister Music Man, I'll Never Fall In Love Again and Crazy Bells. In 1960 he appeared on the LP Famous Film Series No.2: Broadway Melody (in which he did two songs). A year later, in 1961 he recorded Big Wheel and then contracted tuberculosis, which kept him out of the scene for six months. When he came back, he went through very hard times. He releaved he used to be homeless, sleeping in the street for several years. He got married in 1964, and he recorded Take Your Time. In 1965 he recorded his most succesful single, Baby Turn Around. In 1966 it was the last year of Arnold as Gerry Dorsey. He released the EP called (Who Is Gerry Dorsey?) I'll Never Fall In Love Again (I'll Never Fall In Love Again), in which he included songs that he had released several years ago. He, still as Gerry Dorsey, wrote Stay (which he performed as Engelbert Humperdinck) and Tom Jones' "This 'N' That" (The Great Tom Jones). He then met Gordon Mills and the rest is history. . A bunch of his songs were included in LP's and CD's. The most famous one, the compilation of him and Gilbert O'Sullivan that was released in 1973 (Humble Beginnings Of England´s Gilbert O'Sullivan & Gerry Dorsey). He is the father of Scott & Louise Dorsey.