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Humperdinck

[hoom-puhr-dingk, huhm-per-dingk]

noun

  1. Engelbert 1854–1921, German composer.



Humperdinck

/ ˈhʊmpərdɪŋk /

noun

  1. Engelbert (ˈɛŋəlbɛrt). 1854–1921, German composer, esp of operas, including Hansel and Gretel (1893)

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Rossi was the name of his stepfather, who at the time was a popular Engelbert Humperdinck impersonator in Rhode Island.

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He was hired as a support act for Engelbert Humperdinck's Las Vegas residency in 1988, before receiving his multiple sclerosis diagnosis a short time later.

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Rossi was the name of his stepfather, who at the time was Rhode Island's premiere Engelbert Humperdinck impersonator.

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The pianist and composer was well known to a generation of TV viewers, and also worked with singers such as Petula Clark, Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdinck.

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Doing a Vegas residency nowadays is not the same as it was for Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck.

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